Onshape
Onshape is the most customizable production CAD system. Cloud-native CAD and built-in PDM with AI-powered customization, on any device, with zero IT required.
Onshape is commercial 3D and CAD software made by PTC. Its English Wikipedia article has about 800 readers a month on phones.
- Made by
- PTC
- Wikipedia readers on phones
- 800 a month
- Source code
- Closed
Judgement
- What it is
- Complete system
- What it does
- Browser-based parametric CAD with built-in version control and data management, so teams edit the same model at once.
- Adopt it when
- A product team wants mechanical CAD without installs or file juggling, and values branching and real-time collaboration.
- Watch out
- Needs a constant internet connection, and the free plan makes all documents public.
- Ready for
- Production-ready
- Runs as
- Cloud service and mobile app
- What the license allows
- Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.
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Every program, Onshape included, runs on a microchip.
The description is the maker's own, quoted as written. Facts come from Wikipedia and refresh weekly. Readers are counted on Wikipedia's mobile site only, because automated traffic that Wikimedia does not flag inflates desktop counts.