KeyShot Customer Survey 2023
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1.
What is your first name?
(Required.)
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2.
What is your last name?
(Required.)
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3.
Who is your current employer?
(Required.)
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4.
In what country do you live?
(Required.)
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Island
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte D'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
State of Palestine
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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5.
How many years of professional experience do you have?
(Required.)
0-4
5-10
11-15
15+
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6.
Which best describes your job function?
(Required.)
Design
Packaging
Engineering
Marketing
Manufacturing
Manager/Director
Other (please specify)
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7.
What industry do you work in?
(Required.)
Apparel, footwear & accessories
(includes sportswear & athletic goods; jewelry, watches & wearables)
Education
(K-12, junior colleges, technical/trade schools, colleges & universities)
Entertainment
(video games, movies, TV)
Healthcare
(medical equipment & supplies; pharmaceutical & medicine)
Consumer goods & manufacturing
(computer hardware/software; building materials; construction equipment; consumer electronics; consumer appliances; toys and games; food and beverage; furniture; heavy equipment; industrial products and power tools; lighting)
Transportation
(automotive, aerospace, aircraft, construction vehicles, marine, motorcycles & bicycles)
Federal, state and local government
(space research and technology)
Marketing, packaging, display and other professional services
(independent designer; industrial design firm; packaging; advertising; architecture, engineering & construction; display, lighting & trade show; media, publishing & photography)
Other (please specify)
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8.
How many hours each week do you spend on visualization tasks?
(Required.)
0-4
5-10
11-15
15-20
21 or more
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9.
What do you primarily use KeyShot for?
(Required.)
Industrial design
CMF documentation
Visualization
Other (please specify)
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10.
What challenges have you encountered when using 3D rendering software? (Check all that apply)
(Required.)
Difficult to learn (steep learning curve)
Difficult to use (unreliable, slow performance, challenging interface)
Slow speed to final rendering output
Low quality output (image needs extensive touchups in other software)
Other (please specify)
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11.
When selecting a 3D rendering software, what benefits are most important to you?
(Required.)
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Very important
Easy to learn:
little time needed to feel comfortable using the software
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Very important
Easy to use:
an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Very important
Speed to final rendering:
a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Very important
Quality of output:
photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Very important
Innovation of software:
brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have
Not important
Somewhat important
Important
Very important
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12.
If you had to choose the
single most important benefit
of your 3D rendering software, which would you choose?
(Required.)
Easy to learn:
little time needed to feel comfortable using the software
Easy to use:
an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps
Speed to final rendering:
a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly
Quality of output:
photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed
Innovation of software:
brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have
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13.
What visualization products have you used?
(Required.)
VRay (Chaos Group)
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
Visualize (SolidWorks)
Cycles (Blender)
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
Sketchfab
Shapr3d
Other (please specify)
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14.
Rate your experience level with the following visualization products you have used.
(Required.)
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
KeyShot
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
VRay (Chaos Group)
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
Visualize (SolidWorks)
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
Cycles (Blender)
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
Sketchfab
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
Shapr3d
No experience
Very little experience
Some experience
A lot of experience
I'm basically an expert
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15.
How
easy to learn
are the following visualization tools?
(Required.)
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
KeyShot
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
VRay (Chaos Group)
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
Visualize (SolidWorks)
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
Cycles (Blender)
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
Sketchfab
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
Shapr3d
I don't know
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Somewhat easy
Very easy
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16.
How
easy to use
are the following visualization tools?
(Required.)
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
KeyShot
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
VRay (Chaos Group)
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
Visualize (SolidWorks)
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
Cycles (Blender)
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
Sketchfab
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
Shapr3d
I don't know
Very hard to use
Hard to use
Just okay
Easy to use
Very easy to use
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17.
How
fast
are the following visualization tools?
(Required.)
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
KeyShot
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
VRay (Chaos Group)
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
Visualize (SolidWorks)
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
Cycles (Blender)
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
Sketchfab
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
Shapr3d
I don't know
Slow
Not slow but not great
Fast
Very fast
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18.
How would you rank the following tools on
quality of output
(the software provides you with photorealistic and/or aesthetically pleasing results)?
(Required.)
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
KeyShot
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
VRay (Chaos Group)
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
Visualize (SolidWorks)
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
Cycles (Blender)
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
Sketchfab
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
Shapr3d
I don't know
Low quality
Okay quality
Good quality
Excellent quality
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19.
How often do following visualization tools provide you with innovative new capabilities?
(Required.)
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
KeyShot
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
VRay (Chaos Group)
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Visualize (SolidWorks)
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Cycles (Blender)
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Sketchfab
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Shapr3d
I don't know
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
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20.
What do you see as your biggest challenges or design needs over the next five years? Pick your top three choices.
(Required.)
Speed/volume of output: designers will need to create more visuals, faster
Technical documentation
Animation: creating photorealistic animations and videos as well as images
Streamlining collaboration and communication across an organization
AR/VR (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality)
Artificial Intelligence design tools
Other (please specify)
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21.
Which of these tools do you feel will provide you the best visualization support in the future? Pick your top three.
(Required.)
KeyShot
VRay (Chaos Group)
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)
Visualize (SolidWorks)
Cycles (Blender)
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)
Sketchfab
Shapr3d
22.
What would you like us to know about designers' current and future needs?
Current Progress,
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