White paper details MCAE software

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jul 10, 2008

Cyon Research's white paper clarifies what classes of MCAE software already exist and delivers a better understanding of the challenges that face the developers and customers of this software.

Cyon Research Corporation has released a white paper called "Classes of MCAE Software: Clarifying the market".

"This is the first comprehensive view of the MCAE market", said Joe Walsh, VP Business Development, Simmetrix.

"The Cyon Research white paper reveals the dynamics of this important engineering software segment in entirely new ways".

According to the white paper, with rapid improvement of MCAE (mechanical computer-aided engineering) products, previous market segmentations are no longer valid and need to be redefined for better understanding of the roles, values and abilities that MCAE supports.

To address these issues, this paper clarifies what classes of MCAE software already exist and delivers a better understanding of the challenges that face the developers and customers of this software.

Already at an estimated US $2 billion, the MCAE software market is, according to Cyon Research, often misunderstood, with substantial variances in the ways the market is viewed by different vendors, consultants and customers.

Cyon Research has applied its process for defining both 'mainstream' and 'specialised' demands and products in the market as a way of better understanding what role specific MCAE products fulfill.

"Cyon Research's methodology used in this paper is a great way to define what role specific MCAE applications fulfill and what a user needs to do to implement such tools in their operation", said Andrew Anagnost, Vice President of Manufacturing CAD/CAE Products, Autodesk.

"New solver technologies, modern software design methods, intelligent systems and raw desktop computing power are making simulation results consistently reliable for a broad class of problems without complex set up or specialised knowledge".

"The MCAE market is still nascent compared to what it will be able to do in the future", said Rainer Gawlick, VP, Worldwide Marketing and Strategy, SolidWorks.

"Attention should now be paid to this critical element of engineering so that developers and customers alike can understand what they need - and what they can afford".