CATIA - DMU Navigator 2 (DMN)

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CATIA - DMU Navigator 2 (DMN)

Product Overview
CATIA - DMU Navigator 2 (DMN) performs advanced collaborative DMU review,
packaging and pre-assembly, using optimum visualization, navigation and communication
capabilities. High graphic performance is provided to the user. Productive 3D navigation is
ensured through group management and selection capability. A large number of tools
(annotation support, hyperlink and animation creation, publishing and conferencing tools)
facilitate collaboration between all team members involved in DMU inspection. User
productivity is enhanced through the ability to automate commands and work on
visualization files for quick data loading. Batch mode can be used to further improve cache
management. Combined kinematics and fitting simulations can be performed to extend
review capabilities. Interoperability with CATIA V4 is supported.

Addressing all populations involved in Digital Mockup related processes, CATIA DMU
Navigator 2 handles digital mockups of all sizes from consumer goods assemblies to very
large automotive, aerospace, plant, ships or heavy machinery mockups.

Product Highlights
 Supports a large set of 2D and 3D formats
 Enables high visualization performance
 Enables optimum 2D viewing and 3D navigation for DMU inspection
 Provides set of advanced measurement capabilities
 Facilitates DMU collaborative review by supporting 2D and 3D annotations,
drawing comparison, and hyperlink creation
 Enables collaboration on the same project review from different location thanks
to Conferencing capability
 Enables simulation replay and movie generation for advanced animation
 Provides advanced visualization, simulation, analysis and product synthesis
capabilities, including fully immersive design review through native integration
with other DMU products
 Supports publishing through report creation in HTML format
 Supports automation of commands for enhanced user productivity
 Integrates with ENOVIAVPM and ENOVIA V5 VPM Solution to promote
business practices
Product Key Customer Benefits
File Access
A large set of 2D and 3D document types is supported (CATIA and industry standard
formats). Moreover, access to data is very quick thanks to a selective loading mode: the
product structure is first loaded without its 3D representation, and then a portion of the DMU
3D representation is loaded.
Other tools enable easy and flexible access to data for efficient navigation. For instance,
groups of independent components can be created. Parts can also be selected according to a
distance criterion.

Optimum Navigation tools for DMU inspection


Three modes are offered for navigation within the 3D mock-up components: fly mode, walk
mode and examine mode. Navigation is also available in assembly product structures, and
can be performed by following hyperlinks to related documents. ENOVIA DMU Navigator 2
supports interactive scene definition and storage.

Dedicated tools for DMU collaborative review


The team members involved in the mock-up review can exchange viewpoints with
annotations thanks to 2D and 3D markers. Audio annotations are supported and all types of
shapes can be imported.
They can also create multiple hyperlinks to related documents (URL) to facilitate DMU
collaborative review.
Changes between 2 revisions of a 2D document can also be checked thanks to a dedicated
drawing comparison tool.

Animation with Superior Graphic Performance


Standard movie format (AVI, MPEG) can be generated for improved communication
between team members. Moreover, any type of CATIA simulation can be replayed.
Visualization techniques such as level of detail management result in superior graphics
performance.
Native integration with other DMU products
Complete DMU review and simulation can be done through the native integration of
ENOVIA DMU Navigator 2 with other DMU products. For instance, interference checking,
sectioning and measurement can be performed when DMU is used with DMU - Space
Analysis 2.

Multiple synchronized animations involving both kinematics and fitting motion simulations
can also be performed.

Reporting and Publishing Tools


The user has the possibility to create reports in HTML format with comments, screen
captures, VRML links. Moreover, he can publish features.
Conferencing capability
Conferencing tools enable collaboration on a project review from different locations. Two
types of conferencing are proposed to the user. Shared Conferencing enables the team
members to share the view of the master application and interact in it. In the case of
Replicated Conferencing, each member has his own application and the master controls the
data viewed by other participants. Thus, the confidentiality of the conference is ensured.

Automation
Automation of commands is supported for enhanced user productivity. Major DMU
commands are concerned (Markup, Group, Proximity Query, Replay, Scenes, Move, etc.)
Integration with ENOVIA V5 VPM With ENOVIA V5 VPM, ENOVIA - DMU Navigator
creates a breakthrough targeting all the actors across the product lifecycle involved in
reviewing processes as it offers an immersive and direct access to to the configured digital
mock-up with advanced reviewing capabilities. It leverages the 3D instant conferencing
productivity by the usage of capabilities like annotations or presentations.
With the management of reviewing information through technological packages inside
ENOVIA V5 VPM, it widens the scope of concurrent engineering and reviewing and
increases know-how usage and enables unmatched and accurate lifecycle management of this
information

Integration with ENOVIAVPM


Thanks to a tight integration with ENOVIAVPM, ENOVIA DMU Navigator offers extensive
support for industry best practices implementation including design in context and
configured digital mockup. DMU Navigator can be used as a viewer for an ENOVIAVPM
session. ENOVIAVPM Product structures and attributes, and document data identified in the
product structure in ENOVIAVPM can be respectively received and read in DMU Navigator.

