The File Open dialog box provides the Open and the Import options with Open set as the default for CATIA V5 part and assembly models. You can, therefore, open CATPart and CATProduct files as non-Creo models by default in Creo. You must explicitly select the Import option on the File Open dialog box to import CATIA V5 part and assembly models to Creo.

You can import the following CATIA V5 files:

You can insert CATPart models in existing parts as import features and assemble CATParts in assemblies as part components. You can import CATProduct assemblies that contain part components that belong to different sources. For example, an assembly can include CATParts and CGR parts or CATIA V4 parts and CATIA V5 parts.

You can import solids, surfaces, and datum entities of CATIA models to Creo. CATIA V5 facets are imported as exact geometry by default. The non-geometric data that is imported to Creo includes the material definitions of CATParts and the solid bodies of CATParts. Materials assigned to the CATParts and the solid bodies of CATParts are imported and assigned to the imported models in Creo. The material definition imported to Creo includes the material properties of name and density that are assigned to the CATParts and solid bodies of CATParts.

Creo supports imports from CATIA V5 revisions 10 to 27 with file names up to 80 characters long. You can create and use import profiles that are specific to the CATIA V5 file format for the import, append, and assemble tasks. Import log files are automatically generated in the working directory. CATIA V5 supports Associative Topology Bus (ATB). For more information on ATB, see the Help on Associative Topology Bus.