Curious About Onshape

Lately, I’ve been exploring Onshape alongside my existing experience with PTC Creo, and it has been interesting to compare the two from a product development perspective.

Coming from a more traditional CAD workflow in Creo, I’m curious how cloud-native CAD tools like Onshape may change the way engineering teams collaborate, iterate, and manage fast-moving robotics projects. While Creo is extremely powerful for detailed engineering and complex product development, Onshape introduces a different workflow centered around accessibility, real-time collaboration, and built-in version control directly in the browser.

I’ve been testing Onshape while building a small 6-DOF servo robotic arm project, using it to explore assembly motion, linkage layouts, and quick design iterations alongside ESP32 controls and Altium PCB work. It has been a fun way to better understand how modern robotics teams may approach system-level development differently.

There will also be a robotics summit next week, and I’m hoping PTC will have a booth there again this year. I’d love the opportunity to ask their engineers more about how robotics teams are using Onshape in real-world development environments, especially compared to more traditional CAD workflows like Creo.