Were there any users from India and how did the beta testing help you to improve the service?
We have thousands of Onshape users in India - as well as a development office in Pune. The beauty of full-cloud CAD is that it enables us to quickly respond to the needs and suggestions of our customers. During the beta phase alone, we released 14 major product updates, adding over 125 features and improvements. Compare this to the once-a-year upgrades from traditional desktop-installed CAD. Those customers can sometimes wait years to get their requests answered, but are most often ignored. Onshape users enjoy automatic upgrades every few weeks, just by refreshing their browsers.

In one of your other interviews, you have mentioned that your objective is to bring a ‘shift in how things are made'. Can you elaborate on this?
The design and manufacturing world has dramatically changed. More often than not, teams are distributed across the country or even the world. Teams are also in constant change. Vendors and suppliers change. New team members are added and dropped based on the demands of a project.

Because Onshape runs in a browser and requires no IT support - no installs, no downloads and automatic upgrades in the cloud - new team members and partners can be up and running in minutes. Everyone is always on the latest version of Onshape, so there are never any software compatibility issues. Our customers don't waste time managing files or dealing with computer crashes, leaving more time for what they're paid to do in the first place: designing products. And they tell us they are designing them faster and better by taking more creative risks.

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