
ATG Solutions PLM Case Study: CATIA and DELMIA for Plant Design
ATG Solutions implemented CATIA and DELMIA to integrate product design and virtual production planning, eliminating data conversion errors and shortening project lead times.
Automation Technology Group (ATG) needed to remove interfaces between design and production teams when building custom manufacturing facilities. The company deployed Dassault Systemes CATIA for 3D product design and DELMIA for virtual factory layout, robotics programming, and process simulation. The single-platform approach enabled concurrent engineering, offline robot programming, and virtual commissioning before physical build-out.
Integrated CATIA-DELMIA environment removed CAD-to-production data conversions
DELMIA DPM and Robotics modules allowed full virtual validation of body-in-white lines
Offline robot programming and virtual commissioning reduced physical try-out time
Simulation of carbon-fiber composite assembly processes confirmed weight-reduction targets
Concurrent design and planning workflows shortened overall project lead times