Onshape Education at SAE Aero Design West 2026

April 17 – 19, 2026 | Fort Worth, Texas

Onshape is proud to sponsor SAE Aero Design West 2026, where student engineering teams take on real-world design challenges across automotive and aerospace competitions. Stop by to learn how Onshape’s cloud-native CAD and PDM platform helps students and professionals streamline design workflows, collaborate in real time, and innovate faster.

Why Visit Our Booth?

• Supporting the Next Generation of Engineers: Learn how Onshape supports student teams with modern design tools built for collaboration and innovation.
• Cloud-Native CAD for Teamwork: See how cloud-native CAD allows teams to work together seamlessly without version control issues or file management headaches.
• Education & Competition Success Stories: Discover how student teams and educators are using Onshape to improve design efficiency and competition readiness.
• Meet the Team: Connect with Onshape team members to talk about design challenges, student projects, and engineering workflows.

About SAE Aero Design West

SAE Aero Design West is a collegiate engineering competition that challenge participating teams to conceive, design, fabricate, and test a radio controlled aircraft that can take off, land, and optimally meet the mission requirements. This exercise allows students to apply knowledge gained in the classroom in a real work environment.

The event brings together students, educators, and industry professionals to celebrate innovation, hands-on learning, and engineering excellence.

About Onshape

Onshape by PTC is the leading cloud-native CAD & PDM platform that runs on any device, anywhere, with zero IT required. Onshape helps students and product development teams eliminate the errors, delays, and costs associated with file-based CAD systems.

Only Onshape:

• Eliminates CAD crashes and prevents data loss
• Enables secure real-time collaboration
• Tracks all design activity with built-in version control
• Includes built-in PDM with branching and merging