The CAD Data Migration Station
Everything you need to know about transitioning from SOLIDWORKS to Onshape
What do companies say after switching to Onshape?
Switching to a modern, cloud-based CAD platform can transform the way teams design and collaborate. Onshape empowers companies to eliminate file-based headaches, accelerate product development, and innovate faster. In these real-world migration stories, leading brands share why they chose Onshape and how it’s helping them streamline workflows, boost efficiency, and stay ahead in competitive markets.
Trek Bicycle
Industry: Consumer Products
Headquarters: Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA
Company Size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Impact: Faster iterations, zero file version errors, and time savings on cable routing designs accelerated Trek’s product development.
Onshape es la próxima versión de CAD. El CAD antiguo es muy pesado, torpe y arcaico. Y cuando pienso en la plataforma Onshape, es la siguiente iteración. Es más liviano desde el punto de vista del soporte; tenemos que hacer menos para cuidarlo y administrarlo. La plataforma Onshape es la herramienta que hemos elegido por esos motivos.»
BOA Technology
Industry: Consumer Products
Headquarters: Denver, Colorado, USA
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Impact: A 25% productivity boost, faster product cycles through real-time collaboration, and 24/7 global alignment with stakeholders.
The difference is night and day. … Now we can focus on solving problems instead of managing files. Everyone’s working from the same source of truth, and that has a huge impact on how fast we move.’’
CIXI
Industry: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Headquarters: Poisy, France
Company size: 51-200 employees
Impact: Zero CAD crashes save 40+ hours per engineer annually, hardware costs cut by 75%, and seamless real-time collaboration enabled.
Onshape’s versioning system lets us navigate between several branches or return to a previous version extremely easily and quickly compared to a file-based system.’’
Norden Mfg
Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
Headquarters: North Bloomfield, Ohio, USA
Company size: 51-200 employees
Impact: 50% faster onboarding, zero file management issues, and built-in simulation tools for instant design validation.
Con SOLIDWORKS Simulation, tuve que empaquetar y usar el modelo completo y moverlo a mi máquina local para configurar el escenario. Luego cruzaba los dedos para que funcionara y, si hacía un cambio de diseño, tenía que empezar de nuevo. Con Onshape, lo configuro y listo. Lo uso mucho más ahora porque siempre está ahí y funciona.»
Exxentric
Industry: Consumer Products
Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
Company size: 11-50 employees
Impact: Faster design cycles, higher quality products, and better cross-team collaboration accelerated product development across the board.
Our CEO, who is very forward thinking and likes innovation, felt that file-based CAD systems were outdated and clunky. He was drawn to Onshape’s collaboration capabilities enabled by it being cloud-based.’’
Esquís K2
Industry: Consumer Products
Headquarters: Bellevue, Washington
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Impact: Streamlined communication across global teams and customized automation workflows reduced design time by 20%-25%
In file-based systems, you're always cautious. You’re waiting for someone to check something in or worrying if the version you're looking at is the right one. That friction slows everyone down. Onshape removes that entirely.’’
Alternative Engineering, Inc.
Industry: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Headquarters: Belmont, Michigan, USA
Company size: 11-50 employees
Impact: Eliminated wait time on large files, saving 10,000 engineering hours annually – worth $1.25 million in productivity gains.
Si Onshape desapareciera, nos paralizaría ahora mismo. Sobreviviríamos, pero eso destruiría mis habilidades de paracaídas en espiral. Sin un buen programa, no existimos.»