Knowing about trends is vital for future planning of any business. For businesses in the CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM and PLM industries this annual survey is designed to assist your planning for this year and beyond.
The annually published public report is high level and many deeper insights are available from the full data set.
If you are interested in more detailed analysis of the data, for example by region, industry or Software Vendor please contact us.
We would also love to hear any feedback you may have on the survey. We perform it annually so any suggestions, to improve the next version
and make it more useful, would be most welcome.
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Future planning is key for any business - and through this survey we want to assist you in that process in 2015 and beyond.
The survey reports perceived importance, actual and future usage trends for 15 topics related to CAD and reveals insights including:
Growth of 3D modelling in AEC is predicted to be up to 4 times greater than in Manufacturing
PDM actual growth last year was more than double the prediction and 21% growth is expected this year
Simulation adoption was more than double last year's prediction, AEC usage predicted to grow by 58% in 3-5 years
PLM predicted to grow by 19% this year and 43% in the next 3-5 years
Concurrent Engineering predicted to grow 32% this year, 63% in 3-5 years
BIM growth lower than predicted last year but 45% predicted in AEC for next 3-5 years
Mobile CAD usage highest in North America but highest 3-5 year growth expected in APAC
3D Printing to grow 50% this year, 39% in Manufacturing, 110% in AEC, usage to more than double in 3-5 years
Cloud based CAD usage predicted to double this year and triple in 3-5 years - highest in AEC
Nearly 60% of CAD users are downloading 3D CAD models monthly, 30% of Manufacturing users download >10/month
And many more...
Thank you for Downloading the Worldwide CAD Trends 2015 Survey Report
Knowing about trends is vital for the future planning of any business. For businesses in the CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM and PLM industries this annual survey is designed to assist your planning for this year and beyond.
The annually published public report is high level and many deeper insights are available from the full data set.
If you are interested in more detailed analysis of the data, for example by region, industry or Software Vendor please contact us.