Onshape, a PTC Technology

The engineering team at Premier Custom-Built, a luxury furniture manufacturer, was looking to create a paperless manufacturing floor, aiming to migrate the product specs currently in 3-ring binders to 3D CAD models.

With Onshape, they've been able to:

✔️ Save 50% to 75% in design time by eliminating repetitive tasks because of our industry-specific custom CAD features
✔️ Prevent version control issues of paper manufacturing drawings
✔️ Quickly modify cabinet designs based on customer preferences, thanks to Onshape’s Configurations feature

Read about their journey: http://onshp.co/94

Discover efficient property editing and release workflow in Onshape. Streamline your design process with the Tab Manager, which will save time and optimize data management ➡️ http://onshp.co/8X

🤝 Product Data Management, or PDM, is critical to successful CAD processes. Learn what’s PDM, why CAD needs it, and the 14 things your PDM system must have ➡️ http://onshp.co/8V

💥 2023 has been a year of big innovations at Onshape. Join us in a live session to take a look at our most significant updates of the year.

The session will be held by Onshapers Greg Brown and Cody Armstrong. The duo will be giving live demos of our most exciting feature updates related to surfacing, frames, drawings, simulation + more!

Sign up now:
🇺🇸 Americas Session ➡️ http://onshp.co/8P
🇪🇺 EMEA Session ➡️ http://onshp.co/8Q

You don’t want to miss this!

🎙️Tune into the latest episode of the Master’s of Engineering podcast featuring Sera Evcimen, mechanical engineer, podcast host and founder of Pratik, a product development consulting firm devoted to helping startups 👉 http://onshp.co/8O

In this episode, Sera chats with Onshape co-founder Jon Hirschtick about her approach to engaging with startups. She shares valuable insights on:

✔️ Common challenges that hardware startups face
✔️ How large companies can adopt startup-like agile processes
✔️ How strategic guidance can help nurture innovation and lead to success for hardware firms

Watch / Listen to the podcast now!

⚡ Newsflash: Onshape Simulation has just added Modal Analysis - the easiest and fastest way to understand your structure's rigidity and vibrational characteristics - as you design it!

Modal Analysis in Onshape involves no setup and:

✔️ Infers connectivity from assembly mates
✔️ Calculates natural frequencies and mode shapes
✔️ Proactively identifies unwanted flexibility and mechanical resonance in your structure

Find out how Modal Analysis can supercharge your design workflows: http://onshp.co/8K

Onshape 1.173 is here and causing a stir 🌪 Here are a few reasons why:

✅ Modal Analysis
✅ Fit Class Tolerances on Hole Features
✅ Thin Revolve
✅ Mate Connectors In-Context

But there’s so much more! Check it out ➡ http://onshp.co/8H

Have you ever needed to provide view-only CAD file access to manufacturing teams, or needed your manager to sign-in and approve a release?

In Onshape Enterprise, light users are not able to edit CAD data by creating or changing features. However, Light users still play an impactful role as collaborators in your design process.

In today's Tech Tip, learn four powerful ways in which you can use Light user licenses in Onshape Enterprise 👉 http://onshp.co/8E

Let's learn together. Learn how to design a worm gear, an ideal solution for amplifying torque or slowing down motion ⬇️

When it comes to Sheet Metal design in Onshape, mastering bend calculations is a key skill that can significantly impact the accuracy and manufacturability of your designs.

In this Tech Tip, we'll explore the various options available, namely K Factor, bend allowance, and bend deduction, and guide you on when to use each: http://onshp.co/8A

🎶 Music to our ears: Black Friday sales
🤩 Visual treat to the eyes: High quality surfaces

Modeling complex surfaces and analyzing them in Onshape is now easier than ever before. See for yourself in this example of wireless earbuds designed by our team using a complex loft.

PS: What are you surface modeling today?

👀 Picture this: You're using a CAD system, and your engineers are trying to figure out which version is the latest version of a design.

Despite having separate files, a letter and a number code for each part, you've still ended up in a disorganized mess.

Does this ever happen to you?

The team at Silverside Detectors Inc., a Boston based R&D company that develops next-generation nuclear radiation detection technology, were in a situation where they urgently needed help with data management.

A switch to Onshape helped cut their design time in half! Their design team also highly values Onshape's In-Context Design feature.

