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What is the current status of Onshape + Generative Design?

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There's a colab YouTube video between Onshape and Paramatters dated Dec 2019 ...
https://www.onshape.com/en/resource-center/articles/whats-is-generative-design
... in that video they mentioned that an Onshape integrated app would be coming soon. It's been nearly 18 months and there doesn't appear to be anything in the Onshape app store.
Meanwhile Onshape has been sold to PTC who appear to have their own Generative Design solution. Are there any integration plans with that?
Is there a roadmap for native generative design within Onshape?
https://www.onshape.com/en/resource-center/articles/whats-is-generative-design
... in that video they mentioned that an Onshape integrated app would be coming soon. It's been nearly 18 months and there doesn't appear to be anything in the Onshape app store.
Meanwhile Onshape has been sold to PTC who appear to have their own Generative Design solution. Are there any integration plans with that?
Is there a roadmap for native generative design within Onshape?
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As I understand it all collaboration with Parametters is dead. I use both neither seems to be moving in the direction of integration. I have heard rumors that there is some work being done within Onshape to offer generative at some point.
Most of my career has been working with clients from startups to Fortune 50 companies, taking products from concept into production. I've never heard of any client or ID partner suggesting we use generative design as part of the process.
The interest in generative design is to get the SLS print cost down by only printing the material needed. I know that sometimes there’s an interest in getting weight down (eg: aeronautical / automotive applications) but that’s not a design criteria here.
This particular part is going into a high value / low volume product which can justify having an SLS printed part, but the potential benefit of cutting down the part price using generative design is worth exploring.
There are a few ways of potentially making this part, but I thought I’d explore what options there are for generative design.
Wouldn’t that be about how the generative design is constrained? For example, a design could be constrained to a single plane, and the output would be something that could be die cut?