Top Two Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Software Vendors Revealed by Users Through SoftwareReviews
Summary
Bentley Systems Subsurface Engineering Solution earned top product in nine areas, including usability and intuitiveness with 90% user satisfaction and technical drawings with 88%. Trimble SketchUp Pro won top product for business value created, with a user satisfaction score of 88%, and took the second-place leadership position for ease of implementation (77%), collaboration (87%), and parts-and-assembly mode (78%). “ The infrastructure design and manufacturing industry is merging with the infosphere, as the Internet of Things will become an inseparable aspect of building the physical world around us,” said Roberto Eberhardt, principal research advisor at Info-Tech Research Group, “ And computer-aided design and manufacturing software must be solid in its features and intuitiveness in order to provide the kind of foundation that relational databases require for the future,” he added. Backed by two decades of IT research and advisory experience, SoftwareReviews is a leading source of expertise and insight into the enterprise software landscape and client-vendor relationships. By collecting data from real IT and business professionals, the SoftwareReviews methodology produces the most detailed and authentic insights into the experience of evaluating and purchasing enterprise software.