PTC is a global software company that enables industrial and manufacturing companies to digitize the way they develop, manufacture, and maintain the physical products the world relies on. PTC is headquartered in Boston. PTC has now announced that it has integrated a fully cloud-native MBD (Model-Based Definition) feature directly into Onshape, its platform for CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and PDM (Product Data Management). The new feature is designed to enable development teams to embed manufacturing information directly into the 3D model early in the design process. According to PTC, this ensures clearer design intent, fewer hand-offs, and greater efficiency in design, documentation, manufacturing, and quality.

In traditional file-based CAD and PDM systems, manufacturing data is scattered across drawings, exports, and isolated files. This makes it difficult to keep product definitions up-to-date, accessible, and trustworthy. The cloud-native Onshape platform, which is based on Amazon Web Services (AWS), helps eliminate these challenges. By enabling teams to work with the same, always-up-to-date product definition, errors are reduced and workflows from design to production are accelerated.

“In aircraft development, which takes place under strict regulatory oversight, ambiguities come at a high cost,” says Marc Germain, Chief Digital Officer at Aura Aero. “As a pilot user of MBD in Onshape, we can incorporate certification and manufacturing requirements directly into the model rather than in drawings and files. This already reduces rework and review cycles and helps our teams work faster with fewer hand-offs.”

“Onshape Model-Based Definition is an excellent example of how AWS and PTC are working together to modernize engineering,” said Michael Choe, AWS General Manager, US Automotive and Manufacturing. “The new architecture of core engineering tools on AWS’s cloud-native platforms opens up new possibilities: they are easier to deploy globally, more powerful thanks to AI-powered features, and enable significantly smoother real-time collaboration among distributed teams. This strategic collaboration represents a major step forward in how teams design, develop, and bring products to market.”

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