Top 10 UK CAD Packages
Name of Application |
Number of Sites |
AutoCAD |
6,466 |
AutoCAD LT |
5,586 |
SolidWorks |
1,244 |
Pro/Engineer |
732 |
Architectural Desktop |
677 |
Inventor |
676 |
MicroStation |
612 |
Mechanical Desktop |
502 |
VectorWorks |
454 |
TurboCAD |
420 |
The Business Advantage UK CAD/CAM User Site database enables us to analyse data according to industry sector, and obtain details on who is using which package. Not intending to be the universe of UK CAD/CAM users, the Business Advantage database contains intelligence on some 16,000 user sites.
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT continue to dominate the scene although the number of SolidWorks, Architectural Desktop, Inventor and VectorWorks user sites have all increased since the survey was last conducted (2003), mainly at the expense of AutoCAD. The Top 10 most used CAD/CAM packages across all sectors in the UK are shown in the chart below and the Top 10 by sector further below:
