I was wondering which of the CAD (CATIA or Solidworks) software is mostly used in INIDA?
Now i could have done a survey and asked all the industry people i know but then that wouldn't have given me instant results and the sample size as my statistician friends would have pointed out, would have been inadequate.
So I wanted something that will help me see the overall trend and you guessed it. I used Google trend and here are the results that Google presented me. Google Trends charts how often a particular search term is entered relative the total search volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages. This are results compiled from the search volumes done at google. Since pretty much everyone is using google so this will reflect the true industry usage of the CAD tools in india.
My first trial was with catia vs solidoworks, the softwares that i mostly used in NAL. But then i broadened the search to include two more CAD tools that i have heard we use in india. So the trial with Catia, solidwoks, unigraphics and pro/e was done.
As i already knew, CATIA was the hands on winner. With solidworks trailing as a distant second, followed by unigraphics and pro/e. As you can see from the picture pro/e is loosing the touch, there is no green line.
Pls note: The picture is drawn realtime. My analysis is based on what i am seeing now
One of the interesting things to note is even though CATIA is the most searched but solidworks beats catia at the news reference volumes. That is solidworks generated more news. This analysis was done only for the year 2008 and for indian region. The more news generaion of soliworks might be an indication how solidworks is gearing up to catch up. with catia in india.
In solidworks vs catia contest, Karnataka was the biggest user followed by Gujrat (yes even i had to think about it) and Tamil Nadu came third. Of all the subregions, Tamil Nadu has more solidworks volume, pointing that more solidworks job available in Tamil Nadu.
In terms of city, its not Bangalore which tops the chart, its Pune, yes its not surprising as so many automotive and now aerospace firms are using CATIA there. Second city was Bangalore followed by Surat.
So this simple survey showed me one more trend that i wasn't expecting. Apart from Bangalore, pune, Hyderabad, Surat gujrat is india another palce where CAD activity is buzzing. Talking about western part of india, mahape,maharastra is also coming up.. so guys this are the things that i have seen. So remember this when you are searching for jobs or getting any kind of training on the CAD tools.
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