Frequent question: Why do you think engineers use Onshape?

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Do engineers use Onshape?

Onshape users were not included in the Engineering.com survey. SOLIDWORKS compared its favorability ratings with Siemens Solid Edge®, PTC Creo®, Siemens NX® and AutoCAD®.

Who started Onshape?

It was created in 2012 by two former Solidworks CEOs, John Hirschtick and John McEleney, who, along with a team of six professionals, launched the Belmont Technology program that would later be renamed Onshape. Later, in 2015, the program launched the beta version of its CAD software in the cloud, publicly.

Who uses Onshape?

Companies Currently Using Onshape

Company Name	Website	Employees
PTC	ptc.com	From 5,000 to 9,999
Trek Bicycle Corporation	trekbikes.com	From 1,000 to 4,999
Formlabs	formlabs.com	From 500 to 999
Motorola Solutions	motorolasolutions.com	Above 10,000

What can you do with Onshape?

Onshape helps businesses modernize their product design process.

Parts, Assemblies, Drawings.
Configurations.
Standard content libraries.
Managed in-context design.
Simultaneous sheet metal tools.
Import / Export industry file formats.
Intelligent custom features.

Is Onshape used in industry?

The companies using Onshape are most often found in United States and in the Higher Education industry. Onshape is most often used by companies with 10-50 employees and 1M-10M dollars in revenue. Our data for Onshape usage goes back as far as 2 years and 5 months.

What is Onshape written in?

Onshape’s Part Studios are written in FeatureScript. User actions that modify a Part Studio, under the hood, actually modify a representation of the Part Studio consisting of FeatureScript code.

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What language is Onshape?

Welcome to FeatureScript

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

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.

How good is Onshape?

Onshape is a capable, professional, CAD software solution that operates in the cloud. I can access and work on files from any computer. It is efficient and easy to use.

Is Onshape easy to learn?

“Easy to use and easy to understand from the outset. Very easy to create simple models, hitting the ground running.” “From the few years, I’ve been using it, they are also constantly improving the features available and also refining the user interface.”