KeyShot Customer Survey 2023

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* 1. What is your first name?

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. Who is your current employer?

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* 4. In what country do you live?

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* 5. How many years of professional experience do you have?

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5-10

11-15

15+

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* 6. Which best describes your job function?

Design

Packaging

Engineering

Marketing

Manufacturing

Manager/Director

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What industry do you work in?

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?

0-4

5-10

11-15

15-20

21 or more

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* 9. What do you primarily use KeyShot for?

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)

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?

	Not important	Somewhat important	Important	Very important
Easy to learn: little time needed to feel comfortable using the software	Easy to learn: little time needed to feel comfortable using the software Not important	Easy to learn: little time needed to feel comfortable using the software Somewhat important	Easy to learn: little time needed to feel comfortable using the software Important	Easy to learn: little time needed to feel comfortable using the software Very important
Easy to use: an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps	Easy to use: an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps Not important	Easy to use: an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps Somewhat important	Easy to use: an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps Important	Easy to use: an intuitive interface, reliable for day-to-day tasks, tasks accomplished in fewer steps Very important
Speed to final rendering: a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly	Speed to final rendering: a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly Not important	Speed to final rendering: a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly Somewhat important	Speed to final rendering: a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly Important	Speed to final rendering: a powerful render engine that works well with your computer and provides visual results quickly Very important
Quality of output: photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed	Quality of output: photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed Not important	Quality of output: photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed Somewhat important	Quality of output: photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed Important	Quality of output: photorealistic results, aesthetically pleasing, little to no touchup needed Very important
Innovation of software: brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have	Innovation of software: brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have Not important	Innovation of software: brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have Somewhat important	Innovation of software: brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have Important	Innovation of software: brings you new abilities other software doesn’t have 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?

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?

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.

	No experience	Very little experience	Some experience	A lot of experience	I'm basically an expert
KeyShot	KeyShot No experience	KeyShot Very little experience	KeyShot Some experience	KeyShot A lot of experience	KeyShot I'm basically an expert
VRay (Chaos Group)	VRay (Chaos Group) No experience	VRay (Chaos Group) Very little experience	VRay (Chaos Group) Some experience	VRay (Chaos Group) A lot of experience	VRay (Chaos Group) I'm basically an expert
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) No experience	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Very little experience	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Some experience	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) A lot of experience	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) I'm basically an expert
Visualize (SolidWorks)	Visualize (SolidWorks) No experience	Visualize (SolidWorks) Very little experience	Visualize (SolidWorks) Some experience	Visualize (SolidWorks) A lot of experience	Visualize (SolidWorks) I'm basically an expert
Cycles (Blender)	Cycles (Blender) No experience	Cycles (Blender) Very little experience	Cycles (Blender) Some experience	Cycles (Blender) A lot of experience	Cycles (Blender) I'm basically an expert
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) No experience	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Very little experience	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Some experience	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) A lot of experience	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) I'm basically an expert
Sketchfab	Sketchfab No experience	Sketchfab Very little experience	Sketchfab Some experience	Sketchfab A lot of experience	Sketchfab I'm basically an expert
Shapr3d	Shapr3d No experience	Shapr3d Very little experience	Shapr3d Some experience	Shapr3d A lot of experience	Shapr3d I'm basically an expert

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* 15. How easy to learn are the following visualization tools?

