Latest News & Updates on Onshape

SimScale has launched its Engineering AI Agent within Onshape's cloud-native CAD platform. This integration allows engineers to perform simulation tasks such as CAD preparation and physics analysis d...irectly within Onshape using natural-language prompts. The agent supports various simulations, including CFD and FEA, enhancing the design workflow by eliminating the need to switch between applications.
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Onshape integrates with KeyShot to enhance 3D rendering and visualization capabilities. This integration allows users to create photorealistic visuals and animations directly from CAD models, improvi...ng design reviews and collaboration across engineering, marketing, and manufacturing teams. The connection ensures that design data remains current and accessible, streamlining workflows and reducing rework.
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PTC has launched the Onshape Feature Script MCP Server, an AI-powered tool for CAD automation. This new feature allows engineers to create custom CAD functions using natural language, enhancing the O...nshape platform's customization capabilities. It integrates AI coding models with CAD automation, enabling the development of reusable design tools and expanding access to automation.
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PTC has launched the Onshape FeatureScript MCP Server, enhancing its CAD platform by allowing engineers to create custom CAD features using natural language and AI. This integration with coding LLMs ...like Claude and ChatGPT enables automation of feature development, capturing engineering knowledge as reusable CAD automation.
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Onshape Labs introduces the FeatureScript MCP Server, enabling AI-driven text-to-code-to-CAD workflows. This integration allows engineers to create reusable CAD features using natural language, enhan...cing customization and automation in engineering workflows. The server connects AI clients to Onshape's FeatureScript, facilitating the generation and refinement of custom engineering tools.
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Onshape has launched Kestrel, a migration app developed with SmartBench Software, to facilitate the bulk migration of SOLIDWORKS models and metadata to Onshape's cloud-native platform. Kestrel simpli...fies the import process, preserves metadata, prevents file duplication, and creates PDFs of drawings, enhancing the transition for engineering teams.
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Onshape collaborates with SimScale, Luminary Cloud, Leo AI, and Adam AI to integrate AI into its cloud-native CAD platform. These partnerships enhance engineering workflows through AI-driven simulati...on, design validation, and automation, transforming traditional CAD processes into intelligent, connected systems.
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Onshape has introduced the SimReady Publisher, an early-stage tool available via Onshape Labs, enabling seamless integration between Onshape CAD and NVIDIA Isaac Sim. This tool allows robotics teams ...to maintain synchronized design and simulation workflows by exporting SimReady OpenUSD data, preserving essential robotics metadata. It aims to streamline the CAD-to-robotics simulation process, enhancing efficiency and feedback loops.
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Onshape has introduced the SimReady Publisher, a tool that integrates Onshape CAD with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, enhancing the CAD-to-robotics simulation workflow. Available via Onshape Labs, it allows robot...ics teams to maintain synchronized design and simulation data, reducing manual setup and enabling seamless updates. This integration supports a more connected workflow, facilitating efficient design validation and iteration.
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PTC has launched Onshape Labs, an initiative within its cloud-native CAD and PDM platform, to integrate AI-driven tools like AI Quick Render and drawing validation into product development workflows.... This early-access program aims to enhance design cycles and documentation, aligning with PTC's vision of an Intelligent Product Lifecycle.
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Onshape has launched Onshape Labs, an early-access program that integrates AI tools into CAD workflows. Features like AI Quick Render, SimReady Publisher, and FeatureScript Co-Complete are now availa...ble, allowing users to enhance design processes with AI-driven capabilities. The program emphasizes real-time feedback from designers to refine these tools, showcasing Onshape's commitment to innovation in cloud-native CAD solutions.
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PTC has launched Onshape Labs, an early-access program within its Onshape platform, to integrate AI into product development workflows. This initiative allows customers to explore new AI-driven capab...ilities, such as AI Quick Render and AI Agents, enhancing engineering processes. The program aims to embed AI directly into engineering tasks, improving design decisions and product development efficiency.
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PTC has launched Onshape Labs, an early access program integrating AI into Onshape's cloud-native CAD environment. The initiative allows users to test new features like AI Quick Render and robotics s...imulation workflows, enhancing design efficiency and automation. Onshape Labs aims to accelerate innovation by incorporating user feedback into feature development.
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Onshape PCB Studio now integrates directly with Altium 365, allowing real-time import of 3D component models into mechanical assemblies. This cloud-to-cloud connection eliminates manual downloads and... ensures that changes in Altium automatically update in Onshape, improving design accuracy and supply chain visibility. The integration leverages Altium's Octopart service for accurate component data, enhancing collaboration between ECAD and MCAD teams.
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PTC has introduced a cloud-based integration between Onshape CAD and Altium, enhancing collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineering teams. The Onshape Altium Connector synchronizes PCB... and mechanical changes across platforms, enabling early design reviews and reducing manual data handling. This integration supports PTC's Intelligent Product Lifecycle strategy by improving product data management and development processes.
