Cyon Research White Papers
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2014 Survey of Engineering Software User: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & TOCRELEASED 2015-06-10: This report pays particular attention to information of value to companies that sell technical software to the manufacturing and AEC markets, and also to those that invest in such companies.PDF (Executive Summary and Table of Contents)43.21 KBDownload
2013 Survey of Engineering Software UsersRELEASED 2014-01-31: FULL REPORT: The report pays particular attention to information of value to companies that sell technical software to the manufacturing and AEC markets, and also to those that invest in such companies.PDF1.01 MBDownload
2012 Survey of Engineering Software UsersRELEASED 2013-01-10: FULL REPORT: This report pays particular attention to information of value to companies that sell technical software to the manufacturing and AEC markets, and also to those that invest in such companies.PDF1.16 MBDownload
2011 Survey of Engineering Software UsersRELEASED 2012-01-31: FULL REPORT: The report pays particular attention to information of value to companies that sell technical software to the manufacturing and AEC markets, and also to those that invest in such companies.PDF650.99 KBDownload
2010 Survey of Engineering Software UsersRELEASED 2012-01-30: FULL REPORT The report pays particular attention to information of value to companies that sell technical software to the manufacturing and AEC markets, and also to those that invest in such companies.PDF952.75 KBDownload
2009 Survey of Engineering Software UsersRELEASED 2010-09-09 (Full Report. Executive Summary RELEASED 2009-07-29): The report pays particular attention to information of value to companies that sell technical software to the manufacturing and AEC markets, and also to those that invest in such coPDF778.21 KBDownload
2008 Survey of CAD/PLM UsersRELEASED 2009-01-21: Cyon Research, in cooperation with Merrill Lynch Investment Research, conducted a CAD/PLM user survey in July-September, 2008. We posed 24 questions on a variety of subjects, including user classification by industry and position, spPDF2.18 MBDownload
Classes of MCAE Software: Clarifying the MarketRELEASED 2008-07-09: The MCAE market is complex. Market segmentation needs to be redefined for a better understanding of customer needs and applications. This paper clarifies and defines segmentation within the MCAE market -- at the customer level, at PDF365.90 KBDownload
A Fresh Look at the Value-Proposition of High-End MCADRELEASED 2007-07-13: We re-examine the conclusions of our 2003 white paper, The Value-Proposition of High-End Mechanical CAD, to determine if they are still relevant. The four years since the white paper was released have seen massive changes...PDF577.91 KBDownload
Estimated Supplier Cost-Savings Due to Expanded Use of a Lightweight Data-Transfer FormatRELEASED 2006-11-11: A study to quantify the savings to suppliers and OEMs if the industry were to standarize on a single plaftorm for data interchange.PDF74.75 KBDownload
Managing AEC Print Workflow – A Look at Océ Repro Desk® ProfessionalRELEASED 2006-02-24: Ocè Repro Desk Professional is a software tool for reprographic firms and their customers to streamline the production and workflow of printed documents. In this white paper, Cyon Research addresses the issues that this software is PDF76.55 KBDownload
The Business Case for a Common Data Distribution Platform: A Look at UGS' JTRELEASED 2006-01-30: The dynamics of interoperability in the world of engineering data are complex. There is no “silver bullet” for this challenge; its parts must be addressed piecemeal. In this white paper, Cyon Research explores the use of the JT dataPDF102.85 KBDownload
“The Innovator’s Dilemma” in the context of CAx and PLM vendors – The case for an engineering software components market RELEASED 2006-01-16: Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation, detailed in his book, “The Innovator’s Solution,” contains food for thought for CAx and PLM vendors. Components are not necessarily the obvious strategy for engineering softwarePDF356.68 KBDownload
The Adobe Solution for Design Collaboration and Discrete Manufacturing RELEASED 2005-05-09: Automation of activities in manufacturing has led to an unmanageable amount of digital document formats, each requiring its own software to be read and marked-up for editing. Its complexities threaten to outweigh the productivity gaiPDF75.77 KBDownload
