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Why “Failing Fast” in Product Design is Often an Advantage

What is the true Cost of Change? The later you discover a design problem, the more it will cost your company.

Michael LaFleche / January 31, 2019

What is the true Cost of Change? The later you discover a design problem, the more it will cost your company.

Michael LaFleche / January 31, 2019

Industry Perspectives

Lessons From 5 Epic Consumer Product Design Failures

Why do seemingly great consumer product ideas with talented design teams sometimes fail? This post takes a closer look at five ...

John McEleney / January 17, 2019

Why do seemingly great consumer product ideas with talented design teams sometimes fail? This post takes a closer look at five notorious consumer product design failures and what went wrong.

John McEleney / January 17, 2019

Industry Perspectives

Solving the 5 Most Hated Engineering Tasks

If you’re an engineer, you should spend most of your time engineering. Here’s what usually gets in your way (and how to move ...

Neil Cooke / November 29, 2018

If you’re an engineer, you should spend most of your time engineering. Here’s what usually gets in your way (and how to move forward).

Neil Cooke / November 29, 2018

Industry Perspectives

Under the Hood: How Onshape Delivers Safe and Continuous Deployment

Onshape automatically delivers CAD software updates in the cloud every three weeks. Here’s how that happens.

Paul Chastell / November 8, 2018

Onshape automatically delivers CAD software updates in the cloud every three weeks. Here’s how that happens.

Paul Chastell / November 8, 2018

Industry Perspectives

9 Very Scary Things About Old CAD Technology

Is there anything spookier than a CAD system crash? With Onshape’s modern cloud database architecture, you’ll never be afraid ...

Darren Garnick / October 30, 2018

Is there anything spookier than a CAD system crash? With Onshape’s modern cloud database architecture, you’ll never be afraid of losing your work again.

Darren Garnick / October 30, 2018

Industry Perspectives

Onshape Teams Up With Magic Leap For New Spatial Computing CAD App

The “Onshape for Magic Leap” app will enable engineers to bring life-size 3D CAD models into their physical surroundings and ...

Darren Garnick / October 11, 2018

The “Onshape for Magic Leap” app will enable engineers to bring life-size 3D CAD models into their physical surroundings and collaborate on design changes.

Darren Garnick / October 11, 2018

Industry Perspectives