Onshape by PTC

09/02/2026

Robotics automation company Niryo ditched file-based CAD for Onshape, gaining:

→ 30-40% increase in design productivity
→ Infrastructure & IT savings of up to six figures annually
→ Greater collaboration & engineering workflow efficiency

Now, large assemblies that used to take minutes to load open in under 60 seconds.

See how Niryo iterates faster with Onshape: http://onshp.co/FQ

09/02/2026

Shift does more in Onshape than suppress inferencing. It runs most of your sketch constraints, all seven standard views, and your visibility controls. And the one thing it does not do is add to a selection. Here is why: http://onshp.co/FN

09/01/2026

🤝 Be There: Onshape's upcoming in-person and virtual events:

💻 9/10 - Mastering PDM in Onshape (Virtual Session)
🔗 Sign up: http://onshp.co/FC

🗓️ 9/14-9/19 - IMTS 2026
📍 McCormick Place · Chicago, IL · PTC Booth 236203
🔗 More info: http://onshp.co/FF

🗓️ 9/17 - Sydney Tech Meetup
📍 BrewDog – South Eveleigh, Bay 1 Locomotive, Workshops South, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia · 6 pm onwards
🔗 Register: http://onshp.co/FD

🗓️ 9/25 - AI in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing unConference,
📍 PTC HQ - 121 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA · 10 AM onwards.
🔗 Register: http://onshp.co/FE

💻 9/29 - Exploring Onshape Labs (Virtual User Group Event)
🔗 Sign up: http://onshp.co/FG

08/31/2026

August, but make it productive: Automate drawing creation from MBD data, create rigid-flex PCBs, streamline sheet metal design with the new Jog feature, and much more. Catch up on the latest release: http://onshp.co/Fv

08/26/2026

Noticed a fresh model on cad.onshape.com? That’s FeatureScript MCP Server at work. It built a shell-and-tube heat exchanger generator as a single Onshape custom feature.

Type in shell size, tube spec, flow rates, inlet temps. Out comes a full parametric pressure vessel - B36.10M shell, BWG tubes, B16.5 flanges with bolt circles and spotfaces, drilled tubesheets, segmental baffles, pierced nozzles, weld-prep chamfers.

While it regenerates, it solves the thermal problem: Kern, Dittus-Boelter, ε-NTU, LMTD with Bowman F-correction, both-side pressure drop, TEMA ρv² check. Ten validation gates. Then it writes the cut list and weld schedule.

A month of team work, done in a few afternoons with Claude Code.

08/25/2026

Today's Tech Tip shows how to use the Load rated bracket custom feature and its Bracket load report table: http://onshp.co/Fs

08/24/2026

Hibot builds complex inspection robots that can hit 16,000+ parts. Managing such sophisticated builds at scale is what drove their transformation. Going from research to manufacturing meant outgrowing Google Drive and an on-premises PLM solution. So they adopted Onshape and Arena to unify design, PDM, and supply chain.

According to Peter Sommer, Head of Product Manufacturing: "𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.”

See how they scaled manufacturing globally: http://onshp.co/Fp

08/21/2026

Now you can keep center of mass persistently visible in Part Studios, track composite parts in real time, and dimension directly to it in drawings.

08/20/2026

Five use cases emerge from text-to-code-to-CAD workflows: eliminating repetition, standardizing custom workflows, embedding analysis tools, and building features that improve with every use.

The tedium disappears, and the engineering remains: http://onshp.co/Fm

08/20/2026

DEVELOP3D recently covered our FeatureScript MCP launch, and here's what actually sets it apart: "An agent will learn over time by writing and reading from notes about how and what they've done in the past, past errors, and resolutions to them."

Your AI doesn't just build custom features once. It learns what broke before and avoids those mistakes next time.
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PTC has launched FeatureScript MCP Server capability for Onshape allowing users to create custom CAD features using natural language and AI.