An Examination of UGS’ Repeatable Digital Validation (RDV) FrameworkRELEASED 2005-04-04: The ramifications of Rapid Analysis and Validation of Design Alternatives (RAVDA) in an engineering and manufacturing environment. UGS' Repeatable Digital Validation is a process that unites a number of tools to address the RAVDA chaPDF82.27 KBDownload
Strategic Partnerships: The Impact of Vendor Partnerships on Customer ValueRELEASED 2005-02-08: Strategic alliances between CAD software vendors and hardware suppliers are good for users. When commodity PCs displaced the hardware of “turnkey” vendors, some CAD companies got together with hardware vendors, to continue to help usPDF70.96 KBDownload
The Adobe Solution for AECRELEASED 2004-11-09: Despite the widespread adoption of task-specific software and the resulting creation of digital data, most of the documentation workflow in AEC remains paper-based. Adobe has put forth a solution to the digital data workflow problem PDF135.05 KBDownload
Scanning for a DisasterRELEASED 2004-04-16: Scanning is one of the most powerful and cost-effective tools available for use in preparing for disasters. Yet it is poorly understood. What's involved? How long will it take? How can scanning be incorporated into a disaster plan?PDF58.76 KBDownload
AutoCAD, Architecture, and OS X: An Analysis of the AEC CAD Market as It Applies to Macintosh Users RELEASED 2003-12-18: Architects love the Mac, but need AutoCAD to work in the virtual project teams of the real world of construction. Is the demand sufficient to justify an OS X version of AutoCAD? Architosh, a website devoted to architectural uses of PDF84.58 KBDownload
Inventor 8 Benchmark Study RELEASED 2003-10-24: Comparison of Performance Between Autodesk Inventor 7 and Inventor 8 on Specific Areas Related to Drawings PDF631.19 KBDownload
The Road to the Future: How Product Development Can Make the Journey More ProfitableRELEASED 2003-09-15: As manufacturers face growing pressures from globalization and competitors using more and more automation, they are discovering the disproportionate leverage afforded by the early phases of the idea-to-product workflow. This paper PDF256.70 KBDownload
IBM and Interoperability: the Migration Competency CenterRELEASED 2003-03-05: CAD file conversion is a complex affair. There are different approaches, using standards such as IGES and STEP; commercial conversion products, such as those of ITI, TTF, or Proficiency; and a variety of custom processes. Few CAD proPDF135.92 KBDownload
Intellectual Capital and InteroperabilityRELEASED 2003-03-04: CAD models produced on one system cannot be used unmodified on others. This fact is a major challenge for CAD users who need or want to employ more than one vendor’s CAD system, whether serially or in parallel—that is, whether effectPDF164.03 KBDownload
Architectural Automation: Facing the Challenges of Work-CultureRELEASED 2003-02-19: Automation per se has never been enthusiastically embraced by architectural professionals. To be sure, early attempts to automate the work of the architectural office were fraught with performance, reliability, and ease-of-use probPDF46.59 KBDownload
The Value-Proposition of High-End Mechanical CADRELEASED 2003-01-02: To the uninitiated manager, a mid-range mechanical CAD system in the $5000-$15000 price range may seem to offer most of the capabilities of high-end systems costing a great deal more. This paper compares the two classes of systems, aPDF225.68 KBDownload
Keys to Success in Web-based Project Management: Lessons Learned from the Chicago Transit Authority Capital Improvement Program RELEASED 2002-08-15: Web-based project-management systems have lived up to their promise, at least from a technological point of view. They are easy to install, inexpensive, and get all project participants “on the same page” with a minimum of cost and PDF69.21 KBDownload
EDS & PTC: Is there any substance to their interoperability agreement?RELEASED 2002-04-03: For years, EDS and PTC did not seem interested in helping their users with issues of interoperability between their respective CAD systems. When the companies announced their intention to cooperate in this matter, the market responPDF42.71 KBDownload
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