Anyone using Onshape for real yet?

juan_aviles

christopher_owens said:

@matthew_menard Actually I always "printed" the SolidWorks drawings to PDFs, because everyone has Adobe Reader! 

christopher_owens I was the same way, and the 3D .PDF export is how I collaborated with others who didn't have the Solidworks viewer.  Drawings is big on my list for Onshape, but at least now collaboration is much easier with Onshape.

chris_aicher

I think I may have landed my first "real" project with OS.Finally...hammering out the details now.
It comes at a good time with all the BS from SW regarding the new Subscription Late Policy 
http://talk.solidsmack.com/t/new-solidworks-subscription-late-policy/233 .
Ready to jump ship...

andrew_troup

That's the last nail in the Solidworks coffin, as far as I'm concerned.
The Orwellian spin is the last straw.
The question is: jump to what?

peter_hall

@chris_aicher  Thanks for bringing that news to everyones attention. I priced up Solidworks in the UK and was shocked to be quoted about £4500 plus annual "maintenance" fee of over £1000 a year. I pointed out that the US price was equivalent to under £3000, the salesman helpfully pointed out it would be even dearer in the rest of Europe. "but it is software" ... I complained "it should be downloadable throughout the world at the same price."
Thankfully I found OS , I am fully into it as a system and will go pro in due course , but not yet. 
Onshape please keep the free status attractive , so we can continue to learn to use it , once we can make some money with it , I am sure there will be many new paying subscibers. I am certainly mentioning it to some serious mechanical designers here in the UK.