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Dassault Systmes S.A. (Paris) and i2 Technologies Inc. (Dallas), a supplychain solutions provider, announced the companies are forming a partnership to jointly develop sourcing solutions based on Dassault's V5 platform for the CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA applications. Under the agreement, the companies will integrate sourcing throughout the product life cycle, eliminating barriers between the engineering and sourcing communities to deliver collaboration and sourcing to the engineer's desktop, and engineering criteria and 3-D digital mockup to sourcing professionals.

Simulation software developer MSC.Software Corp. announced it will partner with software reseller INCAT (London) to provide MSC.Software's SimDesigner software for CATIA V5 to North American manufacturers. SimDesigner offers users a suite of CATIA V5-embedded simulation tools that allow CATIA users to streamline and automate the tasks of building and testing virtual prototypes of component assemblies.

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