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PTC has introduced a new integration between its Onshape CAD platform and Altium, enabling seamless cloud-native collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineering teams. This integration el...iminates the need for file-based PCB data exchange, allowing real-time synchronization and version control across both platforms. The Onshape Altium Connector enhances design efficiency by ensuring that circuit boards fit correctly within enclosures, reducing costly errors.
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Onshape has launched the Onshape Altium Connector, a cloud-native integration that bridges the gap between ECAD and MCAD design processes. This bi-directional synchronization allows seamless data exc...hange between Onshape PCB Studio and Altium 365, eliminating file handoffs and enhancing collaboration. The integration supports unified component libraries, high-fidelity visibility, synchronized constraints, and supply chain traceability, accelerating product development and reducing errors.
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Onshape positions itself as a superior alternative to SOLIDWORKS xDesign, emphasizing its cloud-native architecture. Unlike SOLIDWORKS, Onshape offers seamless browser-based access, eliminating insta...llation and compatibility issues. It supports real-time collaboration, automatic updates, and simplified licensing, making it an attractive choice for engineering teams seeking efficiency and flexibility.
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Onshape introduces the Altium Connector, a cloud-to-cloud integration within Onshape PCB Studio, enabling seamless ECAD-MCAD collaboration. This integration allows real-time data exchange between Alt...ium 365 and Onshape, eliminating file-based workflows. Teams can work from a unified data source, enhancing design efficiency for electronics-driven products. The connector supports parallel development, reducing iteration time and ensuring continuous alignment between mechanical and electrical design processes.
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PTC has integrated its Onshape CAD and PDM platform with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, creating a unified workflow for robotics design and simulation. This integration, launched at NVIDIA GTC 2026, allows for se...amless updates between design and simulation, enhancing efficiency and reducing errors in robotic development. It aims to expedite development and improve returns on automation investments by facilitating early-stage simulation in industrial robot design.
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PTC has launched a cloud-native Model-Based Definition (MBD) capability within its Onshape CAD and PDM platform. This new feature integrates manufacturing information directly into 3D models, enhanci...ng collaboration and reducing errors. Built on AWS, it supports real-time collaboration and includes features such as integrated 3D annotations, a smart inspection panel, and shareable MBD views, streamlining design and production workflows.
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PTC has introduced a cloud-native Model-Based Definition (MBD) feature in its Onshape CAD platform. This new capability allows engineering teams to embed manufacturing data directly into 3D models, i...mproving collaboration and reducing errors. The integration leverages AWS infrastructure to facilitate real-time access and collaboration, enhancing the product development process by maintaining data accuracy and reducing handovers.
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Onshape has launched model-based definition (MBD) capabilities in its cloud-native CAD and PDM platform. This feature allows embedding product manufacturing information directly into 3D CAD models, e...nhancing communication and reducing reliance on 2D drawings. The MBD tools support standards-compliant annotations and enable seamless sharing and inspection, improving efficiency and clarity in product development.
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Onshape, part of PTC, has integrated Model-Based Definition (MBD) tools into its platform, enhancing model-centric product development. This update allows teams to embed manufacturing data directly i...nto 3D models, streamlining design, documentation, and compliance processes. The cloud-native platform, hosted on AWS, supports real-time collaboration and aligns with PTC's Intelligent Product Lifecycle strategy.
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Onshape, part of PTC, has launched a cloud-native Model-Based Definition (MBD) capability integrated within its CAD and PDM platform. This innovation allows embedding manufacturing data directly into... 3D models, enhancing collaboration and reducing errors. Built on AWS, the platform supports real-time collaboration and compliance workflows, marking a significant step in digital product lifecycle management.
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PTC has integrated a cloud-native model-based definition feature into the Onshape CAD platform, enhancing its capabilities for product development. This addition allows for more efficient and collabo...rative design processes, leveraging cloud technology to streamline workflows.
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PTC has integrated cloud-native Model-Based Definition (MBD) capabilities into the Onshape CAD platform, enhancing its product development features. This update allows users to define, organize, and ...manage product data directly within the cloud environment, streamlining workflows and improving collaboration.
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Onshape has integrated AI Advisor into its cloud-based CAD and PDM software, enhancing design automation and collaboration. The AI-enabled assistant automates changes in CAD models and leverages Onsh...ape's database-driven system for seamless PDM. Onshape's partnership with AWS supports its AI development, and its architecture allows for efficient AI model integration. The platform's REST API and FeatureScript language further enable advanced generative design capabilities.
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PTC has integrated Onshape with NVIDIA Isaac Sim to create a unified robotics design-to-simulation workflow. This integration allows seamless data transfer from Onshape's CAD platform to Isaac Sim, r...educing manual rework and accelerating development cycles. It supports physical AI workflows and is built on AWS, enhancing synchronization and efficiency in robotics development.
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