	I don't know	Very difficult	Somewhat difficult	Somewhat easy	Very easy
KeyShot	KeyShot I don't know	KeyShot Very difficult	KeyShot Somewhat difficult	KeyShot Somewhat easy	KeyShot Very easy
VRay (Chaos Group)	VRay (Chaos Group) I don't know	VRay (Chaos Group) Very difficult	VRay (Chaos Group) Somewhat difficult	VRay (Chaos Group) Somewhat easy	VRay (Chaos Group) Very easy
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) I don't know	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Very difficult	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Somewhat difficult	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Somewhat easy	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Very easy
Visualize (SolidWorks)	Visualize (SolidWorks) I don't know	Visualize (SolidWorks) Very difficult	Visualize (SolidWorks) Somewhat difficult	Visualize (SolidWorks) Somewhat easy	Visualize (SolidWorks) Very easy
Cycles (Blender)	Cycles (Blender) I don't know	Cycles (Blender) Very difficult	Cycles (Blender) Somewhat difficult	Cycles (Blender) Somewhat easy	Cycles (Blender) Very easy
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) I don't know	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Very difficult	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Somewhat difficult	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Somewhat easy	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Very easy
Sketchfab	Sketchfab I don't know	Sketchfab Very difficult	Sketchfab Somewhat difficult	Sketchfab Somewhat easy	Sketchfab Very easy
Shapr3d	Shapr3d I don't know	Shapr3d Very difficult	Shapr3d Somewhat difficult	Shapr3d Somewhat easy	Shapr3d Very easy

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* 16. How easy to use are the following visualization tools?

	I don't know	Very hard to use	Hard to use	Just okay	Easy to use	Very easy to use
KeyShot	KeyShot I don't know	KeyShot Very hard to use	KeyShot Hard to use	KeyShot Just okay	KeyShot Easy to use	KeyShot Very easy to use
VRay (Chaos Group)	VRay (Chaos Group) I don't know	VRay (Chaos Group) Very hard to use	VRay (Chaos Group) Hard to use	VRay (Chaos Group) Just okay	VRay (Chaos Group) Easy to use	VRay (Chaos Group) Very easy to use
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) I don't know	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Very hard to use	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Hard to use	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Just okay	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Easy to use	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Very easy to use
Visualize (SolidWorks)	Visualize (SolidWorks) I don't know	Visualize (SolidWorks) Very hard to use	Visualize (SolidWorks) Hard to use	Visualize (SolidWorks) Just okay	Visualize (SolidWorks) Easy to use	Visualize (SolidWorks) Very easy to use
Cycles (Blender)	Cycles (Blender) I don't know	Cycles (Blender) Very hard to use	Cycles (Blender) Hard to use	Cycles (Blender) Just okay	Cycles (Blender) Easy to use	Cycles (Blender) Very easy to use
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) I don't know	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Very hard to use	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Hard to use	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Just okay	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Easy to use	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Very easy to use
Sketchfab	Sketchfab I don't know	Sketchfab Very hard to use	Sketchfab Hard to use	Sketchfab Just okay	Sketchfab Easy to use	Sketchfab Very easy to use
Shapr3d	Shapr3d I don't know	Shapr3d Very hard to use	Shapr3d Hard to use	Shapr3d Just okay	Shapr3d Easy to use	Shapr3d Very easy to use

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* 17. How fast are the following visualization tools?

	I don't know	Slow	Not slow but not great	Fast	Very fast
KeyShot	KeyShot I don't know	KeyShot Slow	KeyShot Not slow but not great	KeyShot Fast	KeyShot Very fast
VRay (Chaos Group)	VRay (Chaos Group) I don't know	VRay (Chaos Group) Slow	VRay (Chaos Group) Not slow but not great	VRay (Chaos Group) Fast	VRay (Chaos Group) Very fast
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) I don't know	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Slow	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Not slow but not great	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Fast	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Very fast
Visualize (SolidWorks)	Visualize (SolidWorks) I don't know	Visualize (SolidWorks) Slow	Visualize (SolidWorks) Not slow but not great	Visualize (SolidWorks) Fast	Visualize (SolidWorks) Very fast
Cycles (Blender)	Cycles (Blender) I don't know	Cycles (Blender) Slow	Cycles (Blender) Not slow but not great	Cycles (Blender) Fast	Cycles (Blender) Very fast
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) I don't know	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Slow	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Not slow but not great	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Fast	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Very fast
Sketchfab	Sketchfab I don't know	Sketchfab Slow	Sketchfab Not slow but not great	Sketchfab Fast	Sketchfab Very fast
Shapr3d	Shapr3d I don't know	Shapr3d Slow	Shapr3d Not slow but not great	Shapr3d Fast	Shapr3d 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)?

