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6 Ways Onshape's Cloud-Native PDM System is Advancing Data Management

How does Onshape’s Cloud-Native PDM System Work?

Onshape's cloud-native system functions as a comprehensive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, fully accessible via a web browser, which fundamentally redefines product data management by eliminating the need for traditional files.

Instead of managing discrete files, Onshape's built-in Product Data Management (PDM) intrinsically integrates with its CAD platform, automatically recording every individual design action as a granular "microversion" within a secure, cloud-based database. This architecture ensures continuous, unalterable version control, providing an infinite history of changes and eliminating the risk of lost work from forgotten saves or system crashes, thereby establishing a single, authoritative source of truth for all design data. This seamless integration enables genuine real-time, simultaneous collaboration, allowing multiple engineers to work concurrently on the same 3D model with changes instantly visible to all, effectively eliminating version control issues and communication delays inherent in file-based systems. Additionally, powerful features like branching and merging and repair manager, possible because of Onshape's architecture, empower agile design methodologies, allowing teams to explore multiple design ideas and iterate in parallel without disrupting the main design or fearing data loss.

This cloud-native approach also significantly reduces IT overhead by removing the need for physical servers, manual backups, and complex software installations or upgrades, allowing engineering teams to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure management.

The Benefits of Onshape’s Cloud-Native PDM System:

1

Save Time and Money

Adding on a PDM system to manage design data comes at a steep cost. These include purchasing server hardware, installations, upgrades and ongoing maintenance. The Onshape CAD system includes built-in PDM, eliminating the costs and time needed to maintain a PDM system.

A cloud containing servers
A cloud containing CAD data.
2

Maintain One Single Source Of Truth

Onshape’s cloud-native PDM stores all data in a database without any files, eliminating the issue of file duplicates. In Onshape, there is only one single source of truth for design data.

3

Administer Data Access

Onshape’s PDM system allows access to data in real time with no blocking (meaning there is no need to check-in or check-out files) on any modern device.

Users collaborating on CAD data
Secure protection of cloud data illustration.
4

Secure Your Data

File-less data management removes the security risks that inherently come with design copies. In traditional design processes, many copies are created and multiplied by a number of users which can cause far reaching consequences for an organization (i.e. security breaches, data leaks, etc.).

5

Design Concurrently, Not Serially

In a waterfall or phase-gate hardware product process, there are typically a lot of serialized workflows due to lack of access and transparency of design data. Architected around a single source of truth, Onshape allows multiple users to work concurrently on a design.

An illustration of users working on the same project at the same time.
A smiling computer illustrating no CAD crashes with cloud data.
6

Avoid Data Loss

In the event of a system crash, Onshape users never lose any data. Onshape’s cloud-native PDM system keeps a record of design updates without the need for constantly saving design progress.

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