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Introducing Onshape AI Advisor: Your Expert Guide to Onshape CAD & PDM
04/04/2025
Introducing Onshape AI Advisor — an AI-powered assistant designed to provide expert knowledge and best practices for using Onshape cloud-native CAD and PDM.
Cody Armstrong
Cody Armstrong
Data Management
What is PDM?
04.11.2025
Learn how PDM systems organize CAD files and why cloud-native options eliminate traditional workflow bottlenecks while enhancing engineering collaboration and innovation.
Darren Henry
Darren Henry
CAD
How Custom Features Save You from Repetition Purgatory
04.10.2025
Escape repetitive CAD modeling with Onshape Custom Features. Learn how to create reusable tools that automate tedious tasks, save time, and make designing fun again
Aaron Magnin
Aaron Magnin
CADCurvesDrawingsPart StudioSheet MetalSURFACING
11 Onshape Updates Defining CAD Software’s Next Chapter (March 2025)
04.03.2025
Onshape’s early 2025 updates deliver impressive innovations that bridge design and manufacturing while showcasing the platform’s evolving vision for the future of CAD.
Cody Armstrong
Cody Armstrong
CADCustomers
Driving Innovation on the Buffalo Bicycle with Onshape
03.24.2025
Discover how World Bicycle Relief's Buffalo Bicycle transforms lives in rural communities with innovative designs using cloud-native Onshape.
The World Bicycle Relief Team
The World Bicycle Relief Team
CAD
Bridging Design and Manufacturing: How Cloud-Native CAM Improves Product Design Workflows
03.20.2025
Cloud-native CAD + CAM redefined. Onshape CAM Studio eliminates delays with real-time collaboration, instant toolpath updates, and no software installs.
Aaron Magnin
Aaron Magnin
Company
Onshape Government: The Cloud-Native CAD & PDM Solution for U.S. Federal Agencies and Contractors
03.17.2025
Onshape Government allows organizations to harness the power of the cloud while meeting the strict security and compliance requirements set by the U.S. government.
The Onshape Team
The Onshape Team
CADUnder the hood
Why Cloud CAD is Faster than Desktop
03.12.2025
Learn how Onshape, PTC’s AWS-powered cloud CAD, surpasses desktop performance limits – no file management, instant scaling, and parallel processing that eliminates waiting.
Paul Chastell
Paul Chastell
Customers
From Farm to Table, Onshape is Helping Food-Tech Get Cooking
03.07.2025
Food-tech teams are using Onshape's cloud-native CAD platform to improve farming, food preparation, and delivery with efficient collaborative design and built-in PDM.
Albert Foley
Albert Foley
CAD
How to Use CAD and CAM Software: Machining Fundamentals
03.06.2025
Learn CAM programming with Onshape's cloud-based CAM Studio. Access our Learning Center for machining fundamentals and streamline your design-to-manufacturing workflow.
Courtney Roemer
Courtney Roemer
CADEducation
The Onshape Educator Plan: Professional-Grade CAD in the Classroom
03.04.2025
With the Onshape Educator Plan, educators and mentors can now access Classes & Assignments and Onshape Simulation.
Matthew Mueller
Matthew Mueller
Company
Why Do G2 Reviewers Love Onshape?
02.27.2025
Onshape makes G2’s 2025 “Best Fastest Growing Software” and “Best CAD & PLM Products” lists! See why users love PTC’s cloud-native CAD and PDM solution.
Ignacio Martos
Ignacio Martos
CAD
Onshape CAM Studio is Here: How Does It Compare to Existing Tools?
02.26.2025
Learn how Onshape CAM Studio compares to traditional CAD/CAM tools. Learn about seamless design-to-manufacturing workflows, real-time collaboration, and other key features.
Sandeep Urankar
Sandeep Urankar
CustomersStartup
Startup-Ready CAD: How Modern Hardware Teams Build Faster
02.20.2025
Join successful hardware startups building breakthrough products with Onshape's cloud-native platform. Learn about free CAD access for qualified startups.
The Onshape Team
The Onshape Team
Customers
Onshape Startup Program: KAIKAKU
02.19.2025
London-based startup KAIKAKU is reshaping restaurant operations with their AI-powered robot, Fusion, while leveraging Onshape, PTC’s cloud-native CAD platform.
Albert Foley
Albert Foley
CAD
True Cost of File-Based CAD/CAM
02.17.2025
Learn about challenges like data fragmentation and manual updates, and discover how Onshape CAM Studio's cloud-native solution revolutionizes design-to-manufacturing workflows.
Sandeep Urankar
Sandeep Urankar
CAD
Introducing Onshape AI Advisor: Your Expert Guide to Onshape CAD & PDM
04/04/2025
Introducing Onshape AI Advisor — an AI-powered assistant designed to provide expert knowledge and best practices for using Onshape cloud-native CAD and PDM.
Cody Armstrong
Cody Armstrong