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Onshape needs to work on making it easier for people to import more than a simple part from other platforms, or it will never be able to replace the competition.
It is embarrassing to tell Fortune 500 companies that we are using Onshape, and it can't open their files without errors or total failure.
Have to agree with those stating Onshape simply isn't ready for primetime.
They've tried to re-invent the basic workflows of all CAD software that we all know & love simply to try & be different for different sake.
I believe the collateral damage of this 'different' approach is having dropped the ball on basic functionality at the granular level that all CAD has had for 20+ yrs.
And in the trenches is where the profound frustration sets in (they even admit it elsewhere on this site) causing users to not care about some of the other clever benefits they've made.
@Jerry_Schulz You'll need to be a bit more specific. There are certainly things that threw me for a loop as I was learning Onshape, but I would not go back to Solidworks or Creo without a really good reason at this point. I've been doing parametric CAD for 30+ years.
@coleman you said "5. No software updates", but the opposite is true! OS includes improvement updates every 3 weeks, rather than a new version of trad cad every few years. I know you know this, but it's another plus.
@3dcad, really?
"Lack of parametric dimension, configurations, cross document references"
3000 parts, loads fine.
Similar to @S1mon, I have been doing CAD since Alias 3.0 on SGI Indy workstations, was an engineer at Honda, and now help design robots. I can't stay away from Onshape for two reasons.
1. Superior collaboration. Google-Docs-style group design work is a gamechanger.
2. Web based software. I, and anyone on my team, can log in to any computer anywhere and have instant access to everything
Look at the dates on the posts
missed that part