PTC announced Onshape Labs, a new early-access program in its Onshape cloud-based CAD and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform. The program allows customers to try new features, including AI tools, before they are officially released. Users will be able to join the program later this summer through the Onshape Labs option in the platform settings.
Onshape's cloud-based system records every design change in real time, helping AI understand design work and support engineers during product development. The first features available in Onshape Labs include AI Quick Render, which creates high-quality product images from text prompts, as well as a workflow that connects Onshape with NVIDIA Isaac Sim for robotics simulation.
PTC also plans to add more AI features soon. These include AI agents that can perform tasks as well as support engineers, an AI Drawing Checker that checks engineering drawings for standards, and a FeatureScript MCP Server that makes sure users to create CAD models as well as personalized designs using text prompts. Customers using the early-access program can test these features as well as provide feedback to help improve them before the full release.
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"Engineering teams don't need more disconnected AI tools; they need AI that understands their products, their data, and how they actually work," said David Katzman, EVP and General Manager of Onshape and Arena at PTC. "With Onshape Labs, we're putting these capabilities directly in customers' hands early, learning from how they use them, and turning that feedback into meaningful product value. Our goal is to move from AI assisting engineers to AI actively participating in the engineering process."
"AI is central to product development, helping engineers move faster from design to production," said Madison Huang, director of product marketing at NVIDIA. "By integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and skills, PTC Onshape Labs puts AI-powered agents inside the engineering workflow so teams can visualize, simulate and improve products as they build."
Source: PTC
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