2023 State of 2D CAD Study

About the Study:

Lifecycle Insights conducted the 2023 State of 2D CAD Study. Lifecycle Insights surveyed over 200 respondents to understand the interest, concerns, and usage that manufacturing/CCT companies have in their acceptance of cloud-native 2D CAD solutions. In addition, the study sought insight into identifying the percentages of manufacturing/CCT companies that use both 2D and 3D CAD solutions and obtaining metrics associated with CAD spending and the number of users. Survey respondents originated mainly from the United Kingdom and represented numerous industry verticals.

Study Demographics:

The findings of this study were based on 200 respondents spread across the following industries:

• Architecture and Construction (47%)

• Industrial Machinery (14%)

• Automotive (14%)

• High tech (4%)

• Government (5%)

• Aerospace, Consumer Products, and Medical Devices (17%)

Respondents’ company revenues varied widely, but most were less than $100m (56%), between $100m to $500m (16%), between $500 to $1B (7%) and over $1B (8%).

Methodology:

Lifecycle Insights employed its proven benchmarking methodology in this quantitative research study. This methodology includes:

• the development of a neutral-language survey instrument that captures an accurate, impartial state of the industry for the given program’s scope using Lifecycle Insights’ best practices and library of questions;

• the careful recruitment and screening of qualified respondents that represent the target stakeholders for this program’s parameters using Lifecycle Insights’ third-party partnerships;

• the review, cleansing, and validation of respondent’s answers using Lifecycle Insights’ internal flagging system;

• the explorative development of indices and cohort definitions to iteratively isolate correlated sets of performance and practices using Lifecycle Insights’ benchmark approach; and

the calculation, analysis, and group review of the study’s findings to vet and distill takeaways using Lifecycle Insights’ processes and procedures.