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Onshape Shapes My Work and Ideas, Helping Me to Sell My Ideas
December 16, 2022

Onshape Shapes My Work and Ideas, Helping Me to Sell My Ideas

Kustaa Nyholm | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Onshape

I use Onshape to develop and study new product concepts and prototypes. This typically consists of building models for parts or sub-assemblies of larger products. One of the key things for me is that it is a matter of seconds to fire up Onshape and start sketching, I use it for even the most trivial tasks because it is so convenient. At the same time, it covers almost all my more complex modeling needs. The no-install cloud-based approach really sold it to me. The ability to just whip up your phone or pad to showcase your design or ideas to co-workers or friends is huge.
  • No install, use any where, any device, instant access to my data
  • Ease of use, the UI just works for me
  • In application support, in the very few cases I've needed help it has been rapid and the ability to share your model with support is tremendous in getting help
  • I'm a Pro-user but I would like to have the possibility to have a pay-as-use option in some form. Now it is all or nothing (the public sharing of models - and model rights!) is not an option for many not-for-profit projects.
  • On-site hosting might help to sell the cloud concept to the more paranoid management.
  • Basic CAM generation would be awesome
  • Nonparametric modeling in some form or making it easier to use assemblies for those use cases where you want to model some parts and just play around moving things when you are exploring different configurations.
  • Doing Industrial Design type sketching and experimenting is not really a strong point on Onshape
  • Super fast idea to concept parts and prototypes
  • So easy to share things with co-workers or higher management that I do it all the time
  • No, IT support is needed so no IT cost and no hassle working with in-house IT and their way of doing things
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.
Don't understand what implementation means in this context. I deployed Onshape in a matter of minutes, just registered, and started to explore. My first complex model was ready in a few days.

Do you think Onshape delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Onshape's feature set?

Yes

Did Onshape live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Onshape go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Onshape again?

Yes

For most mechanical CAD needs, ad-hoc or medium size products it is awesome. Especially I would recommend Onshape for small ops and start-ups because it is so easy to deploy, learn and start to use. Literally, you can start modeling in 5 minutes. And yet it is versatile and performant enough to accommodate the majority of use cases. If you are worried about having your data hostage to the fortunes of a CAD company that might go bust (not likely but possible) and potentially be inaccessible any time (again unlikely) then perhaps this is not for you. Also, legacy CAD systems and habits may prevent you from effectively utilizing cloud-based systems.