Better than Fusion 360
As a former Fusion 360 user, I recognized the free tier becoming nearly impossible to use. Combine that with Onshape's branches feature that allows me to create different versions and variants of my designs, PDM, free simulation, collaboration, ect, I have been able to design quicker and better. I am now able to design nearly whatever I need to for free. Besides, Fusion 360 is trash at extra plains which is a lifesaver when performing surface modeling. Furthermore, plains are actually visible. I do recognize that Solidworks is better, I also know that it is far to expensive. Onshape is purely intuitive. Besides, despite PTC removing some features in the free plan and making the models public, no one looks in the public models, and they are not ludicrous like Autodesk with Fusion 360. Onshape's intentional limitations in the free plan is just basic business. I doubt it will change much because they have a good business strategy that gives hobbyists something genuinely useful, but it also gives businesses something incredibly useful for pricing options that is reasonable for a large company/business.
18 April 2024
Unprompted review