Cyon Research White Papers
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Classes of MCAE Software: Clarifying the MarketPDF365.90 KBDownloadRELEASED 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
“The Innovator’s Dilemma” in the context of CAx and PLM vendors – The case for an engineering software components market PDF356.68 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 software
A Fresh Look at the Value-Proposition of High-End MCADPDF577.91 KBDownloadRELEASED 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...
An Examination of UGS’ Repeatable Digital Validation (RDV) FrameworkPDF82.27 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 cha
Architectural Automation: Facing the Challenges of Work-CulturePDF46.59 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 prob
AutoCAD, Architecture, and OS X: An Analysis of the AEC CAD Market as It Applies to Macintosh Users PDF84.58 KBDownloadRELEASED 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
EDS & PTC: Is there any substance to their interoperability agreement?PDF42.71 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 respon
Estimated Supplier Cost-Savings Due to Expanded Use of a Lightweight Data-Transfer FormatPDF74.75 KBDownloadRELEASED 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.
IBM and Interoperability: the Migration Competency CenterPDF135.92 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 pro
Intellectual Capital and InteroperabilityPDF164.03 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 effect
Inventor 8 Benchmark Study PDF631.19 KBDownloadRELEASED 2003-10-24: Comparison of Performance Between Autodesk Inventor 7 and Inventor 8 on Specific Areas Related to Drawings
Keys to Success in Web-based Project Management: Lessons Learned from the Chicago Transit Authority Capital Improvement Program PDF69.21 KBDownloadRELEASED 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
Managing AEC Print Workflow – A Look at Océ Repro Desk® ProfessionalPDF76.55 KBDownloadRELEASED 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
Scanning for a DisasterPDF58.76 KBDownloadRELEASED 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?
Strategic Partnerships: The Impact of Vendor Partnerships on Customer ValuePDF70.96 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 us
The Adobe Solution for AECPDF135.05 KBDownloadRELEASED 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
The Adobe Solution for Design Collaboration and Discrete Manufacturing PDF75.77 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 gai
The Business Case for a Common Data Distribution Platform: A Look at UGS' JTPDF102.85 KBDownloadRELEASED 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 data
The Road to the Future: How Product Development Can Make the Journey More ProfitablePDF256.70 KBDownloadRELEASED 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
The Value-Proposition of High-End Mechanical CADPDF225.68 KBDownloadRELEASED 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, a
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