PLM Platform & Digital Product Development
3DEXPERIENCE Plattform
Connect people, data, and processes in a unified cloud PLM solution
– for end-to-end digital continuity from engineering to market launch.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is more than just PLM software. It is the digital innovation foundation for modern industrial companies.
As a cloud-based enterprise and innovation platform from Dassault Systèmes, it connects people, data, processes, and systems in a unified environment – becoming the central single source of truth for the entire product lifecycle.
Instead of isolated tools, a consistent digital architecture is created that connects engineering, manufacturing, service, and management.
Your advantages with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform combines end-to-end PLM, cloud technology, and virtual twin experience in a unified environment. Companies benefit from the following advantages:
3DEXPERIENCE – scalable according to your IT strategy
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is designed as a modern, cloud-based PLM platform and offers flexible deployment options tailored to your corporate strategy, security requirements, and IT architecture.
The result is a platform that enables innovation without destabilizing existing structures.
The 3DEXPERIENCE in the cloud offers a scalable SaaS architecture that frees companies from IT constraints and ensures digital continuity.
You benefit from:
- Ready-to-use applications
- Automatic updates to the latest software version
- Global availability
- Parallel work on the same data model
- Integrated security architecture
As a cloud PLM solution, the platform enables rapid implementation, high flexibility, and reduced infrastructure complexity—ideal for companies that want to grow agilely and accelerate innovation
For organizations with specific regulatory or infrastructure requirements, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform can also be operated on-premises.
This option offers:
- Operation within your own IT infrastructure
- Advanced customization options
- Close integration into existing system landscapes
On-premises is particularly suitable for companies with clearly defined security policies or individual integration requirements.
Cloud-first or on-premises? This decision has a lasting impact on scalability, speed of innovation, and IT complexity. CENIT works with you to analyze your framework conditions and develop the right deployment strategy – technically, organizationally, and economically sound.
End-to-end PLM & system integration
From engineering to the value chain – without media discontinuity
Product development does not end in the CAD system. It begins there – and only unfolds its value when all systems interact seamlessly with each other.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform connects:
- Multi-CAD and CAE environments
- Disciplines and business processes along the product lifecycle
- Enterprise applications
- MES and production systems
- Project teams and managers
As an integrated PLM platform, it creates a consistent information base across the entire product lifecycle. Changes are documented transparently, decisions are traceable, and processes remain consistent. The result: a true end-to-end PLM architecture that breaks down silos and intelligently connects system landscapes.
Sustainable innovation & virtual twin experience
Thinking about innovation and sustainability together
In industrial product development, most environmental impacts are determined during the design phase. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform makes it possible to consider sustainability early on and based on data.
By combining the Virtual Twin Experience and integrated life cycle analysis (LCA), companies can:
- Simulate and evaluate CO₂ emissions
- Optimize material decisions
- Analyze environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle
- Virtually test the sustainability of variants
The platform connects real operating data with virtual models, creating a continuous cycle of learning, optimizing, and improving. Sustainability thus becomes not just a reporting issue, but an integral part of digital product development.
Software application portfolio of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform
Purpose: An integrated portfolio on a common platform
The software application portfolio of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform is based on a unified technological foundation and combines leading solutions for design, simulation, manufacturing, collaboration, and information intelligence.
All applications access the same central data and process model. This creates a consistent digital environment for end-to-end PLM – from initial concept to operation.
3D modeling applications
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports integrated product development – from the initial idea to digital validation and industrialization.
Key solution areas are:
- CATIA – Integrated, multidisciplinary product development
- Product design and aesthetic surface development
- Model-based system engineering (MBSE)
- Multi-CAD design and digital twin for validation
- Architecture, facade construction, and building equipment
Teams work in a shared development environment and access a consistent data model. Mechanics, electronics, software, and systems engineering are developed in an integrated manner—with a consistent digital twin as the basis for informed decisions.
Simulation applications
With SIMULIA, the platform integrates realistic simulations directly into the development process.
Companies can:
- Perform multiphysics simulations
- Validate products virtually
- Optimize performance, safety, and reliability
- Reduce the need for physical prototypes
Simulation thus becomes not a separate step, but an integral part of digital product development.
Social, collaborative cooperation and information intelligence
With ENOVIA and NETVIBES, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform connects product data, business processes, and strategic information flows in an integrated environment.
