PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1682139
PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1682139
Computer-aided design (CAD) software is essential for engineers, architects, designers, and drafters, providing specialized tools to create precise and detailed drawings, plans, and models. These programs empower users to design, visualize, and document their concepts in both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) formats, facilitating efficient and accurate development processes.
The primary categories of computer-aided design (CAD) software are 3D software and 2D software. 3D software enables the creation, manipulation, and visualization of digital models and scenes in three dimensions. These applications come in both on-premise and cloud-based deployments, offering a range of modeling techniques including solid, surface, and wireframe. They find applications across diverse fields such as industrial design, architecture, graphic design, and more.
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The computer aided design (CAD) software market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $19.04 billion in 2024 to $20.47 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to digital transformation, emergence of standards, and integration with manufacturing processes, increased adoption of 3d printing and demand for simulation and analysis.
The computer aided design (CAD) software market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $27.01 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to expansion of design capabilities, parametric and computational design, adoption of industry 4.0 technologies, rise of generative design and growing demand for cloud-based cad solutions. Major trends in the forecast period include AI-driven design automation, and blockchain-based design data management, emphasis on sustainability and eco-friendly design, shift towards subscription-based and SaaS models and enhanced collaboration and communication tools.
The integration of cloud-based solutions is set to drive substantial growth in the computer-aided design (CAD) software market. Cloud-based solutions, delivered over the internet from remote servers, offer scalability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, remote access and collaboration, as well as improved business continuity and disaster recovery. CAD software, increasingly integrated into cloud-based platforms, leverages cloud computing technology's benefits, enhancing accessibility, scalability, collaboration, data management, and visualization capabilities. This integration enables organizations and design teams to optimize design workflows, leading to increased efficiency, productivity, and innovation. For example, data from December 2023 by the European Union indicates a notable increase in European businesses purchasing cloud computing services, underscoring the driving force behind the growth of the CAD software market.
Key players in the CAD software market are focusing on technological advancements to enhance their offerings, such as the development of RealGUIDE. RealGUIDE is a cloud-based software suite tailored for implant planning, design, surgical guide design, and other digital dentistry applications. For instance, ZimVie's February 2023 launch of RealGUIDE CAD and full-suite software modules for its digital dentistry platform revolutionizes implant and tooth restoration design. Users benefit from a seamless user interface featuring intuitive icons and wizards, facilitating detailed and sophisticated implant and restoration design. This comprehensive solution fosters collaboration across the digital dentistry team through cloud and mobile technology, enabling immediate loading management from digital wax-up creation to definitive prosthesis fabrication.
In June 2022, TriMech LLC, a U.S.-based company focused on engineering design solutions, acquired Solid Solutions Group Limited for an undisclosed sum. Through this acquisition, TriMech aims to expand its engineering and product design services by incorporating Solid Solutions' specialized knowledge in CAD software and solutions. Solid Solutions Group, headquartered in the UK, is a provider of 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software and related services.
Major companies operating in the computer aided design (CAD) software market are Dassault Systemes SE, Trimble Inc., Siemens Digital Industries Software, Cadence Design Systems Inc., Analysis System Inc., Parametric Technology Corporation, Bentley Systems Inc., Autodesk Inc., Altair Engineering Inc., Graitec Inc., Bricsys, ZWCAD Software Co. Ltd., Vectorworks Inc., EPLAN Software & Service LLC, CadMakers Inc., Robert McNeel & Associates Inc., DataCAD LLC, Graebert GmbH, Open Design Alliance, Hexagon AB, IMSI Design, VariCAD, FreeCAD, nanoCAD, Kubotek3D, IronCAD
North America was the largest region in the computer aided design (CAD) software market in 2024. The regions covered in the computer aided design (CAD) software market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the computer aided design (CAD) software market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The computer-aided design (CAD) software market consists revenues earned by entities providing services such as voice services, drafting, 3D modeling, and documentation services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold. The computer-aided design software market also includes sales of the user interface, modeling engine, geometry creation tools, editing tools, visualization and rendering, and analysis and simulation tools. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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The forecasts are made after considering the major factors currently impacting the market. These include the Russia-Ukraine war, rising inflation, higher interest rates, and the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic.