Tuesday, July 8, 2008

How to Select CAD Software

There are many CAD software, but how to select a right one? The article is from "World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education" :

Three different models for choosing CAD software are presented here. The most desirable is the scientific model based on a systematic assessment using objective measures. However, one lesson from history is that this approach is costly to implement when the technology changes rapidly.

The second approach to select CAD software is to use the reviews of experts in journals and trade magazines. These are usually very subjective but are up-to-date, and reveal important information about the functionality, cost and availability of the latest software and its upgrades. The reviews also reveal information about adoptions, that is, about the assessments of others who commit resources to it.

The third approach to select CAD tools is the stakeholder model and this is the one most used by the College in the past although trade publications are certainly followed.

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