The global mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.46% during the forecast period. It is highly driven by manufacturing industries in the US. The major benefit of using MCAD software is that it helps reduce the product development time.A major trend in the market is the integration of electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) and MCAD, which is expected to advance during the forecast period.Various developments in the modeling of CAD software is another major trend in the market.The global MCAD market is fragmented with a large number of major and minor players. Most of the major players are based in the US.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 7

About MCAD 7

Market size calculation 7

Market overview 8

Top-vendor offerings 10

Research methodology 12

PART 03: Market research methodology 12

Economic indicators 12

PART 04: Introduction 13

Key market highlights 13

PART 05: PLM market overview 14

Role of PLM software in product development process 16

PART 06: Market landscape 19

Market size and forecast 19

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user 21

Market overview 21

Industrial machinery 22

Automotive 23

Electrical and electronics 24

Aerospace and defense 25

PART 08: Geographical segmentation 26

APAC 28

EMEA 29

Americas 30

PART 09: Buying criteria 31

Buying criteria of MCAD software 31

PART 10: Market drivers 33

Growing demand for MCAD in aerospace and defense

industry 33

Growing need to provide quality products at faster rate 33

Increased adoption of virtual product development

environment 34

PART 11: Impact of drivers 35

PART 12: Market challenges 36

Lack of support and maintenance services from market

vendors 36

Availability of open-source MCAD software 36

Software piracy 36

PART 13: Impact of drivers and challenges 38

PART 14: Market trends 39

Integration of ECAD and MCAD 39

High demand for cloud-based MCAD software 40

Developments in CAD modeling 40

PART 15: Impact of trends 43

PART 16: Five forces analysis 44

PART 17: Vendor landscape 45

Competitive scenario 45

PART 18: Key vendor profiles 48

Autodesk 48

Dassault Systèmes 51

PTC 55

Siemens PLM Software 60

Other prominent vendors 64

PART 19: Appendix 66

List of abbreviations 66

PART 20: Explore Technavio 67