Downloading regular updates to a 3D CAD package is more common – is this the way all 3D CAD is now heading?
While we see great benefits to all users being on the same cloud-powered, up-to-date, always-on version of a 3D CAD package, there are also instances where the more traditional process needs to persist, so we don’t see it going away anytime soon. Instead, we expect to continue seeing a hybrid set of offerings.
How do you view the increase in AI impacting design tools the most?
In the very short term, AI will get much better at quickly and naturally making design suggestions to a CAD user that are close to what that person would otherwise create on their own.
One example we are working on will automate the time-consuming process of creating a 2D drawing from a 3D CAD model. Machine learning will look at how a designer typically dimensions similar parts and automatically create a drawing that is very close to what that designer would likely draw.