Onshape by PTC
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Onshape, an Easy to Learn & Use, Comprehensive CAD Tool for all Applications
What do you like best about the product?
Onshape's Cloud Based Engine provides my Workstation an 'always up-to-date Serious CAD tool, without the worry about software updates. It allows immediate access to my work, while providing secure backup. And, its 3D interface is a delight to use, with a serious approach to parametric modeling.
When I first started using Onshape in 2018, their Online Tutorials were comprehensive and easy to follow. Onshape's HELP resources have never let me hanging, when I needed help with the best approach to any design problem.
Since getting my 3D Printer, Onshape has provided unlimited opportunities for this Retired Senior to create solutions & new learning.
When I first started using Onshape in 2018, their Online Tutorials were comprehensive and easy to follow. Onshape's HELP resources have never let me hanging, when I needed help with the best approach to any design problem.
Since getting my 3D Printer, Onshape has provided unlimited opportunities for this Retired Senior to create solutions & new learning.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't recall anything that I didn't like about Onshape, as a tool.
While I understand that my 'Free Onshape Account' has required my work to be Public, I wish it also provided access their impressive collaboration tools; so I could share my experience with others & build on their skills.
While I understand that my 'Free Onshape Account' has required my work to be Public, I wish it also provided access their impressive collaboration tools; so I could share my experience with others & build on their skills.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As a Retired Hobbyist & Home Owner my needs are varied. I've created items to repair things around the house. I've created gifts for family & friends. I've made physical interfaces for my HAM Radio needs. But the most important benefit to me has been to learn & explore new ways to take virtual product concepts to physical reality; at an affordable price.
Great for Beginners to Experts
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to use OnShape from any device. As being a beginner with no experience they treated me the same, offered amazing training, and never made me feel out of place when contacting customer support with help on a design. Their willingness to help and teach to make sure I understand before closing ticket.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can feel over whelming to individuals just starting out, but if you give it time it gets better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Onshape is a one stop shop for my company's needs. I can keep all the documentation organized per project outside of the design. I can add pictures, notes, and other documents to my project to keep everything available while on the road or between clients.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
To a small company like mine OnShape may look like it's to much for what your company may need or want, or the price might scare you away, but I will say that it is worth every penny. Do not feel worried about being in over your head. OnShape makes sure to work with you to get you on the right learning path, and customer support will help with design ideas without making you feel out of place. I hope this review helps you make the decision you need to go with OnShape you won't regret it.
You can use Onshape anywhere on any device.
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Onshape is a cloud based CAD system which means that files are automatically saved. You are also able to collaborate with others in real time if you are associated with a team which means that either person doesn't have to wait for the other to see what is the latest design change to a model. Also all the key-board shortcuts are readily available to you to see.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are still some quicker functions available in SolidWorks that have not been implemented in Onshape such as a quick trim tool, solving some fillet errors, turning a diameter into a radius value, and some other minor inconveniences when trying to replicate a drawing into a 3D model.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Onshape currently offers a free account which allows people like me or anyone to use CAD without much downloading or paying much. I've also benefitted in creating different versions quickly and sharing files to people who don't have an onshape account but are able to see what I have modeled without screenshots.
Next generation SolidWorks
What do you like best about the product?
After being a 15 year loyal SolidWorks power user, I'm not all in with OnShape. More than enough features are built out at this point to make it more powerful than SolidWorks. The primary design work I do is machine design with a medium-sized team (8 mechanical engineers). The best features for me are:
+ Never crashes, never need to save.
+ Fast performance with large models (still had loading time, but way faster than SW).
+ Branching and merging models are way better than "save copy as" in SW. Allows me to easily iterate.
+ Sharing models with outside stakeholders is just like google drive.
+ Overall just easy on the eyes and a pleasure to use
+ Never crashes, never need to save.
+ Fast performance with large models (still had loading time, but way faster than SW).
+ Branching and merging models are way better than "save copy as" in SW. Allows me to easily iterate.
+ Sharing models with outside stakeholders is just like google drive.
+ Overall just easy on the eyes and a pleasure to use
What do you dislike about the product?
There are still a few non-critical features that are still being developed, and a lot of usability things you need to get comfortable with after having using SW for such a long time:
- Mate connectors in assemblies take some time to get used- to. This is how you mate parts.
- No reference planes in assemblies right now
- There are no textures for appearances, just a pre-defined list of colors to choose from.
- Managing permissions across folders can be tricky, it's like google drive, but sometimes works differently
- Drawings don't have fit tolerancing as a drop-down like in SolidWorks
- Mate connectors in assemblies take some time to get used- to. This is how you mate parts.
- No reference planes in assemblies right now
- There are no textures for appearances, just a pre-defined list of colors to choose from.
