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Software Survey

With computers on every desk in the design universe, we editors have become curious about what our readership uses to "get the job done." Take a few minutes, please, to answer our survey -- no personal or company names required.

1. What platforms do you use?

Windows
Windows 95/98
Windows NT
Unix
Other

2. How many hours per day do you spend using design software?

1-3 hours
4-6 hours
7-9 hours
Over 9 hours per day

3. What percent of the time using design software are you:
Total: 100%

% Creating new designs
% Modifying existing designs

Viewing (but not changing)
% Designs
% Other

4. What brand(s) of design
software products are you using?

 5. What types of products does your company produce?

Industrial machinery
Consumer products
Electro-mechanical
Tooling & fixtures
Other

6. What type of work goes into products designed at your
facility?

Sheet metal
Finite element analysis (FEA)
Motion analysis
Mold & die
Wiring
Other

7. How do you communicate designs with customers and suppliers?

Paper drawings
Electronic drawings
CAD files
Standard Exchange files
Other

8. How many design engineers are at your site?

1-3
4-10
11-20
21-35
36-50
Over 50

9. How many total in your company?

1-50
51-100
101-200
201-400
401-800
Over 800

Originally published in the September 1998 issue of designfax.
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