Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Market Share, Size and Forecast

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Detailed data on software across various industry sectors, providers, and products.

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Focus on important details by limiting scope geographically, by industry, application, capability, company or product.

Looking for a comprehensive, quantitative view of the CAE / Simulation software market?

Cambashi have launched this new multi-perspective global computer aided engineering market data set with our long-term partner intrinSIM. With a strong focus on the CAE and simulation market, intrinSIM brings additional insight to Cambashi’s primary research and robust market sizing & forecasting methods. The Cambashi CAE Observatory reports on 2D and 3D physics based, simulation/analysis software, and related services from more than 480 companies worldwide.

What applications are included?

The CAE software market is dominated by the top 3 vendors who are also growth leaders. It is a very dynamic market driven by the acquisition strategy of the top vendors. At the other end new vendors are entering the CAE software market, driving innovation and providing opportunities for more partnerships and acquisition targets.  The Cambashi CAE Observatory helps to keep track of all this activity and plan for growth.

We present revenues split across three key axes: Capability, Industry, Application

Capabilities

  • Acoustics
  • Design Space Exploration / Simulation Automation (DSE/SA)
  • Electro-Magnetics (CEM)
  • Fluids (CFD)
  • Failure Modes
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • Multi-Body Dynamics (MBD) Kinematics
  • Multi-Physics
  • Optics
  • Plastics
  • Pre/Post
  • Simulation Data Management (SDM)
  • Structures (CSM)
  • Thermal

Industries

  • AEC
  • Aerospace and Defence
  • Automotive
  • Consumer Goods
  • High Tech
  • Machinery
  • Process/Pharma
  • Public Sector
  • Services
  • Telecoms/Utilities
  • Transportation

Applications

  • AEC/Civil
  • Biomedical
  • Process & Piping
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Product Design
  • Geophysical /Climate
  • Shipbuilding & Maritime
  • Vulnerability

The Cambashi / IntrinSIM CAE Observatory is based on several years of research and industry collaboration.

The Observatory includes data for the current year, four historical years, and four forecast years.

The forecasts are based on a combination of Cambashi analysis and econometric data from Oxford Economics.

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