- Managing permissions across folders can be tricky, it's like google drive, but sometimes works differently
- Drawings don't have fit tolerancing as a drop-down like in SolidWorks
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
During Covid, our entire engineering team started working from home. Working over a VPN to access the SolidWorks vault became a huge time suck for the team. We switched over in between product lifecycles and OnShape completely eliminated the problem.
We work on large industrial processing equipment. Collaboration has definitely increased from what I'm used to in Solidworks, and most of that just came from the fact that OnShape is like google drive for PDM, so you get to see what people are working on day to day (if the folder is shared across the team).
We work on large industrial processing equipment. Collaboration has definitely increased from what I'm used to in Solidworks, and most of that just came from the fact that OnShape is like google drive for PDM, so you get to see what people are working on day to day (if the folder is shared across the team).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Free trials are available if you're okay with the CAD being public. I'd recommend you spend a week working with it and watching their training videos to see how powerful it can be. Design a full subsystem, and carefully watch their training videos so you don't get frustrated, the UI and UX can be different than SolidWorks in some places. If you're like me you'll be convinced it's at least just as powerful as SolidWorks, and overall a far better solution since it lives in the cloud.
Why I use Onshape
What do you like best about the product?
Onshape allows me to be flexible and not tied to one computer with minimum to zero difference in performance. At work I have a CAD workstation, at home I have a 14 year old PC, with Onshape being a cloud based software, the computing is done in the cloud not on my local computer. In the event I have to work from home, I don't have to worry about lugging around my CAD workstation or invest in a new home computer, I simply log on from home and experience relatively the same performance on my old home PC as I would with a newer, more powerful machine. To add to this Onshape also runs on my phone. I have done some quick edits and even complete CAD models on my phone when I don't even have access to a computer.
What do you dislike about the product?
The downside I deal with is that Onshape is still new and lacks some of the functionality more mature CAD software has. This is especially true in the sheet metal side of modeling and documentation. I have experienced this same situation about 20 years ago with traditional CAD software. Back in 2000 when I started using 3D CAD, it seemed sheet metal enhancements were always few and far between. I am optimistic that Onshape, having enhancements added every 3 weeks, will break this trend in the CAD industry.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Onshape documents allows me to keep one single source of truth. An Onshape document is unique in that it is not just an area for CAD data. When working in a manufacturing setting there is more than just CAD data needed to ensure the accuracy and quality of a product. In my field I need material test reports (MTR) , weld procedures (WPS) , quality documents, etc. With Onshape I can store all of this in one Onshape document. At anytime during the life cycle of the product I can add or remove contributors and also set the amount of access by setting just viewing or full editing permissions. No need to search different areas of a local based server or computer for a document, it is all just one internet link away stored in the cloud. Information contained within the Onshape document can be accessed anywhere, anytime, on any device. Comments and revisions or made in the same environment that the design is done so there is no need for a separate viewer or scanning and filing of a marked up .pdf or printed drawing.
Comprehensive tool for product development
What do you like best about the product?
It is very helpful for me to manage the product designing and offers me a convenient way of usage, I can operate it on my laptop and even in my mobile, by which it has become a piece of cake to assist my team. Further I feel more confident to develop new designs and shapes and easily I can manage the assemblies and drawings. Onshape provides me a secure and easy way to share the data with my team members.
What do you dislike about the product?
For this steep learning curve is required with it as it is a technical tool thus more training videos should be provided in this regard. Furthermore its installation and initiation was a bit tough for me may be it depended on the product knowledge.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This tool is very easy to configure and process various types of file format. In addition it is easily customizable and till now I have professionally organized the bill of Materials (BOMs). Onshape has allowed me to control the on sets of version and provides me effective reporting about the complete history of the editing in creation design.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This is the most appropriately designed tool. It will help you a lot in bringing modification and improvement in the efficiency of product. It will prove useful and helpful in organizing your work and further helps you in boosting the work process.
Overall Great Software!
What do you like best about the product?
The effortless, seamless collaboration between users.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some small features are missing. But many of them have workarounds or are not dealbreakers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Collaboration is really incredible with Onshape. It massively simplifies our somewhat scattered workplace
In form, I can easily share designs with customers worldwide
What do you like best about the product?
With SolidWorks I learned CAD and the transition to Onshape was smooth. I like how many tools, except in browser-based programs, are basically same for. I also really liked this same Part Studio, but it's a bit familiar to me. Very well integrated versioning. I believe that share capabilities are unbelievable as well I can express a URL to my customers and those who shouldn't need apps apart from their browser.
What do you dislike about the product?
