: Updated releases continue under the V5-6R format, such as V5-6R2024 and V5-6R2025 . Key Version History
| Version | Release Year | Key Feature | |---------|--------------|--------------| | V5R1 | 1999 | First V5 release | | V5R6 | 2000 | Native Windows UI | | V5R19 | 2008 | Advanced surface & BIM tools | | Latest V5 | 2020+ | Maintenance & hotfixes only | catia v5 release date
Following its 1998 debut, CATIA V5 underwent continuous updates through various "Releases" (R#) and eventually shifted to a yearly naming convention. : Initial launch of the V5 rewritten architecture. 2001 : Release 7 (R7). 2006 : Release 17 (R17). 2010 : Release 20 (R20). : Updated releases continue under the V5-6R format,