Digital Design Tools Survey 2025

The Car Design News/Autodesk Digital Design Tools Survey 2025, in partnership with Autodesk, dives deep into the pertinent issues around the current, and future role of digital design tools within car design. Complete the survey, win a prize, and gain access to vital insights.
Digital design tools are increasingly critical to the car design process. Accelerating product development lifecycles, the need for improved quality, reduced costs, and eradicating manufacturing errors are all driving increased investment and focus upon digital design tools. Furthermore, exciting new technologies such as VR, AR, and especially AI are now entering the digital design tools vernacular. To map this dynamic landscape, and understand the opportunities digital design tools create for the car design industry, we are conducting the Car Design News / Autodesk Digital Design Tools Survey 2025 in partnership with leading digital tools provider, Autodesk.
Participation in this survey is not only an opportunity to capture current design industry sentiment, but an opportunity to understand how the car design industry is evolving, and what the future outlook holds for digital design tools. Respondents will gain early access to a comprehensive survey report that insightfully captures the state of digital design tools globally. The findings promise to capture a clear industry perspective, offer actionable insights, and provide a deep dive analysis of how digital design tools are shaping the car design industry.
The digital design tools survey includes insightful questions on –
Improvements in digital tools
Virtual reality (VR) & augmented reality (AR)
Digital tools impact
Role of digital tools
Role of AI & digital tools
Future role of Autodesk digital tools
AI assisted image to 3D model generation
AI assisted reverse engineering (from scan to SubD)
AI powered rapid environment creation for reviews in VRED
AI powered features in Autodesk software
Challenges or pain points with Autodesk software
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This survey invites a wide range of perspectives, from OEM car designers, to tier supplier designers, and also independent designers. Therefore, your participation will help contribute to a well-rounded expert understanding of digital design tools within car design.
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Industry insights are not just gathered; they are shaped by those who choose to engage. Join us and take part in this vital exploration of the current state of digital design tools and its future outlook.
Sponsored by Autodesk

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. Across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, media, and entertainment industries, Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. If you’ve ever driven a car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Alias, VRED, Maya and Shotgun are used day in day out by our world leading Automotive and Industrial Design clients.