No, I’m discussing CAD market as I see it. Based on my reading of the market with over a decade working in it at my previous job.
I think we see it differently but that’s fine, that’s why we have a discussion board :)
”the actually largest share of consumers doesn't get served by the "market"”
This is not my reading at all.
If we look at the business history of 3D modelers in the last ~30 years my reading is that consumer market hasn’t been able to _support_ many viable offerings in this space.
If you feel consumer market is underserved I would say it’s because it probably isn’t able to support a large business. There are not that many consumers who for example do woodworking or build a deck compared to who collect Lego:s.
Most CAD/ 3D modeling offerings trying to serve consumer and be affordable have died.
Tinkercad was probably most succesfull entry 14 years ago but even that failed to be a viable business.
It’s not rocket science to make a CAD package. It’s just _lots_ of hard work.
The thing is one or two people can easily create and maintain a CAD package. But that does not solve the distribution, product, and business issues in this space.
There is now a thriving market of free and affordable 3D design tools, and I think it will grow. (Eg. Blender, Nomad, Plasticity, Wings3D, MagicaCSG, MagicaVoxel, Womp..)
Maybe this will create more demand for consumer 3D design apps.
I think we see it differently but that’s fine, that’s why we have a discussion board :)
”the actually largest share of consumers doesn't get served by the "market"”
This is not my reading at all.
If we look at the business history of 3D modelers in the last ~30 years my reading is that consumer market hasn’t been able to _support_ many viable offerings in this space.
If you feel consumer market is underserved I would say it’s because it probably isn’t able to support a large business. There are not that many consumers who for example do woodworking or build a deck compared to who collect Lego:s.
Most CAD/ 3D modeling offerings trying to serve consumer and be affordable have died.
Tinkercad was probably most succesfull entry 14 years ago but even that failed to be a viable business.
It’s not rocket science to make a CAD package. It’s just _lots_ of hard work.
The thing is one or two people can easily create and maintain a CAD package. But that does not solve the distribution, product, and business issues in this space.
There is now a thriving market of free and affordable 3D design tools, and I think it will grow. (Eg. Blender, Nomad, Plasticity, Wings3D, MagicaCSG, MagicaVoxel, Womp..)
Maybe this will create more demand for consumer 3D design apps.