{"id":50742,"date":"2024-02-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineering.com\/can-your-business-switch-cad-platforms\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:00:00","slug":"can-your-business-switch-cad-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineering.com\/can-your-business-switch-cad-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Your Business Switch CAD Platforms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"345\" class=\"vzaar-video-player\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/6019218630001\/j9aRiAU7S_default\/index.html?videoId=6342180953112\" title=\"vzaar video player\" type=\"text\/html\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>This episode of Designing the Future is brought to you by Dassault Syst&egrave;mes. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Computer-aided design is dominated by a handful of major industry software houses, and most engineers around the world today are trained to use one or more of the major packages. The brand and version of design software packages used by engineering firms are determined by several factors: capability, cost, pre-existing familiarity with that vendor&rsquo;s systems, available training resources and significantly, confidence built out of a history of using a specific product.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But what happens when a competitor develops a package which offers clear benefits over a company&rsquo;s existing tech? Switching platforms used to be unthinkable, but that&rsquo;s not the case today. Should you switch? How would you switch?<\/p>\n<p>Jim Anderton spoke with a 3D engineering veteran&nbsp;<strong>Brad Williamson<\/strong>, Expert Industry Process Consultant with Dassault Syst&egrave;mes about this important issue. <\/p>\n<p>* * *&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Download the accompanying guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.com\/story\/what-to-consider-when-switching-cad-programs\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What to consider when switching CAD programs<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Williamson, Expert Industry Process Consultant with Dassault Systemes, describes how and why you should make the switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":50743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,39],"tags":[],"display-location":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":{"type":"Sponsored Post","articleid":"28434","projectid":"151494","audiolink":"https:\/\/mobile.engineering.com\/audio\/28434.mp3","primary_category":"3D Design","askid":"","orderid":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Your Business Switch CAD Platforms? 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