# John McEleney (slim)

> John McEleney is co-founder of Onshape. Onshape on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Onshape.

John McEleney co-founded Onshape in 2012 with Jon Hirschtick.

## What John builds

- [Onshape](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onshape.md), graded C, 55.7/100, in CAD, engineering & fabrication. Onshape is PTC's cloud CAD platform. Its REST API reads and changes documents, Part Studios, assemblies and drawings with API keys or OAuth 2.0, and the FeatureScript MCP Server in Onshape Labs lets an assistant write FeatureScript into a document. Co-founder, Onshape, researched 2026-11-03.

## Works with

- [Jon Hirschtick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jon-hirschtick/), Co-founder, Onshape
- [Neil Barua](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/neil-barua/), President and Chief Executive Officer, PTC

## Questions

### Who is John McEleney?

John McEleney co-founded Onshape in 2012 with Jon Hirschtick.

### What does PTC Inc. (Onshape business unit) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Onshape from PTC Inc.

### How are John's tools graded?

Onshape is graded C, 55.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/help/
- https://www.onshape.com/en/
- https://www.onshape.com/en/legal/terms-of-use
- https://www.onshape.com/en/security
- https://api.github.com/orgs/onshape-public/repos?per_page=100&sort=pushed
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onshape
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTC_(software_company)

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