BOSTON, MA, Oct 15, 2025 – PTC has introduced new AI capabilities for its cloud-native Onshape CAD and product data management (PDM) platform. The update adds Onshape AI Advisor, an embedded tool that provides real-time guidance as users design. Integrated into the Onshape environment, the AI Advisor streamline workflows fives every user access to AI-driven assistance within their design process.
“Onshape AI Advisor has become a valuable part of our design process,” said Jacob Friedrich, senior mechanical engineer at Current Lighting. “It helps me find features that are handled differently in other CAD tools, and the conversational interface makes refining queries simple. Since it’s built on official Onshape material, it delivers relevant, trustworthy answers that let us design rapidly and robustly.”
Powered by Amazon Bedrock, the release of Onshape AI Advisor is the next step in bringing PTC’s vision for AI in product development to life:
- What’s Available Today: Onshape AI Advisor features an interface that is accessible within the main workspace, providing users with recommendations, troubleshooting features, and best practices, all within their design environment.
- What’s Next on the Roadmap:PTC is expanding Onshape’s AI-driven design features to improve engineer productivity while maintaining data security. The new agent workflows integrate intelligent design agents into user environments to assist with metadata management, model diagnostics, and FeatureScript code generation. These agents automate repetitive tasks and streamline repetitive operations. The update also introduces AI-assisted rendering to accelerate visualization and design review workflows.
- Future Vision: With its cloud-native architecture and public model library, Onshape offers a foundation for AI capabilities that set it apart from file-based CAD tools. PTC is exploring AI capabilities that include automated geometry creation, design optimization, and toolkits for customers with their own AI initiatives.
“Embedding AI Advisor directly into Onshape marks a new era of design intelligence,” said David Katzman, executive vice president and general manager of Onshape and Arena, PTC. “We’re not just shipping AI features. We’re shaping an engineering culture where AI is a trusted partner in the design process. As the industry’s only cloud-native CAD and PDM platform, Onshape is positioned to lead the industry with integrating AI into product development.”
To learn more about Onshape AI Advisor, visit AI for CAD: Boost Productivity and Innovation.
Source: PTC
About PTC
PTC Inc., founded in 1985 and based in Boston, develops software for digital transformation across industries. Its offerings include product lifecycle management, computer-aided design, the industrial internet of things, and augmented reality. These tools support product design, manufacturing and service operations. PTC serves sectors such as aerospace, automotive, electronics and industrial equipment. Its software is used by more than 30,000 customers globally, including 95% of Fortune 500 discrete manufacturers. With approximately 7,500 employees worldwide, the company continues to grow through a subscription-based model, focusing on enabling efficient, digital product innovation.
About Onshape
Onshape is a cloud-native product development platform that provides computer-aided design (CAD), data management, collaboration, and analytics tools in a single, integrated environment. Founded in 2012, Onshape serves industries such as consumer electronics, industrial equipment, medical devices, and education. The platform is known for enabling teams to work concurrently on the same design from any device with an internet connection, eliminating the need for file transfers or software installations. Onshape is used for both prototyping and production-ready designs, offering tools that streamline product development workflows and improve version control. Since being acquired by PTC in 2019, Onshape has continued to grow its user base and feature set. Its cloud-based approach positions it as a scalable solution for modern engineering teams.