CADCAMNet Releases Results of 2007 CAD Interoperability Survey
After 6 weeks of pestering and cajoling readers of CADCAMNet to complete the 2007 CAD Interoperability Survey, the results have now been posted in the form of a white paper.
The introductory summary is available free of charge to everyone. The White Paper is freely available to subscribers of CADCAMNet, and available for purchase by non-subscribers at $54.95. David Prawel, principal at Longview Advisors, acted as consulting editor in the survey.
It was a pretty interesting process to delve through all the results, which were split out into OEM and Supplier responses. Out of some 44 questions that drilled into what formats, how many files, and what strategies are used by OEMs and suppliers, we came out with a large amount of conclusions.
Results highlights include: 30% of respondents believe improvement in feature-based translation was a high requirement (that's a good sign for the companies working on feature translation tools); only 30% regularly exchanged data in preferred native CAD formats - for most of the time, STEP is used as a viable translation option; use of 3D CAD in the shop floor is very limited; and there is a great opportunity for growth of 3D CAD in downstream uses. And more than 90% of respondents think that CAD vendors be held responsible for CAD interoperability.
Now there's a thought :)
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