For drawings of dimensions I would like OnShape to have better support. Especially when I make things like cable schemes or electric hookup schemes, so if I wouldn't need a packed eCAD, but only want to show my manufacturers several things quickly, it lacks a little. In addition it is somewhat desired to support unusual fasteners, trousers, threads etc. I can work on this usually in my design, but sometimes I have model an attachment or some other standard industry part so that I can make use of my workspace.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
One of our main problems is that we depend on Google for our design files to be shared and stored. This has lead to issues where folders can get corrupted or down to the backup and synchronization of the files. File sharing can take hours, leading to some users working locally and uploading when needed to back up collaborative effort problems. Overnight this changed how work is thought of and handled with the collaboration features and the built-in ERP system Onshape.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure that Onshape's capabilities match what you try. But it's a very clever design framework, there are a few main aspects which can cause more problems than advantages depending on your requirements. In that no upgrade or installation is necessary, the speed of notifications is remarkable and almost invisible, and therefore expansion of the platform is exciting.
A great platform improving at a rate no other can or will match.
What do you like best about the product?
As stated in my title, this is a great platform mostly due to the rate of improvements. Its functionality started somewhat limited, but I've been on it for a very long time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Dislike, nothing, I wish it had more analysis capabilities, but the apps are good enough.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
improved part to part matching with multi part models. Control control control the state of things is managed very well.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Having worked with Cad since Autocad 1.4, and used over a dozen systems, I often found each had specific strengths, and yet all had similar weaknesses. The complexity of tracking changes was always some extra footwork. Not so with Onshape, and while Autodesk's product I am told is quite good, I got completely burned in the mid 90's buying Mechanical Desktop with explicit assurances it could generate surfaces I needed, and in the end, it simply couldn't. The answer from them was "sorry about that" just shy of 10 grand and a sorry is what I get when it failed to do the one thing I was told it would and the only thing I needed it to do. Since that time I really don't want to support them on principal. Shortly after I found Solidworks and it was quite a nice improvement. The little issues Solidworks had were small until after about 8 releases these little things were never really addressed, and they grew only because they could have been addressed. 5 long years ago I found Onshape, I liked what it seemed to be capable of and the potential promise of what it could do. I played for a few days and then jumped in and abandoned all other CAD for any project started from that point forward. The 2D drawing module lagged but as mentioned above it improved at such a good rate, and if they didn't make something I needed it is truly my fault for not asking, because they have been so very responsive to the users.
Revolutionary Paradigm Shift in 3D Mechanical CAD
What do you like best about the product?
The flexibility and platform independence of the software
The inbuilt data and revision management, no more version control issues
Share and collaborate in real-time
Excellent customer support & service
Constantly developing feature set
A really quick tool, especially for simpler tasks
Easy to learn with excellent tutorials and feature examples
The assembly style with mate connectors is really powerful
Configurations feature is sensational
Really intuitive interface
Great platform for sharing with clients quickly and easily. They can follow along and review design ideas in real time.
The inbuilt data and revision management, no more version control issues
Share and collaborate in real-time
Excellent customer support & service
Constantly developing feature set
A really quick tool, especially for simpler tasks
Easy to learn with excellent tutorials and feature examples
The assembly style with mate connectors is really powerful
Configurations feature is sensational
Really intuitive interface
Great platform for sharing with clients quickly and easily. They can follow along and review design ideas in real time.
What do you dislike about the product?
Speed can be slow at times
Occasionally features are missing or are counterintuitive/dont work as expected although if you notify your account rep, they normally are very receptive and look for ways to improve the product and remove the pain point as quickly as possible.
Limited integration with OEM downstream software, Machine CAM packages etc.
No ability to work offline, on plane, away from good internet etc. Being able to "check-out" a document package would be wonderful
No being able to apply mate connectors to multiple parts at the same time
Not being able to drive configurations and patterns with logic based equations. Eg. space holes around the PCD line, max hole spacing = x, min hole spacing = y. Spacing between holes to be calculated based on line length etc.
Occasionally features are missing or are counterintuitive/dont work as expected although if you notify your account rep, they normally are very receptive and look for ways to improve the product and remove the pain point as quickly as possible.
Limited integration with OEM downstream software, Machine CAM packages etc.
No ability to work offline, on plane, away from good internet etc. Being able to "check-out" a document package would be wonderful
No being able to apply mate connectors to multiple parts at the same time
Not being able to drive configurations and patterns with logic based equations. Eg. space holes around the PCD line, max hole spacing = x, min hole spacing = y. Spacing between holes to be calculated based on line length etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Diversified CAD Teams
Better client integration
Rapid development times, even for diverse projects
Reduced learning curve for new staff
Better client integration
Rapid development times, even for diverse projects
Reduced learning curve for new staff
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I really would worry too much, if you have used Solidworks, Inventor etc. you will be right at home. There are a few differences but you will pick them up really quickly and feel at home in no time at all.
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