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Tools & technology — product development engineering drafter

Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 17-3013.00.

Software Category Hot technology
Autodesk AutoCAD Computer aided design CAD software yes
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D Computer aided design CAD software yes
Autodesk Revit Computer aided design CAD software yes
Bentley MicroStation Computer aided design CAD software yes
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Computer aided design CAD software yes
Microsoft Access Data base user interface and query software yes
Microsoft Outlook Electronic mail software yes
Extensible markup language XML Enterprise application integration software yes
SAP software Enterprise resource planning ERP software yes
ESRI ArcGIS software Geographic information system yes
Adobe After Effects Graphics or photo imaging software yes
Trimble SketchUp Pro Graphics or photo imaging software yes
Microsoft Office software Office suite software yes
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software yes
Microsoft Project Project management software yes
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software yes
Microsoft Word Word processing software yes
Autodesk Inventor Computer aided design CAD software
Autodesk Mechanical Computer aided design CAD software
Autodesk Navisworks Computer aided design CAD software
Bentley Navigator Computer aided design CAD software
Computer aided design and drafting CADD software Computer aided design CAD software
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD Computer aided design CAD software
Dassault Systemes CATIA Computer aided design CAD software
NavisWorks Jetstream Computer aided design CAD software
Piping and instrumentation design PID software Computer aided design CAD software
PTC Creo Parametric Computer aided design CAD software
PTC Pro/Cable Computer aided design CAD software
Reverse engineering software Computer aided design CAD software
Siemens Solid Edge Computer aided design CAD software
SofTech CADRA Computer aided design CAD software
1CadCam Unigraphics Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Rapid prototyping software Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Document management system software Document management software
ERP software Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Adobe LiveMotion Graphics or photo imaging software
Graphic presentation software Graphics or photo imaging software
McNeel Rhinoceros 3D Graphics or photo imaging software
Motion graphics software Graphics or photo imaging software
Non uniform rational b-splines NURBS software Graphics or photo imaging software
Bill of materials software Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
Scanning software Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
Three-dimensional scanning software Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 4 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Tools

  • SolidWorks — 75 %
  • Autodesk Inventor — 50 %
  • AutoCAD — 50 %
  • AutoCAD 2014 — 25 %
  • Auto Desk Inventor — 25 %
  • ERP systems — 25 %
  • ERP/MRP systems — 25 %
  • Microsoft Excel — 25 %
  • Microsoft Outlook — 25 %
  • Microsoft Word — 25 %
  • MRP software — 25 %
  • Inventor — 25 %