What do todays industrial designers want in a design package?
Alias/Wavefront – “The ability to take ideas in the form of 2D sketches and quickly transform them into 3D to visualize and communicate concepts.” This image, created using Alias/Wavefront Studio Tools, shows the 3D design of the composite time trial bicycle frame used by Lance Armstrong to help him win the 2000 Tour de France. (Image courtesy of Trek Bicycle, Waterloo, Wisconsin.) McNeel – “Designers want products that are easy enough to use that they can stay focused on being a designer and not a software technician. One that is flexible enough to develop any shape, yet accurate enough to be used in manufacturing.” PTC – “When talking about industrial designers, we distinguish between two groups. One group is made up of “true artists”, and the individuals in this group are somewhat detached from technology. Their preferred design media are traditional tools, such as pen, paper, foam, and clay. If they use a 3D tool, they usually prefer a high-end application. The other group consists
