The CATIA software division of Dassault Systèmes (DS) wanted to demonstrate its ability to prototype a car with CAD and 3D printing, so, naturally, they invented a car. Though not a real, functional automobile, Project Bleu, led by Xavier Melkonian, was CATIA/DS’s way of showing off the sorts of prototypes they could create, using their own software and an Objet260 Connex Multi-material 3D Printer from Stratasys.
Laurent Igarza explains that Bleu, with copyrights belonging to Dassault Systèmes, could be taken to industry shows, telling Stratasys, “The primary goal of Project Bleu was to create our own in-house show car from scratch, demonstrating our latest modeling technologies from the CATIA design suite.” Designed and built over the course of 2013, Bleu was brought about by a team of one creative designer, two concept modelers, two visualization experts, two class A surfaces modelers, and one mechanical modeler.…
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