It supports:
- Managing requirements, projects, and portfolios
- Change, configuration, and variant management
- Sustainability, quality, and compliance management
- Aggregating and analyzing large amounts of data
- AI-supported dashboards and decision support
This creates transparent, data-based control throughout the entire product lifecycle – from requirements to development and production to informed business decisions.
Manufacturing and production applications
With DELMIA, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform connects engineering and production.
It supports:
- Planning and simulation of manufacturing processes
- Digital factory planning
- Production optimization and manufacturing control (MES/MOM)
- Synchronization of development and industrialization
This closes the gap between virtual product definition and real production.
Industry solutions based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform
Every industry faces its own technological, regulatory, and economic challenges. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform maps these requirements to industry-specific solution packages on a common technological basis.
This creates a scalable PLM platform that integrates processes, data models, and regulatory requirements for each industry—without losing digital continuity.
In the manufacturing industry, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports end-to-end product development – from the concept phase to industrialization.
Transportation & Mobility (PLM Automotive)
Automotive manufacturers and suppliers are under high pressure to innovate and reduce costs. At the same time, requirements for sustainability, safety, and software integrity are growing.
The platform enables:
- Real-time collaboration in the global supplier network
- Virtual validation of complex vehicle systems
- Integration of mechanics, electronics, and software
- Sustainability assessments along the entire value chain
This creates a holistic virtual automotive model that combines development and industrialization.
Aerospace & Defense
This industry requires the highest safety and certification standards.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports:
- Compliance with strict regulatory requirements
- Seamless traceability of all changes
- Multidisciplinary simulation of complex systems
- Virtual testing before physical prototypes
With the Virtual Twin Experience, designs can be tested realistically before they go into production – crucial for quality, safety, and compliance.
Industrial equipment & mechanical engineering
From complex machines to modular systems:
Variety is a key challenge in mechanical engineering.
The platform enables:
- Management of complex multidisciplinary product structures
- Multi-CAD integration and handling of very large assemblies
- Virtual simulation, optimization, and validation
- Change management across locations
- Digital industrialization and production planning
As a modern PLM solution for mechanical engineering, it helps companies balance individualization and efficiency.
High-tech & electronics
In the high-tech sector, innovation cycles are constantly shortening. Products are becoming smarter, software-driven, and more customized.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform offers:
- Integrated development of hardware and software
- Simulation of complex systems
- Global development collaboration
- Faster market launch of new product generations
Innovation is therefore not viewed in isolation, but as a continuous digital process.
Life sciences & healthcare
In medical technology and life sciences, the focus is on regulatory requirements, quality assurance, and documentation obligations.
The platform supports:
- Compliance with legal regulations
- Transparent product and process documentation
- Project management and analysis
- Digital validation of products
This creates an integrated PLM platform for regulated industries that combines innovation and compliance.
Infrastructure, energy, and construction
Large-scale projects in construction or the energy sector require close cooperation between many parties.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables:
- Digital representation of complex structures and infrastructures
- Collaboration across disciplines
- Integration of planning, simulation, and operation
- Sustainability assessment throughout the entire life cycle
This makes large infrastructure projects more predictable, transparent, and efficient.
3DEXPERIENCE implementation with CENIT
Technology is just the beginning—transformation happens in the project. The introduction of a 3DEXPERIENCE platform is more than a software project. It is a transformation project. As an experienced 3DEXPERIENCE partner, CENIT provides companies with comprehensive support. Our goal: a sustainable platform strategy that ensures innovation, efficiency, and scalability in the long term.
The platform really shows its added value when complexity needs to be managed:
- Cross-company collaboration in global development teams
- Management of heterogeneous multi-CAD structures
- Transparent change and approval processes
- Virtual validation of complex products
- Sustainability assessment along the entire value chain
Whether you are a medium-sized company or a global corporation, the platform adapts to your organization and grows with your requirements.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform combines PLM, cloud, simulation, and sustainability in a unified digital environment.
With CENIT as your partner, you are not just relying on technology
but also on a structured implementation model, in-depth industry knowledge, and long-term support.
The Next Step: Managing Complexity
Artificial intelligence has a significant impact only when it is integrated into existing processes. The necessary requirements are clear data structures, connectivity with existing systems, and a wide understanding of company´s processes.
CENIT helps you apply AI effectively in engineering, production, and enterprise management. This creates the potential to transform technology into a real competitive advantage for your company.
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Vice President Sales
CENIT AG