[Cad] CAD survey results

[Brett Graham]

I don't believe that they collected any demographic data. I think this
is the survey (just 1 question):
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=KASHx0nfx1gec1oMH3Kn6w%3d%3d

They have other surveys that did collect some additional information:
http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCCNCSurveys.html

Including one that asked for years of experience and professional vs hobbyist:
http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2015/10/13/results-of-our-2015-feeds-and-speeds-survey/

In brief: 60% had 5+ years of CNC experience, and 70% identified as
professionals.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Jennifer Jacobs <jacobsj at media.mit.edu> wrote:
> This is interesting- thanks for sharing. Any idea if they collect
> demographic info on the survey participants? Particularly with regards to
> their degree/ profession?
>
> Also, for what it's worth, Blender is also open source software.
>
> -Jennifer
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Brett Graham <brettgraham at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I follow a mainly CAM focused blog:
>>
>> http://blog.cnccookbook.com/
>>
>> that occasionally runs surveys of it's readers on CAD/CAM topics. Here
>> is one of interest:
>>
>> http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2015/01/20/results-2015-cad-survey/
>>
>> It looks like Solidworks is the winner overall (22% market share). The
>> only open source software I see is FreeCAD (2%).
>>
>> Zooming in on the 'free' software, blender, inkscape and meshlab all
>> make an appearance.
>>
>> It sounds like FreeCAD uses OpenCASCADE. Does anyone know what blender
>> uses?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Brett
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jennifer Jacobs
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> MIT Media Lab
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