Onshape vs. Siemens NX CAD

Onshape has been great as a learning platform for students as they are typically using fairly basic functions and smaller projects. As projects get more complicated or documents contain more parts or larger assemblies the program does use more bandwidth and processing power, which has let to some lag and loading issues.

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Siemens NX CAD support team is very responsive & active. They are having updates very frequently & good layout for commands & User interface. They have commands simple to use & operate on low configuration systems. Siemens NX CAD supports 3D modeling , 2D drafting. It has options for CAD library which is very useful for similar projects & easy reference.

• Cloud-based infrastructure and collaboration is a primary benefit.
• The available documentation is extremely thorough.
• The ability to integrate with other software for simulation, renderings, etc. is fantastic.
• Not having to save and being able to clearly see versions and change history is excellent.

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• 3d modelling
• Motion analysis
• Detailed drawings
• Accountability of users history with parts

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• Dimensioning a hole feature in a drawing when there are multiple holes, the hole count does not parametrically update. For example, when there are 3x of the same hole, Onshape forces you to manually type in 3x instead of parametrically populating the hole count. This gets very dangerous if say, one of the 3x holes changes but you forget to update the 3x to 2x. Other CAD software does provide this.
• I know Onshape provides guidance on performance considerations and how to structure a project through their literature, however, a dedicated video from Onshape that directly addresses the guidelines on how to minimize file load and reload times would be beneficial to all future and current Onshape users. I think they should incorporate this directly in their training. Poindexter by Design went through the growing pains of this issue but through the Onshape literature and our own experiences we've developed guidelines on how to keep our Onshape performance maximized!

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• The thing that I need to keep all the parts, usually in common with other assemblies, in the same folder is very uncomfortable if I need to revise a single component.
• I would prefer to have 1 file for each part and just select it when needed. (with Solidedge this is possible).

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Familiarity and ability to work from any location. Also easy to cooperate with potential customers, existing customers, systems users, and fabricating shops. Most of the standard designs are now in On Shape and I would like to continue using it. It is easier to run versions to clarify imrovements to the previous designs

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It works very well for our organization. It has made us much more productive.

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Onshape is great software and I have no trouble recommending it to CAD users and companies that need to do design work

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Siemens NX CAD has been has been simple in design & user interface. It is best among the competitors. It can develop heavy models & designs with very ease. It has Layers options for arranging multiple assemblies in the same file. It does not require heavy system investment & works fine on professional PCs

In very few cases something in the model did not work as expected. The ability to share the model and get advice or restore the model and get a bug fix (which happened once IIRC) is really good, The response was fast (less than 20 hours and I'm not in the US time zone), and to the point.

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I might be biased by coming from using three different CAD softwares in the past, so I already understood many modeling concepts, but the training OS offers is really good. Videos are clear, they explain operations in good detail and besides that OS has a really good help system that explains even more how every tool works.

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Onshape is revolutionary. Its advantage is that it can be used without having to download it. You are free to work wherever you want. This means that even if you take a vacation or attend a family event, your work will not be interrupted. You can still bring your work and complete it quickly.

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I have used SOLIDWORKS for over four years, and the vault system is time intensive for control of design history, and revision management. I have used Pro-E for over four years, and this has the capability but is not user-friendly. Not needing high-end computers is another great reason to choose Onshape

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The only reason why NX was chosen was due to the process management, and revision control that's built-in. And being able to limit access to files and if they can be modified.

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• On the plus side, when we do use it, the process is really frictionless and I can see a time when if it were our primary platform, there would be a good deal better ability to share information with one another.
• The ROI is not clear yet since again, it is not yet our primary platform. In a very real sense, it is still viewed as an extended beta evaluation until or when the tools in Onshape are the functional equivalent of those in SW.
• I'm not sure how much time or effort the IT staff spend on maintaining SW, but I do know that each version rollout is quite an effort whereas Onshape does that on the fly and there is literally no effort required by IT other than to provide a fast internet connection.

• Siemens NX CAD made much faster studying and modeling tooling and product assemblies

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