{"id":12888,"date":"2023-01-22T19:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xdinnovation.eu\/?p=12888"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:16:47","slug":"what-is-the-best-cad-tool-for-an-industrial-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/quel-est-le-meilleur-outil-de-cao-pour-une-startup-industrielle\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the best CAD tool for an industrial startup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There isn't truly a best CAD tool that suits all industrial startups.<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The choice of CAD software will depend on each company's specific needs in terms of features, budget, and team skills.<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">However, here are some solutions regularly chosen by industrial startups:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/product\/whats-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> <\/a>It is very popular in the mechanical design and manufacturing industry, with 3D drawing, simulation, and manufacturing tools. In its new 3DEXPERIENCE version, there is a 3-year accompanying program specially created for startups. You can test your <a href=\"\/en\/startup\/\">3DEXPERIENCE Startup Program Eligibility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Ohmycad, SOLIDWORKS is, of course, our favorite solution \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.fr\/products\/inventor\/overview?term=1-YEAR&amp;tab=subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Autodesk Inventor<\/strong> <\/a>: It is similar to SOLIDWORKS, but it is often used for industrial and mechanical design projects.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/catia\/\"><strong>CATIA<\/strong><\/a> It is used for the design of \u201ccomplex\u201d products in aeronautics, automotive, and defense industries, for example. The difference between CATIA and SOLIDWORKS lies mainly in the typology of projects and the number of stakeholders on a project.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onshape.com\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Onshape<\/strong><\/a> It's a cloud-based CAD option that enables real-time collaboration and efficient project management.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.fr\/products\/fusion-360\/overview?term=1-YEAR&amp;tab=subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fusion 360<\/strong><\/a>This is a complete CAD solution that includes 3D modeling, simulation, manufacturing, collaboration, and visualization. With Inventor, this is a solution developed by Autodesk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to note that there are many other CAD tools available on the market, so industrial startups are encouraged to do their research to choose the tool that best suits their needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also necessary to consider the team's skills to ensure they can effectively use the chosen tool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"\/en\/solidworks\/\">SOLIDWORKS<\/a> is a software that is very widely used in the national education system<\/b>, so you will find it very easy to find both interns and experienced technicians and engineers who know SOLIDWORKS. This is a real advantage when you are a <a href=\"\/en\/is-solidworks-industrial\/\">Industrial Startup<\/a> Who needs to grow their teams quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that there is a very dynamic collective available to support industrial startups. Feel free to contact them for advice: <strong>Industrial Startups Collective.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il n&rsquo;y a pas v\u00e9ritablement de meilleur outil de CAO qui convient \u00e0 toutes les startups industrielles. Le choix de l&rsquo;outil de CAO d\u00e9pendra des besoins sp\u00e9cifiques de chaque entreprise en termes de fonctionnalit\u00e9s, de budgets et de comp\u00e9tences de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe. Cependant, voici quelques solutions retenues r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement par les startups industrielles : SOLIDWORKS : Il [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutoriels-astuces"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118050,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12888\/revisions\/118050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmycad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}