You asked: Who is using Onshape?

Is Onshape used in industry?

It is primarily focused on mechanical CAD (MCAD) and is used for product and machinery design across many industries, including consumer electronics, mechanical machinery, medical devices, 3D printing, machine parts, and industrial equipment.

Is Onshape used professionally?

Onshape proudly supports the maker community with professional-grade CAD, available free for non-commercial projects in a public work space.

How many Onshape users are there?

The numbers are in: Onshape is now the number one fastest-growing CAD system in the world, according to engineering.com, growing at seven times the average rate of the CAD market, and is used by over two million users.

What company owns Onshape?

Way back in 1997, Hirschtick sold his 3D CAD desktop firm, SOLIDWORKS, to Dassault Systèmes for $310 million. With PTC’s announcement last week of the acquisition of Hirschtick’s newest creation—the cloud CAD company Onshape for $470 million—this is the second time he has succeeded in selling a unique CAD company.

What programming language does Onshape use?

Use custom features created by the Onshape community, or write your own with FeatureScript: the same programming language used by Onshape developers to develop all native Onshape features.

Who started Onshape?

Hear from Onshape founders Jon Hirschtick, John McEleney, Dave Corcoran and other team members.

Does Onshape cost money?

At no cost, hobbyists, makers, and others who are willing to freely share their designs can pursue their projects without the hassles commonly found in old CAD systems. Onshape is accessible from any device, never loses data, and makes sharing and collaboration easy.

How do you use Onshape on PC?

To get up and running with Onshape, all you need is a Mac, PC, Chromebook or Linux computer with a web browser such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera or Edge. That’s it – there’s nothing to download and nothing to install. Just navigate to cad.onshape.com and sign in with your username and password.

Can Onshape be used on phone?

One of the many unique aspects of full-cloud Onshape is that you can CAD anywhere on any device – using a web browser on Mac, PC, Linux and Chromebook, as well as apps for iOS and Android tablets and phones.

When was Onshape founded?

Founded in 2012, Onshape was acquired by PTC in November 2019 and will operate as a SaaS business unit within the company.

What is FeatureScript?

FeatureScript is a new programming language designed by Onshape for building and working with 3D parametric models.

What does PTC Inc do?

About PTC Inc

PTC Inc. is a software and services company, which offers a portfolio of computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), application lifecycle management (ALM), and service lifecycle management (SLM) solutions that enable manufacturers to create and service products.

Is Onshape an open source?

In this case, students and teachers can purchase the Standard version for free. Finally, to support the maker community, OnShape offers the possibility of purchasing a free version for non-commercial projects and in an open source public workspace.

Is Onshape part of PTC?

Education Success: PTC has pivoted the PTC Academic team to support Onshape’s education users. Onshape is the only CAD education solution that runs on any device, making it critical for remote education. The increase of support allowed Onshape’s education sector to reach 1 million users.