Onshape 3D CAD

Name: Onshape 3D CAD
Rating: 3.6 (389 reviews)
Author: PTC Inc.

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PTC Inc.
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Onshape is a full mechanical CAD platform designed for professional users and extended teams. Create, edit, collaborate, and comment in real time with others from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection (free sign-up required). With Onshape’s secure cloud workspace teams can work together from anywhere on any device without the hassles of file management, IT overhead, and license key distribution, helping engineers focus more on doing their best work. Parametric CAD: • Design parts together in Part Studios with a full suite of parametric modeling tools • Create mechanical Assemblies to capture complex motion Ease of Access: • Create, edit, and view from any computer or mobile device (internet connection required) • Begin a project from one device and seamlessly continue from another Collaboration: • Instantly share your CAD data with your teams and partners. Monitor, change, and revoke permissions at any time • Work together with other users and view changes in real-time as they are made • Use Follow mode to see exactly what your teammate sees and add suggestions using Onshape’s built-in commenting tools Data Management: • Maintain a single source of truth for your data, no more sending around or checking in and out of files • Never worry about losing your work, all of your changes are saved automatically • Explore multiple design ideas in parallel and create professional release and approval processes for your designs Onshape for iOS also features Apple Pencil support for more intuitive sketching, navigation, and precise selection. Onshape proudly supports students and educators free of charge and is available free for non-commercial projects in an open-source public work space. Since Onshape is updated every few weeks with dozens of new features and user-requested enhancements, keep an eye out for update notifications from the Apple App Store.

Ratings & Reviews

3.6

out of 5

389 Ratings

The Only Serious Professional CAD Application For iPadOS
05/19/2022

luckyhat4
After I discovered Onshape I basically had no justification to continue using Solidworks. I really like that I can use the same application across all devices and operating systems.I have used basically every other CAD or 3D application on iPadOS and this application is the only one worth using for CAD with the sole exception of Shapr3D. There are a couple other good 3D apps like Sculptura and Nomad but they’re more like Zbrush and have no free tier.Only two things really hold this app back. First, it doesn’t have a dark mode (although that criticism isn’t unique to Onshape, every CAD program I can think of has this issue). This might sound like a subjective personal gripe, but it is an accessibility issue for people like me with light sensitivity and it reduces battery life needlessly on devices with OLED displays. The second problem is that this isn’t fully featured despite the iPad Pro now being more than capable enough to support the entire feature set. With Fusion 360 now having an online version and reviving its free tier I would be mindful of users jumping ship, especially because that app still offers some features that no version of Onshape has, like integrated cloud FEA and PCB design.
The Only Serious Professional CAD Application For iPadOS
05/19/2022

luckyhat4

After I discovered Onshape I basically had no justification to continue using Solidworks. I really like that I can use the same application across all devices and operating systems.I have used basically every other CAD or 3D application on iPadOS and this application is the only one worth using for CAD with the sole exception of Shapr3D. There are a couple other good 3D apps like Sculptura and Nomad but they’re more like Zbrush and have no free tier.Only two things really hold this app back. First, it doesn’t have a dark mode (although that criticism isn’t unique to Onshape, every CAD program I can think of has this issue). This might sound like a subjective personal gripe, but it is an accessibility issue for people like me with light sensitivity and it reduces battery life needlessly on devices with OLED displays. The second problem is that this isn’t fully featured despite the iPad Pro now being more than capable enough to support the entire feature set. With Fusion 360 now having an online version and reviving its free tier I would be mindful of users jumping ship, especially because that app still offers some features that no version of Onshape has, like integrated cloud FEA and PCB design.
I love this App
02/06/2021

ajfreeze
I’m not one for writing reviews......but I have a few things to say. First off, watch the tutorials. Maybe learn how to use the app before you rate it? You can design pretty much everything in the iPad app without ever opening the web browser version. I exclusively use the iPad version. I use Solidworks, and Fusion 360, and this app. I’ve also used Alibre, IronCAD and SketchUp. I’m certainly not an expert, but this app is simple and powerful. I like this app because I don’t have to drag around a laptop, just my iPad. I can design whatever I want wherever I want, and export it to Fusion or Solidworks and keep going with the CAM side of things. Use the free version first, draw stuff you don’t care if other people see, then decide. You can draw pretty quick once you get it down. I would like to see key board shortcuts in the iPad app—would save some tapping with the Apple Pencil.
I love this App
02/06/2021

ajfreeze

I’m not one for writing reviews......but I have a few things to say. First off, watch the tutorials. Maybe learn how to use the app before you rate it? You can design pretty much everything in the iPad app without ever opening the web browser version. I exclusively use the iPad version. I use Solidworks, and Fusion 360, and this app. I’ve also used Alibre, IronCAD and SketchUp. I’m certainly not an expert, but this app is simple and powerful. I like this app because I don’t have to drag around a laptop, just my iPad. I can design whatever I want wherever I want, and export it to Fusion or Solidworks and keep going with the CAM side of things. Use the free version first, draw stuff you don’t care if other people see, then decide. You can draw pretty quick once you get it down. I would like to see key board shortcuts in the iPad app—would save some tapping with the Apple Pencil.
Was expecting mobile simplicity but couldn’t even edit dimensions
07/19/2023

