Computer Aided design & its benefits

While industries are more and more adopting 3-D modeling, simulation and collaboration solutions the way, designers, architects, detailers, engineers, and like other professionals. The software industry is accelerating to SaaS based.

Where is the more traditional computer-aided design software heading? There are three major developments shaping the future of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software and influencing the expectations of CAD users. These enable a highly personalized experience, seamless and extended collaboration, and universal access to game-changing insights.

Increasing importance of privatization

The ability to easily customize design and drafting software is a key to the perceived usefulness of these important tools. In the traditional desktop software environment, most software vendors have added features and expanded their portfolio in an effort to meet the needs of the largest number of users over the years. This has resulted in complex and feature-rich products with a large number of available orders that most users never touch. On the other hand, most users require additional features that applications do not provide out of the box.

The future lies in providing users with platform technologies that can be easily configured and augmented. Within the product, it will be easy for users to discover and test add-ons and third-party vertical applications complementing the base product. It would be intuitive to add update features and upgrade software to your existing workflow. It is true that not only for features, user interfaces, and tools, but also for learning content & training, content, additional membership benefits, and more - all of which are recommended at the right time depending on the user's design intent or will be served.  Another quick factor is the development of how users think about collaboration. Before CAD, teamwork was a slow, an expensive process. The use of razor blades to scrape ink lines requires a design change. However, the advent of design and drafting software changed that by enabling time and cost to change design, enabling greater degrees of collaboration.

Something similar is happening with cloud- and web-based Computer Aided Design (CAD). Users will gain the ability to work on the same model simultaneously, gain access based on the design element, or use playback - such as video editing tools - of the history and changes of changes made throughout the project. Cloud-based CAD makes it possible for users to exchange recipes that create a world of engineering that taps into much higher intelligence than the most advanced level of software or artificial intelligence can provide. Most likely there will be a space where designers working on similar projects or products will be able to allow suppliers and manufacturers to agree on certain specifications and group orders, thereby reducing unit costs while ensuring greater forecasting and stable demand for suppliers.

But when we look at how collaboration will evolve, there is a very large disruption that may be on the horizon as a result of moving to cloud-based technology. The power of crowd is really where the new generation of CAD will find its potential.