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That data is the market reality. Nobody in business cares about 3d models of teapots, they're trying to build physical products and there's a lot more that goe
by luma 4y ago
That data is the market reality. Nobody in business cares about 3d models of teapots, they're trying to build physical products and there's a lot more that goes into that process than the mechanical drawing of the end product.
There are some users who need to do things like electron flow, but the overwhelming use case is in fact product engineering and development. The other 80% of the people not using Solidworks are not doing anything weird, they just aren't using Solidworks for whatever reason.
When mechanical engineering teams think "CAD", they aren't thinking "CAD", but rather Product Lifecycle Management ("PLM"). The drawing tool is one part of a much larger system. Think the difference between Quickbooks and SAP.
Siemens NX is the big entry in this market. You don't hear about it because 3D printer users aren't making YouTubes about it, and because you probably don't work in the field.