Innovator's Insider

In this episode Michael and Richard highlight a new format for the show along with some cool Tech Tips and some news about Onshape User Groups.

First up, Richard demonstrates how to use PEM fasteners in sheet metal designs. He shows us how easy it is to use these popular standard content parts. For more information, read the article, ”Tech Tip: How to Use PEM Fasteners Efficiently with Sheet Metal Designs”. 

Next in the show: What grinds your gears? 

If it’s creating gears from scratch in Onshape, we’ve got the solution for you. Michael displays how to use the Spur Gear Custom Feature, which allows users to create mathematically correct spur gears with an optional center bore hole and keyway. Designers are able to save time by bypassing sketching gears from an empty screen. 

Following that demonstration, Richard checks out a cool Onshape model! But what is it? You have to watch the episode to find out.

To finish out the show, hosts tease some upcoming events:

• Onshape User Group Meetings
• Onshape Forums Render Battle #4
• Too Tall Toby’s 2023 World Championship of 3D CAD Speedmodeling

In this episode of the Innovator's Insider podcast, Richard and Mike chat with representatives of three Onshape partner apps and learn about the awesome functionality each of them are delivering. Watch or listen to the podcast to discover how these apps could be beneficial to your workflow too. 

Featured Guests:
⭐ Stefan Oberpeilsteiner from PRINCIPIA
⭐ Oleg Shilovitsky from OpenBOM
⭐ Alnis Smidchens Student at Univ. of Washington and Product Management Intern at Onshape who demonstrates referencefinder.net and a few upcoming sample apps. 

In this episode, Michael and Richard discuss what they saw and learned at PTC LiveWorx 2023 in Boston. You’ll hear their thoughts, see some brief interviews with attendees, and a lot of pictures. Stick around to the end because we close the show with a special “hair raising” segment.

Michael and Richard share their excitement for the upcoming event, and are joined by special guests Chad Stoltzfus of Premier Custom Built, Jaime-Lee Bunton, Senior Community Manager, PTC, and Aaron Magnin, Product Marketing Manager, Onshape. You can hear the enthusiasm is everyone’s voices as we talk about what we’re most looking forward to at our first live CAD user conference in quite a while.

Register for Liveworx 2023: https://www.liveworx.com/

In this episode Michael and Richard talk with John “JR” Rousseau, VP of Technical Operation at PTC-Onshape about the “Six Zeros” unique to Onshape’s full-cloud CAD. You will hear the reasons why Onshape can claim zero backup or disaster recovery, zero downtime, zero crashes, and more. There’s also a short note about the upcoming Onshape User Groups for Start-Ups meeting April 27th.

• How Onshape’s 'Six Zeros’ Enable Agile Product Development 
• Sign up to join the Onshape User Group for Start-Ups 
  
  

In this episode focusing on agile hardware design, Richard and Michael welcome David Ullman – author of “The Mechanical Design Process”, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Design at Oregon State University, and a builder and pilot of aircraft. David talks about SCRUM for hardware design and leads us through the various similarities and differences between agile software design and agile hardware design. Michael also has a great look at how Onshape supports agile product development. This is a heavily visual episode, best to watch on YouTube.David Ullman - www.davidullman.com
More about Becoming Agile - https://www.onshape.com/en/blog/becoming-agile

In this episode Richard and Michael welcome Product Marketing Senior Director Loretta Faluade and Dan Kane, Pre-sales Technical Service Manager to talk about the things we saw and the things we learned at this year’s event. We also have the winners of the Onshape Live 23 design contest - Enric and Jose Maria from Share Horizons were so excited when their prize was awarded, we just had to talk to them. See their design and their reaction to winning first place with their Switchback weapon system.

For International Women's Day, Michael and Richard hand the microphones to guest hosts Eugenia Camacho and Katie Gosbee. Special guests Maureen Carroll and Jenny Johnson share their origin stories and discuss the challenges and triumphs they've encountered during their careers. You'll also get some tips and strategies for personal and professional advancement.

In this episode, Michael and Richard talk to Chris Vaught, founder of Flatter Files. Chris tells the story of how the company got started, and why customers are really the driving force behind the products success. You’ll also learn why the Flatter Files app (available now in the Onshape App Store) might be a good fit for your company. There’s great news about Onshape Live 23 (next week!), upcoming Onshape User Group meetings, and a “boatiful” Model-of-the-Week.

Model of the Week: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/89bc8a6c4eef42956f094ae5/w/c5ebf7f4d413834c56105a35/e/88d7709094715bb8157f2057

Flatter Files in the app store: https://appstore.onshape.com/apps/Data%20Management/2BHJUCW3CE6RRLG7DGAMJIXJ4KB7GKB7UO2JLHQ=/description

Flatter Files on the web: https://flatterfiles.com/

Onshape Live: https://www.onshapelive.com/

In this episode, Michael and Richard talk to Greg Needel, Orion DeYoe, and James Nguyen from Rev Robotics and BattleBots Team Midnight Invention. You will hear all about how Greg and the Rev Robotics team support FIRST Robotics events worldwide, and then we have a great discussion about the ins-and-outs of BattleBots and this years’ Onshape sponsored robot Switchback. You will get insight on tactics and strategies, and a look at what’s in store for Switchback next season.

Enter the Onshape Design Competition (submit your entries by Feb 12th, 2023): https://www.onshapelive.com/event/ad95f7af-999c-4126-ba77-e5f615008895/websitePage:1438c988-715e-42b5-a2b0-fbfedd971110