There is apparently some variation in what we have described as “industrial design software”. Some might call the category “computer-aided design and engineering” software applications.
But almost everyone who knows even a little bit about the software tends to know that they are used in the design of physical objects, as in three-dimensional objects for the real world.
The reason why this distinction is worth making is that these days when you say “engineer”, more often than not, people might think you mean “software engineer”. [Read more…] about Top 10 industrial design software applications by install base