	I don't know	Low quality	Okay quality	Good quality	Excellent quality
KeyShot	KeyShot I don't know	KeyShot Low quality	KeyShot Okay quality	KeyShot Good quality	KeyShot Excellent quality
VRay (Chaos Group)	VRay (Chaos Group) I don't know	VRay (Chaos Group) Low quality	VRay (Chaos Group) Okay quality	VRay (Chaos Group) Good quality	VRay (Chaos Group) Excellent quality
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) I don't know	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Low quality	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Okay quality	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Good quality	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Excellent quality
Visualize (SolidWorks)	Visualize (SolidWorks) I don't know	Visualize (SolidWorks) Low quality	Visualize (SolidWorks) Okay quality	Visualize (SolidWorks) Good quality	Visualize (SolidWorks) Excellent quality
Cycles (Blender)	Cycles (Blender) I don't know	Cycles (Blender) Low quality	Cycles (Blender) Okay quality	Cycles (Blender) Good quality	Cycles (Blender) Excellent quality
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) I don't know	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Low quality	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Okay quality	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Good quality	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Excellent quality
Sketchfab	Sketchfab I don't know	Sketchfab Low quality	Sketchfab Okay quality	Sketchfab Good quality	Sketchfab Excellent quality
Shapr3d	Shapr3d I don't know	Shapr3d Low quality	Shapr3d Okay quality	Shapr3d Good quality	Shapr3d Excellent quality

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* 19. How often do following visualization tools provide you with innovative new capabilities?

	I don't know	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
KeyShot	KeyShot I don't know	KeyShot Never	KeyShot Rarely	KeyShot Sometimes	KeyShot Often
VRay (Chaos Group)	VRay (Chaos Group) I don't know	VRay (Chaos Group) Never	VRay (Chaos Group) Rarely	VRay (Chaos Group) Sometimes	VRay (Chaos Group) Often
Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) I don't know	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Never	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Rarely	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Sometimes	Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon) Often
Visualize (SolidWorks)	Visualize (SolidWorks) I don't know	Visualize (SolidWorks) Never	Visualize (SolidWorks) Rarely	Visualize (SolidWorks) Sometimes	Visualize (SolidWorks) Often
Cycles (Blender)	Cycles (Blender) I don't know	Cycles (Blender) Never	Cycles (Blender) Rarely	Cycles (Blender) Sometimes	Cycles (Blender) Often
Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) I don't know	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Never	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Rarely	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Sometimes	Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk) Often
Sketchfab	Sketchfab I don't know	Sketchfab Never	Sketchfab Rarely	Sketchfab Sometimes	Sketchfab Often
Shapr3d	Shapr3d I don't know	Shapr3d Never	Shapr3d Rarely	Shapr3d Sometimes	Shapr3d 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.

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.

KeyShot

VRay (Chaos Group)

Redshift and/or Corona (Maxon)

Visualize (SolidWorks)

Cycles (Blender)

Arnold and/or VRED (Autodesk)

Sketchfab

Shapr3d

KeyShot Customer Survey 2023

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* 1. What is your first name?

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. Who is your current employer?

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* 4. In what country do you live?

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* 5. How many years of professional experience do you have?

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* 6. Which best describes your job function?

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* 7. What industry do you work in?

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* 8. How many hours each week do you spend on visualization tasks?

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* 9. What do you primarily use KeyShot for?

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* 10. What challenges have you encountered when using 3D rendering software? (Check all that apply)

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* 11. When selecting a 3D rendering software, what benefits are most important to you?

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* 12. If you had to choose the single most important benefit of your 3D rendering software, which would you choose?

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* 13. What visualization products have you used?

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* 14. Rate your experience level with the following visualization products you have used.

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* 15. How easy to learn are the following visualization tools?

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* 16. How easy to use are the following visualization tools?

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* 17. How fast are the following visualization tools?

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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)?

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* 19. How often do following visualization tools provide you with innovative new capabilities?

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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.

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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.

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* 22. What would you like us to know about designers' current and future needs?