Dassault will sell you both . Most Fortune 500 companies currently use R2026 for production and run 3DEXPERIENCE alongside it for management.

The performance gains alone (40% faster assembly loading, background saving) will pay for the IT upgrade in engineering hours saved. The new "Touch Mode" for direct editing finally removes the friction of parametric history, and native .3dxml support ensures you are not the bottleneck in a mixed V5/V6 supply chain.

As of early 2026, the latest release in the CATIA V5-6R2024 (R34) While Dassault Systèmes heavily promotes the 3DEXPERIENCE

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