The COE Forum is a an open discussion forum where the best minds in the CAx space exchange their ideas, questions, knowledge and expertise. Featured on the IBM Product Lifecycle Management site as the definitive exchange for CATIA-related information and support, the COE Forum is the most active forum available. Below are the 5 most active discussion threads for the past month as designated by the users and members of COE.

• How to Generate a Class A Surface in CATIA?
  23 messages within this thread with the highlight message from Hakan Ozcelik describing styling surfaces in exquisite detail.
• Helix with Variable Pitch
  13 messages including several techniques for helix creation, and a few impassioned pleas to Dassault to include this function in CATIA.
• CATIA-CADAM? Why
  13 messages discussing a few of the relative merits of various CAD systems, including CADAM, CATIA, SolidWorks and Autocad.
• V5R5 Sp2
  11 messages discussing software maintenance differences between V4 and V5
• Licensing
  9 messages with explanations and usage tips for serving CATIA licenses.