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Re:Starting a Hardware Company with $60K by vpontis on Saturday April 01, 2017 @01:49AM (#14010702)
Wow, you paid attention to the details! Yea, the screenshot was just for the purpose of the post.

We did some of the original design in OnShape and some of it in SolidWorks. I didn't want to recommend SolidWorks for cheap work because at the time we only got it free because we were students.

We've found that it isn't that hard to start off a design in OnShape and then move it into SolidWorks as things get more complicated. It isn't ideal, but it's definitely cheaper.

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Re:Starting a Hardware Company with $60K by tonylemesmer on Saturday April 01, 2017 @04:20AM (#14011149)
Financially cheaper yes. I've tried Onshape for 6 months and I didn't find it as immediate or as fast as Solidworks. Particularly when modelling multi-component assemblies.

Onshape monthly price for a pro licence is about 1/3 the price of Solidworks monthly (on finance), for me Solidworks is a clear winner here even though it costs more.

But, Onshape is a revolution in the free CAD space. Perfect for simple products like this ;)

Edit: added last sentence

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