of your 2 choices, the hp probook would have better build quality and perform similarly to or slightly better than the acer in gaming.
the hp probook would be the way to go.
what's your budget?
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some things you should probably need:
high res display: resolutions like 1600x900, 1920x1080
you most likely don't want to do 3d work on a 1366x768 notebook.
I imagine that it's sort of miserable not being able to see the big picture AND having to scroll around all the time.
It probably isn't worth your time trying to work on a low res screen with inaccurate colors.
dedicated graphics: nvidia quadro, amd firegl/firepro
from what i could find, it looks like CATIA prefers workstation grade graphics, particularly nvidia quadro
as such, you should probably be looking into mobile workstation grade notebooks.
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some things you should probably want:
optimally you'd want a quad-core: anything labelled i7 3xxxQM
most notebooks come with 4gb of ram, which is sufficient, but with 3d modelling, more is usually better
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the above does not come cheap. you're likely looking at >$1k
something like the lenovo w series
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...A91D590D8749C5
or the dell precision
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-m4700/fs
mobile workstations are capable of low end gaming. Though they're rather pricey for what you get (for gaming; they're definitely worth it for CAD that requires precision).
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro-K2000M.76893.0.html
as per notebookcheck, catia with workstation graphics cards (fire/quadro) performs ~5-6x better (~30-35fps vs 5-8fps) than on consumer gaming graphics cards (radeon/geforce)
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