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| Edited By: Amit Tripathi |Source: DNA |Updated: Mar 17, 2018, 03:28 AM IST
French firm Dassault Systemes, maker of 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software for aviation and automotive sectors, will make its packaged software available on a pay per use or SaaS mode.
Dassault has 50% share of the 3D simulation market in India.
At present the company’s system integration partners such as Infosys Technologies, Mahindra Satyam and Wipro, deploy the packaged software for companies and provide engineering services on these.
“Once these applications are available as a service, our system integrator partners would provide value added services on top of the application. So their association with us will remain,” said Bruno Latchague, executive vice-president, Dassault Systemes.
Globally, the company has a 40% market share for its 3D tools such as Catia and Solidworx in aviation and automotive sectors.
The company had in 2009 set up an exclusive consulting services arm for India sensing increasing demand for engineering services.
“We have six brands of products of which 3DVIA is already available as software as a service. Other brands such as Catia, Solidworx, Simulia, Delmia and Innovia will soon be made available as SaaS,” said Bruno Latchague, executive vice-president, Dassault Systemes.
While Catia and Solidworx are 3D modelling tools, Simulia is a virtual testing and simulation environment. Delmia is digital manufacturing environment and Innovia is a PLM software.
According to engineering design consultancy firm CIMdata, the global PLM market is projected to touch $36 billion by 2013. Much of this growth is expected to be driven by services.
PLM refers to information systems and software to manage the manufacturing process of a product right from the design and development stage to service and its final disposal.
The company will also bring in augmented reality technology in which a user can experience a product virtually in its three dimensional aspects.
“We are talking to three automotive manufacturers in India. The idea is to provide virtual dealership where you can come in and experience the car without the actual car being there. A physical dealer may not provide you all the desired combination of a product. For instance I want to sit on a seat and check the recline. It can be done exactly the way we do physically,” said Andy Kalambi, president, Asia Pacific South at Dassault Systemes India Pvt Ltd.
The company earns 20% of its revenues each from automotive and aviation sectors globally. Half of the company’s India sales come from the automotive sector.
