# S5E38 Istvan Csanady | Shapr3D

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2024-09-20
- Length: 53m
- Episode: 38
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d

## Summary

Istvan Csanady, founder and CEO of Shapr3D, explains how his company is reinventing CAD by focusing on mobility, ease of use, and native application support on iPad, Mac, Windows, and Apple Vision Pro. He details the company's strategy of starting with a simple, accessible tool for SMBs and creative professionals before expanding into enterprise markets like automotive process engineering and consumer product design. Csanady discusses the technical challenges of balancing simplicity with sophisticated parametric modeling features, the importance of their private cloud architecture for enterprise data security, and the upcoming roadmap including assembly-level collaboration.

## Chapters

- [0:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=57) Introduction and Shapr3D Overview
- [3:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=205) Mobility, Native Apps, and Vision Pro
- [7:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=448) Balancing Ease of Use with Complexity
- [11:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=700) First Sales and Early Business Strategy
- [15:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=911) Scaling to Enterprise and Market Positioning
- [21:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=1306) Apple Design Award and UX Philosophy
- [31:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=1889) Ideal Customer and Use Cases
- [39:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=2348) The 95% vs 5% Workflow and Handoffs
- [47:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2024-09-20-s5e38-istvan-csanady-shapr3d#t=2844) Future Roadmap: Parametric, Collaboration, and Cloud

## Topics

- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Shapr3D (product)
- SolidWorks (product)
- Creo (product)
- NX (product)
- Onshape (product)
- CATIA (product)
- Apple Vision Pro (product)
- Siemens Parasolid (other)
- Apple Design Award (other)

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- [153: The Evolution of CAD Product Development Software](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2022-12-07-153-the-evolution-of-cad-product-development-software) (Product Startup)
- [122: Modern Methods for New Product Development](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2022-04-13-122-modern-methods-for-new-product-development) (Product Startup)
- [STL273: Shaper Origin—Then and Now](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2022-08-26-stl273-shaper-origin-then-and-now) (Shop Talk Live)
- [The Power of the CAD Model w/ Adam Beck](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2020-07-07-the-power-of-the-cad-model-w-adam-beck) (The Manufacturing Executive)
- [182: Consumer Product Hardware Trends in Mid 2023](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2023-06-30-182-consumer-product-hardware-trends-in-mid-2023) (Product Startup)

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