🤝 That's why we can't help but cheer when they say "it just works" ✨

Boost productivity in Onshape by minimizing time spent scrolling with views and shortcuts to navigate more efficiently. Learn how ➡️ http://onshp.co/8t

⚡ TOMORROW: Take a live guided tour of Onshape to get well versed with modeling techniques + collaboration tools unique to the platform.

Don't miss this session if you're looking to kickstart your Onshape journey or hone your existing skills. Sign up 👉 http://onshp.co/8o

🚤 Hola! Let’s take a trip to Barcelona, the home of luxury yacht maker De Antonio Yachts.

Before 2020, De Antonio’s team had engineers using different CAD tools, which made design collaboration very inefficient for them. Design updates were also difficult when someone in their team was out of office.

In the last three years their team has been able to:

✅ Save approx. 42k annually in CAD costs + maintenance fees
✅ Meet tight product development cycles
✅ Communicate effectively w/ partners + vendors

With this switch, their team is ready to take on their new goal of launching a new boat model every year!

⚡The future of fashion is here, and it’s a unique fusion between tech and art.

👗 Dutch fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht unveils a new futuristic 3D-printed dress designed in Onshape, that responds to its environment through LEDs.

The motion-activated design is among the first garments in the world to directly embed electronics within 3D-printed elastomers. Check it out ⬇️

👀 Have you heard about our exclusive user group on LinkedIn? Here’s your chance to chat about all things CAD, learn tips and tricks, mingle with other design maestros, and get early previews of upcoming features. Check it out: http://onshp.co/8k

⌨️ Most CAD systems require you to use a keyboard shortcut while making selections to add multiple entities to a selection set. Conversely, they often require a different keyboard shortcut to remove entities from that selection set.

⚡ Onshape’s additive selection behavior makes it easier to select multiple entities within a sketch.

In this Tech Tip, see how you can select sketch entities in Onshape using the box or drag selections 👉 http://onshp.co/8e

Hey there engineers 👋 Meet Onshape 1.172 that's powered with new features, including:

✅ Bend Deduction and Bend Allowance
✅ Tangent Plane
✅ Sketch Relation Shortcuts
✅ Move Rollback - Keyboard Shortcut
.and more. See the complete release roundup ➡️ http://onshp.co/8a

✨ Coming Soon ✨ Get a glimpse of why Barcelona based luxury yacht maker De Antonio Yachts chose Onshape as their ideal CAD system of choice, and how making the switch has helped bring their entire team under the same umbrella, while resulting in massive savings annually.

Ready to in time this weekend?

🕰️ When it comes to time keeping devices, we’re huge fans of this planetary gear clock, a neat example of a design that’s parametrically driven. It integrates ECAD, MCAD, uses custom features and has organized documents. See the model: http://onshp.co/88

Tech Tip: How to Use Named Positions of Subassemblies in Top-Level Assemblies: http://onshp.co/7Z

👻 Raise your hand if one of these file-based CAD nightmares are haunting your design dreams: http://onshp.co/7V

✨ Learn along: Create a functional cam mechanism by designing and assembling various parts, applying mates like pin and slot, tangent, and revolute, allowing for smooth motion of the cam and testing different shapes for varied effects.

See the model used in this tutorial: http://onshp.co/7P

🗣️ Calling all CAD users, designers and fabricators! Join the Onshape community in Boston for our CAM-focused User Group meeting on November 14th / 4:30 PM at PTC's headquarters in the Boston Seaport area. Sign up now ➡️ http://onshp.co/7K

🌐 Join the Onshape User Network, offering our Pro users a group of like-minded designers, innovators, and fabricators!

🔍 Learn how to wield CAM in Onshape with Jay Tedeschi, one of the product managers behind our latest technology release.

🤝 Network with Jon Hirschtick and John McEleney, the founders of SOLIDWORKS & Onshape

🔥 Experience live product demonstrations that showcase the future of design, manufacturing and collaboration

We can’t wait to see you there! 🌆

While many CAD users are actively generating First Article Inspections (FAI), inspection reports, or ballooned drawings, a relatively small number have embraced software solutions to streamline these processes – until now.

In this Tech Tip, learn how to initiate FAIs and other related reports using Onshape’s intuitive Inspection Item feature ➡️ http://onshp.co/7H

Transitioning legacy data to a new CAD system is no easy feat. In this Tech Tip, learn three strategies for migrating data from SOLIDWORKS to Onshape 👉 http://onshp.co/7t