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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Onshape.\n\nJon Hirschtick co-founded Onshape in 2012 with John McEleney and four others, after founding SolidWorks. Onshape was acquired by PTC in November 2019.\n\n## What Jon builds\n\n- [Onshape](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onshape.md), graded C, 55.7/100, in CAD, engineering \u0026 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.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [John McEleney](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-mceleney/), Co-founder, Onshape\n- [Neil Barua](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/neil-barua/), President and Chief Executive Officer, PTC\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Jon Hirschtick?\n\nJon Hirschtick co-founded Onshape in 2012 with John McEleney and four others, after founding SolidWorks. Onshape was acquired by PTC in November 2019.\n\n### What does PTC Inc. (Onshape business unit) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Onshape from PTC Inc. (Onshape business unit). 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.\n\n### How are Jon's tools graded?\n\nOnshape is graded C, 55.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/help/\n- https://www.onshape.com/en/\n- https://www.onshape.com/en/legal/terms-of-use\n- https://www.onshape.com/en/security\n- https://api.github.com/orgs/onshape-public/repos?per_page=100\u0026sort=pushed\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onshape\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTC_(software_company)\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. If a page is about you, link your account from it to write the about and set the links yourself. For a photo, a correction or to have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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