Engineering Modeling, Analysis & AI Workflow Survey — 2026

This is a survey about engineering modeling, analysis, simulation, scripting, and AI workflows.

This survey is fully anonymous and takes ~3 minutes.

Optional Prize: At the end, you may enter a drawing for one of three $25 gift cards.

Deadline: All entries must be submitted by 1-15-2026 to be eligible for the optional prize.

No personal information, names, or company identifiers are collected.

What best describes your field?

Software Engineering in Simulation

What tools do you currently use for modeling/analysis/simulation?

(Select all that apply)

What are your biggest challenges with current modeling/analysis tools?

(Select all that apply)

Slow runtimes/hardware limits

Complex UI, steep learning curve

Manual BIM -> analysis exports

Poor collaboration between engineers

Hard to automate or script

Hard to manage large models

Fragmented data across tools

Limited cloud capabilities

How often do you move data between tools e.g. Revit -> Analysis -> Simulation -> Reporting?

How painful is this transfer process?

Do you face hardware or compute limitations?

How often do you write scripts or custom automation for engineering tasks?

What scripting languages do you use?

(Select all that apply)

Custom proprietary language

What do you typically script or customize?  

Data cleanup / verification

Custom elements / materials

Do you currently use Gen AI (LLM's like ChatGPT, LlaMa, Claude, etc.) in engineering work?

What do you use LLM's for?

(Select all that apply)

Writing scripts (Python, JS, Dynamo, etc.)

Creating input files for analysis software

Summarizing reports or analysis results

Explaining engineering concepts

Brainstorming design alternatives

Would AI-assisted modeling or simulation be valuable for your workflow?

What AI-assisted capabilities interest you most?

(Select all that apply)

AI-driven model generation

AI-assisted boundary conditions and loads

Automated design checks (steel, concrete, wood)

Error detection / model validation

Automatic result interpretation

Automated report generation

Would your team consider a browser-based, cloud connected, HPC tool?

What concerns would you have about cloud-base engineering tools?

(Select all that apply)

How important is real-time collaboration for your team?

How does your team typically collaborate during modeling/analysis?

(Select all that apply) 

Hybrids of in-office + remote

Different offices in the same region

Different offices across the country

International distributed team

Async collaboration (files sent back and forth)

Real-time screen sharing (Team/Zoom)

Cloud portals or shared drives

We don't collaborate much on analysis

If you could fix just ONE thing about your current workflow, what would it be?

Anything else you'd like to share about modeling, analysis, simulation or AI?

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