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Digital Project
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<p>Digital Project is a <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">computer-aided design</a> (CAD) software application based on <a href="/facts/CATIA/l5wbF6FL">CATIA</a> V5 and developed by Gehry Technologies, a technology company owned by the architect <a href="/facts/Frank_Gehry/tSunALsf">Frank Gehry</a>. Among the changes made by Gehry Technologies to CATIA is a new visual interface suitable for architecture work. With the release of version R5 Digital Project is compatible with CATIA V5R22. </p><p>Digital Project is widely known as the software used to design the <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao/gqrTwHKI">Guggenheim Museum Bilbao</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Louis_Vuitton_Foundation/SXDzRLWC">Louis Vuitton Foundation</a>. </p><p>Digital Project (like CATIA) enables information to be sent directly to manufacturer, rather than needing to be processed separately in preparation for sending out of house. </p><p>On their website Gehry Technology list the following functionality in their DigitalProject:Designer product: generative surfaces design, project organization, parametric 3D surfaces, free-style surface modeling (NURBS), design to fabrication, dynamic sectioning, revision tracking and part comparison, advanced solids modeling and integration with Microsoft Project </p><p>Digital Project competes as <a href="/facts/Building_information_modeling/VFVtPmEr">Building information modeling</a> software with products like <a href="/facts/ArchiCAD/sMJyRk7d">ArchiCAD</a> and <a href="/facts/Revit/xghod3p1">Revit</a>. It has been used on projects such as <a href="/facts/Sagrada_Familia/n3zWBghu">Sagrada Familia</a>, <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Museum_Bilbao/gqrTwHKI">Guggenheim Museum Bilbao</a>, <a href="/facts/Ray_and_Maria_Stata_Center/CxE028BR">Ray and Maria Stata Center</a>, <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall/hbTCG26W">Walt Disney Concert Hall</a> and Hejmdal, The Danish Cancer Societies House. </p><p>In 2014, <a href="/facts/Trimble_(company)/4RbaSM9V">Trimble</a> acquired Gehry Technology, the developers of Digital Project. </p>