Cloud Product Data Management (PDM) Software
Transform how CAD data is managed, accessed, and stored with Onshape’s built-in PDM.
Transform how CAD data is managed, accessed, and stored with Onshape’s built-in PDM.
What is Product Data Management (PDM) software?
Product Data Management (PDM) software centralizes CAD information so engineers can efficiently store, search, and manage their design data.
Onshape's PDM is built into its cloud-native CAD platform, serving as a foundation for all its CAD workflows. This modern approach simplifies data management and makes design data accessible to those who need it.
Key Features
History, Versions, Compare
Onshape's built-in PDM stores all CAD data in Documents. These can contain assemblies, drawings, BOMs, media like images, videos, or PDFs. Onshape Documents centralize data and keeps a tracking of the entire access and edit history so users can easily revert back to an any previous state of the design.
Users can also compare designs to previous versioning.
Branching and Merging
Onshape helps teams iterate, discuss, and find solutions quickly through branching and merging which enables multiple engineers to work on the same design concurrently, without conflict.
Branching creates independent workspaces for individuals to explore ideas without fear of disrupting others' work. Teams can easily manage design conflicts with tools to compare and merge selective changes into the main design.

Gestione delle versioni
Onshape accelerates release processes from hours or days to mere minutes by automatically organizing design data and eliminating the need to locate CAD files.
Set up release processes in just a few steps, including review and approval workflows, roles, and company preferences.
Additionally, Onshape makes it easy to share the correct, approved design with your extended manufacturing team and eliminate the need for CAD version-specific viewing tools through Publications.

Advanced Search
Onshape’s Where Used is a powerful tool for tracking where a part has been used in an assembly. It can also help you locate instances where custom features have been applied.
Can’t remember a name or part number? Simply search by property values to find any Part, Assembly, Drawing, or Document.

PLM
Extend your data management benefits with the Onshape-Arena Connection, which integrates CAD, PDM, and PLM in the cloud.
The Connection enables real-time sharing of design information between engineering and operations teams while eliminating the complexities, administrative burdens, and excessive costs associated with traditional PLM integrations.

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Whenever I describe Onshape to anybody, I always say, ‘It's like the Google Docs of CAD,’ and they're instantly like, ‘Oh, that makes so much sense. Why haven't they (the CAD industry) done that already?’