Integration with ENOVIA 3d com...


ENOVIA DMU Navigator combines with ENOVIA 3d com to bring additional powerful
viewing, flexible manipulation, analysis, and simulation capabilities to the entry
visualization, analysis, collaborative, and wide area product information distribution
functions provided by ENOVIA 3d com. Professionals who need advanced function in a
context of Web access and data and process distribution can find a perfect combination using
the complete ENOVIA DMU Solution: ENOVIA - DMU and ENOVIA 3d com. Remote
files can be accessed through the web using ENOVIA 3d com. The user can connect, load
and add a product structure from ENOVIA 3d com to ENOVIA DMU Navigator, as well as
select an ENOVIA 3d com component and cross highlight it in ENOVIA DMU Navigator.
When data are loaded from ENOVIA 3d com to ENOVIA DMU Navigator, cache
mechanism leverages existing cache in DMU to avoid unnecessary computation of data and
minimize loading time.
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File Access
A large set of 2D and 3D document types is supported (CATIA and industry standard
formats). Moreover, access to data is very quick thanks to a selective loading mode: the
product structure is first loaded without its 3D representation, and then a portion of the DMU
3D representation is loaded.
Other tools enable easy and flexible access to data for efficient navigation. For instance,
groups of independent components can be created. Parts can also be selected according to a
distance criterion.

Optimum Navigation tools for DMU inspection


Three modes are offered for navigation within the 3D mock-up components: fly mode, walk
mode and examine mode. Navigation is also available in assembly product structures, and
can be performed by following hyperlinks to related documents. CATIA DMU Navigator 2
supports interactive scene definition and storage.

Dedicated tools for DMU collaborative review


The team members involved in the mock-up review can exchange viewpoints with
annotations thanks to 2D and 3D markers. Audio annotations are supported and all types of
shapes can be imported.
They can also create multiple hyperlinks to related documents (URL) to facilitate DMU
collaborative review.
Changes between 2 revisions of a 2D document can also be checked thanks to a dedicated
drawing comparison tool.

Animation with Superior Graphic Performance


Standard movie format (AVI, MPEG) can be generated for improved communication
between team members. Moreover, any type of CATIA simulation can be replayed.
Visualization techniques such as level of detail management result in superior graphics
performance.

Native integration with other DMU products


Complete DMU review and simulation can be done through the native integration of CATIA
DMU Navigator 2 with other DMU products. For instance, interference checking, sectioning
and measurement can be performed when DMN is used with DMU - Space Analysis 2.
Multiple synchronized animations involving both kinematics and fitting motion simulations
can also be performed.

Reporting and Publishing Tools


The user has the possibility to create reports in HTML format with comments, screen
captures, VRML links. Moreover, he can publish features.

Conferencing capability
Conferencing tools enable collaboration on a project review from different location. Two
types of conferencing are proposed to the user. Shared Conferencing enables the team
members to share the view of the master application and interact in it. In the case of
Replicated Conferencing, each member has his own application and the master controls the
data viewed by other participants. Thus, the confidentiality of the conference is ensured.
Cache management
Cache management, interactively or in batch mode, ensures fast access to data while the
automatic reconciliation mechanism guarantees that the reviewed data is always up to date.

Automation
Automation of commands is supported for enhanced user productivity. Major DMN
commands are concerned (Markup, Group, Proximity Query, Replay, Scenes, Move, etc.)

V4 interoperability
CATIA DMU Navigator 2 can work with either CATIA V4 or V5 stored data. No conversion
is required to access V4 data.
Integration with ENOVIA V5 VPM
With ENOVIA V5 VPM, CATIA - DMU Navigator creates a breakthrough targeting all the
actors across the product lifecycle involved in reviewing processes as it offers an immersive
and direct access to to the configured digital mock-up with advanced reviewing capabilities.
It leverages the 3D instant conferencing productivity by the usage of capabilities like
annotations or presentations.
With the management of reviewing information through technological packages inside
ENOVIA V5 VPM, it widens the scope of concurrent engineering and reviewing and
increases know-how usage and enables unmatched and accurate lifecycle management of this
information

Integration with ENOVIAVPM


Thanks to a tight integration with ENOVIAVPM, CATIA DMU Navigator offers extensive
support for industry best practices implementation including design in context and
configured digital mockup. DMU Navigator can be used as a viewer for an ENOVIAVPM
session when both systems are running on UNIX. ENOVIAVPM Product structures and
attributes, and document data identified in the product structure in ENOVIAVPM can be
respectively received and read in CATIA DMU Navigator.

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