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Design News Quick Poll Results: CAD Still Design Tool of Choice for EngineersDesign News Quick Poll Results: CAD Still Design Tool of Choice for Engineers

Engineers say that tried-and-true 3D computer-aided design (CAD) is the most useful tool in their arsenal, according to our latest Quick Poll results.

Elizabeth Montalbano

January 15, 2016

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Design News Quick Poll Results: CAD Still Design Tool of Choice for Engineers

Even with new design technologies available to them, engineers still say that tried-and-true 3D computer-aided design (CAD) is the most useful tool in their arsenal, according to our latest Design News Quick Poll survey results.

A solid majority of 67% of respondents, or 206, said that 3D CAD has been the most important tool for their design engineering efforts.

A solid majority of 67 percent of the 307 respondents to our latest Design News Quick Poll said that 3D CAD has been the most important tool for their design engineering efforts.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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Elizabeth Montalbano

Elizabeth Montalbano

Elizabeth Montalbano has been a professional journalist covering the telecommunications, technology and business sectors since 1998. Prior to her work at Design News, she has previously written news, features and opinion articles for Phone+, CRN (now ChannelWeb), the IDG News Service, Informationweek and CNNMoney, among other publications. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she also has lived and worked in Phoenix, Arizona; San Francisco and New York City. She currently resides in Lagos, Portugal. Montalbano has a bachelor's degree in English/Communications from De Sales University and a master's degree from Arizona State University in creative writing.

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