Evan_Beezy
I’m just a beginner, took a CAD class in college like 10 years ago I haven’t used it since. Downloaded this just as a beginner to see what I could accomplish freehand without watching all the videos and lesson plans in depth to get started. After looking around online this seemed to be the best recommended free option (mobile and available for iPhone). I’m pretty tech savvy so I figured I should be able to get a very basic start on my own and then later watch some lessons eventually to get more familiar with more functions within the app. To start I was just going to try to draw a rectangular box for a pc case mod with the proper dimensions just to get a very basic feel for basic editing and navigating the app. I drew the box but I wasn’t able to get the proper dimensions (aside from the extrusion depth). I poked a round with pretty much every single immediately perceivable option and played around quite a bit just trying to find out how to modify the objects dimensions. Let’s just say after about an hour I gave up. I’ll say the app definitely seems to be very feature rich but don’t expect to be able to go in and to play around freehand…idk if it’s just hard to do simpler things or is just that a lot of the complexity is on the surface…(maybe something the pros like.) With just struggling to edit dimensions I was really hoping to see such key basic functionality more immediately accessible to boot, i may watch the videos to see how far I’ll be willing to go with it but that not so great start has me feeling it’s going to be a little more convoluted in that it isn’t necessarily the best in design (atleast definitely for beginners). Three stars bc it’s clearly very capable but already with my expectations it’s already rubbing me the wrong way.
Was expecting mobile simplicity but couldn’t even edit dimensions
07/19/2023

Evan_Beezy

I’m just a beginner, took a CAD class in college like 10 years ago I haven’t used it since. Downloaded this just as a beginner to see what I could accomplish freehand without watching all the videos and lesson plans in depth to get started. After looking around online this seemed to be the best recommended free option (mobile and available for iPhone). I’m pretty tech savvy so I figured I should be able to get a very basic start on my own and then later watch some lessons eventually to get more familiar with more functions within the app. To start I was just going to try to draw a rectangular box for a pc case mod with the proper dimensions just to get a very basic feel for basic editing and navigating the app. I drew the box but I wasn’t able to get the proper dimensions (aside from the extrusion depth). I poked a round with pretty much every single immediately perceivable option and played around quite a bit just trying to find out how to modify the objects dimensions. Let’s just say after about an hour I gave up. I’ll say the app definitely seems to be very feature rich but don’t expect to be able to go in and to play around freehand…idk if it’s just hard to do simpler things or is just that a lot of the complexity is on the surface…(maybe something the pros like.) With just struggling to edit dimensions I was really hoping to see such key basic functionality more immediately accessible to boot, i may watch the videos to see how far I’ll be willing to go with it but that not so great start has me feeling it’s going to be a little more convoluted in that it isn’t necessarily the best in design (atleast definitely for beginners). Three stars bc it’s clearly very capable but already with my expectations it’s already rubbing me the wrong way.
Better than shapr3d somehow
03/10/2025

Stitchface killa
I have used onshape on my pc for years and I have always wanted an iPad because of how good shapr3d looked. But now that I have tried it, I realize that shapr3d is frustrating and waaaayyyyyy too expensive. Onshape is very accessible and very free, which is already much better than shapr3d. There are a few big things they need to fix on the iPad version of OnShape though. Selecting objects can be a pain, and selecting views takes too many inputs and often has missed inputs. Deleting mistakes is incredibly unintuitive and I often have to just undo a few steps and redo them instead of deleting individual items. If they made this work more like the pc web version kit would be a lot better.
Better than shapr3d somehow
03/10/2025

Stitchface killa

I have used onshape on my pc for years and I have always wanted an iPad because of how good shapr3d looked. But now that I have tried it, I realize that shapr3d is frustrating and waaaayyyyyy too expensive. Onshape is very accessible and very free, which is already much better than shapr3d. There are a few big things they need to fix on the iPad version of OnShape though. Selecting objects can be a pain, and selecting views takes too many inputs and often has missed inputs. Deleting mistakes is incredibly unintuitive and I often have to just undo a few steps and redo them instead of deleting individual items. If they made this work more like the pc web version kit would be a lot better.

• Support subdivision split and trim in Bezier curves in sketches • Support multiple selections for sketch chamfers without reselecting tool • Support creating in context Part Studio from context menu of mate connector in Assemblies • Initial support for document tab to 10 levels • Fixed remembering class details when closing and reopening panel • Fixed missing toolbar options in publication for anonymous view only users on iPhone • Fixed missing silhouette edges for parts in translucent mode • Fixed an issue with hole feature failing display edits to diameter with tolerant options • Fixed a crash when using comments panel while in a drawing tab of a publication on iPhone • Various fixes for liquid glass • Various crash and bug fixes

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Seller: PTC Inc.
Size: 77.6 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

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