Math and design go hand in hand like cream in a Twinkie. 
Autodesk is conducting research about how CAD designers and engineers use mathematical software and tools in their design workflows. We are especially interested in hearing from people who use tools like Mathematica, Maple, Matlab, Excel or QuickCalc. Perhaps you calculate electrical capacity, material weight, center of gravity, required tube count and pitch in a heat exchanger tubesheet, or heat transfer loads, and we want to know what tools you are you currently using. We are also interested in hearing about other types mathematics software tools support the design process.
We want to find out:
- Do you use mathematics software or tools
- If so, which mathematics software or tools do you currently use
- How you incorporate the results of mathematical calculations in your design workflows
The survey only you a paltry 5 minutes but go towards improving future Autodesk products.
How about they learn how to add up quantities in C3D! Things like Linear Feet of Curb, square yards of asphalt, TONs of bituminous etc! Simple arithmetic is all is needed and some creative programming to put it all in a table!
QTO is not the answer we are looking for! We need a simple equation! Not a complex quadratic….