General
My design team’s products are best categorized in the following industries:
Our design team’s product design approach today is:
All 2D CAD
Mixed 2D and 3D
All 3D CAD
Rate your overall level of satisfaction with the product design approach today:
Very satisfied
Not at all satisfied
Needs no improvement
Needs a complete overhaul
Product Design Approach
Rate the following statements with respect to your company’s product design approach and needs.
Platform design – We re-use a concept design for many further variants or configurations,
sometimes referred to as “family of parts” or “configuration” design.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
One-off design: We design-to-order a product meeting a particular customer’s exact needs
without using a standardized concept design.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
Within the selected concept design, a broad range of predictable and structured changes
can be driven quickly and easily to derive new designs.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
Design changes are fluid, unexpected, unpredictable and it is difficult to plan for
design changes and the frequency of change requests during the project.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
The product design requires high precision surface creation and modification,
requiring a rich feature set of “surface” tools.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
Typical product design cycles are in the following timeframes:
Days
Weeks
Months
Years
Decades
I don't know
Strategy for Product Development
Please help us understand your strategy for product development.
In the design process, we want to automate tasks
like creating configurations, drawings, etc.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
For downstream activities, we want to tightly integrate and automate activities;
for example, FE analysis must automatically drive model optimization, manufacturing
NC routines must automatically update with design changes.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
We need to work with and alter design data coming from other CAD tools,
for example, via suppliers or sister sites.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
Design Team Profile
The design team may be infrequent users of 3D CAD; members may have a more
technical background rather than professional engineering background.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
The design team needs to frequently address project peaks by adding designers
either from other internal teams or from external sources.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
The design team needs to address radical changes to imported models
from other CAD systems and other design teams.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
The team develops globally, with product designs being transferred
across multiple regions during the course of a typical project.
Strongly Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don't know
Planning and Timelines
Do you plan to change your product design approach?