If that were the case, if Apple had that kind of power, you would see vastly more CAD applications from the Windows world come on over to Apple’s platforms. “I think we are probably the fastest growing CAD system since SolidWorks, adds Csanady, “which is really quite remarkable considering we have only been available on the Apple iPad Pro.”Īnd Shapr3D’s success and significant numbers of customers isn’t some “halo effect” of being on a popular Apple device either. The Transformation of CADĪnd it took Shapr3D vastly less time to acquire so many customers than the acquisition of the web-based CAD upstart OnShape.

“It’s pretty cool if you consider that OnShape had 5,000 paying customers,” says Csanady, referring to the Boston-based CAD company acquired in 2019 by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), also of Metro Boston. The biggest problem with CAD-with the legacy solutions-is it is tough to buy, very hard to use, and it is essentially unchanged for the last 30 years.Īnother remarkable fact that Csanady shared with me on our call is that it has over 16,000 paying customers.

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