New CAD on the Block
New Onshape
New CAD on the Block

In April of 2015, I signed up to test-drive a new Beta CAD software that claimed to be a “Full Cloud-based Professional CAD System”, and I have been quite impressed from the word “GO”. Onshape launched the Commercial Release in December of 2015 after a very successful Beta program. It has been a little over a half year since the release and I am very surprised at just how few people that I know even know about or have given Onshape a try… it’s FREE! I wanted to sit down and write about this, in my opinion, very incredible software and share with all of you; the benefits of using Onshape. Before I go much further, I want to bring one simple idea to the forefront: there is no installation to contend with, no updates to install, and most importantly you can run Onshape on any device that runs a…