Onshape by PTC
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Inferior 3D-modelling platform
What do you like best about the product?
Price-wise, Onshape is definitely one of the more accessible CAD programs currently available. It can be used in a browser, allowing multiple users to work on the same project at the same time and access the project on multiple computers without having to download a new program.
What do you dislike about the product?
Onshape lacks much of the functionality provided with other (more expensive) CAD programs. There is much less flexibility in regards to what constraints are available (both within sketches and assemblies) and little to no options for editing text on a surface. Convenient options to view cross-sections of the model are also removed. Onshape can be used if there are no other options available, but it requires much more manual labor from the user and takes several times longer to complete the same task within Onshape than it would take with other CAD programs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When I did not have access to other CAD programs, I used Onshape to create some quick models for 3D printing. It takes longer to create in Onshape but the end result still provides a finished 3D model for use with 3D printing software, such as Cura.
Always improving!
What do you like best about the product?
Version control and collaboration was the key selling point for this CAD platform. The ability to test ideas without messing up your document tree is really critical.
What do you dislike about the product?
No native thermal or mechanical analysis capabilities, and the marketplace is still lacking reasonable solutions. This is one of the biggest flaws that I see.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Working across distributed teams has been easily resolved with Onshape, and document / file hygiene has really been resolved.
Online cloud software easy to excess through various devices
What do you like best about the product?
Onshape an online cloud software easy to excess through various devices. I can share documents with colleagues and work simultaneously with them on the same file.
What do you dislike about the product?
That if I am for few minutes not active on it, it asks me to refresh page and thus sometimes it sends me to the main page of Onshape.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Modeling our prototypes in 3D and then manufacturing them
Great CAD software
What do you like best about the product?
Collaboration features are great, easy to share information with customers and suppliers, great software integrations available. Runs well on machines of all makes and sizes (doesn't require a large CAD workstation). Love the mobile apps for remote collaboration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be slow on machines with low RAM, could have more animation capabilities
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CAD collaboration with suppliers/customers, and internal resources. Costs are similar to existing CAD systems but with better PLM capabilities built in. Simplicity and speed allows us to use more CAD tools at quote stage, increasing our win percentage.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Trial is a great tool, try for a longer trial than default. Use the collaboration tools as part of the trial. Test some large models/assemblies.
An everyday everyway game-changer
What do you like best about the product?
OnShape is fundamentally different than other CAD platforms in many ways. Each and every click seems faster and more intuitive, assembly mates take about 1/4 of the time to apply and adjust. They’ve built this from the ground up and the founder basically took everything they knew and disliked about SW and picked each feature apart until it was more streamlined. Being in the cloud, the reliance on heavy-duty hardware is effectively removed as all of the heavy lifting is done on their end. Continual updates are something I really look forward to now. Simple and quick contact with their dev team means you have a say in subsequent releases. The best part for me however is that there is no save button. I’ve used this platform every single day for two years and not once have I lost a single minute of work. Every click is traced, every revision tracked and stored.
What do you dislike about the product?
Let's see; you can't edit tolerances on hole callouts, sketching in drawings lacks features and seems to be in its infancy, when you insert from partstudio to assembly, the parts remain in their orientation as sketched however, when you place a mate it does not auto-fill the dimensions. There is one major flaw in the drawings module in that you can't easily change BoM headings (update: in the Standard and Professional packages there seems to be no way at all to add custom BoM headers.I'm told this feature does exist in Enterprise but the workflow still looked painful).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
On any given day we’re building products for a variety on industries including tightly toleranced machine parts for industrial use, heavy structural weldments, medical devices, plastic assemblies and enclosures for agricultural use etc. If it’s anything, it’s versatile.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
When you try it, if you're a traditional CAD user, go right to the Learning section as there are a few key differences. Namely, mates are fundamentally different.
Onshape product review, intermediate CAD user
What do you like best about the product?
Document file structure makes it very easy to use and organise. Part Studio, mate connector and Assembly features are very useful and can help turn around models very quickly and better than most other CAD systems. It's browser based, no installation required which is very usefyl
What do you dislike about the product?
Importing CAD from other parametric systems are default as solids (lose the feature history). However, the CAD tools make it easy to manipulate models once inside.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I can create prototypes very quickly with Onshape, but also use it for creating test rigs and 3D printed mockups. It's user-friendly, especially when creating assemblies. Great online community and training modules mean its easy to get started.
Ease of use and access
What do you like best about the product?
Shared files/docs and running the software in the cloud and like Google Drive makes internal collaboration at our company easier. I also appreciate being able to change the way the mouse and keys work depending on what prior software one was used to.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not that many companies appear to be using it yet vs. other programs like Solidworks. I would love to see more adoption. We are also hiring, and I have yet to see OnShape on any resumes from school or work experience.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are drawing out our 3D architecture with OnShape and looking at it from several views including internal microscopic features and external macroscopic features. I specifically do the microscopic designs and then feed them into a multiphysics simulation tool.
Onshape is the future of CAD
What do you like best about the product?
I feel like Onshape is really what CAD should be. Super intuitive user interface. It runs on basically any browser and runs pretty independently of my computer specs. Excellent PDM and "PLM-Lite" features. Collaborative tools are powerful. Every feature has been thoughtfully designed, especially mates and assembly features. Lots of great custom features from the community, too.
What do you dislike about the product?
As with most SaaS products, there are occasional bugs that crop up every now and again. Usually, they are resolved pretty quickly and aren't wildly disruptive. Often I've found bugs relate to surfacing features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm doing consumer product design, collaborating with a 3-person team across the country. I am an ideal Onshape customer and Onshape works very well for me and my team.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Onshape is like other CAD programs in a lot of ways, but in some ways it is different. In most ways that it is different, it is better; but it is different nonetheless. Make sure you learn about these differences (I recommend Onshape bootcamp) while evaluating the product.
Excellent Versioning, Built in PLM, Easy to Use and Admin
What do you like best about the product?
Onhsape has a very intuitive built-in versioning and PLM, which means no file management and eliminates uncontrolled copies. The ability to design co-dependant parts in a single view and in various contexts is powerful, which you would use for state-specific features such as closed or open state features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Users with Solidworks or Inventor experience will likely be stuck using outdated methods such as planes in an Assembly. Onshape uses mate connectors which serve all the same functions and more, but this takes a little getting used to. Some minor features are missing that require some work arounds: a simple example is you can't use variables for side counts (I expected this would be coming soon, though).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy to use CAD system providing a single source of truth for files and drawings and a CAD solution that sensible includes PLM as part of the design instead of an afterthought.
Good for somewhere between Hobby and Enterprise
What do you like best about the product?
It was extremely easy to learn. Terrific learning resources. Very helpful feature-by-feature content.
What do you dislike about the product?
A colleague who is an engineer didn't like that there was no 3D Sketching. I didn't mind, but I don't have context on how valuable that is.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I made Household objects, safety items, out-of-stock or replacement parts for baby products, connectors, inventions.
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