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GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)

GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)

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What is GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)?

GrabCAD Workbench was a CAD collaboration solution that helps designers to manage files and engage partners in the design process. Since August 2022 it has been discontinued.

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Rating: 6 out of 10
May 25, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Every product-focused company needs a centralized database of its 3d models. GrabCAD is the entry-level product data management system to rev control your models and drawings....
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Engineer
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)4 years of experience

GrabCad Workbench : Reliable platform for sharing CAD files within our organizations

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
GrabCad Workbench is the best platform when it comes to managing and sharing CAD files within our organizations and wants to make mass changes to our designs in collaboration ...
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AAKIF SHAIKH
Employee - Other
Subject Matter Expert
Chegg India Pvt Ltd
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)2 years of experience

Great software for CAD users

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 20, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
GrabCAD Workbench is great, and it’s being used by our engineering design department. Our team can share, view, and manage their CAD files with this.
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Verified user
Engineer
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)3 years of experience

GrabCad when you got nothing else

Rating: 5 out of 10
June 7, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use GrabCad as an ad-hoc data management system. I store SolidWorks files in the projects. It allows me to share files with others if they have an account and can sync with ...
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Robert Erickson
Engineer - Engineering
Mechanical Design Engineer
The House of Marley
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)2 years of experience
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What is GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)?

GrabCAD Workbench was a CAD collaboration solution that helps designers to manage files and engage partners in the design process. Since August 2022 it has been discontinued.

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What is GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)?

GrabCAD Workbench was a CAD collaboration solution that helps designers to manage files and engage partners in the design process. Since August 2022 it has been discontinued.

GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued) Technical Details

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Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
May 25, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Every product-focused company needs a centralized database of its 3d models. GrabCAD is the entry-level product data management system to rev control your models and drawings. You can check out and check the files to create different versions, so your whole team can have one source of truth.
Pros and Cons
  • GrabCAD is the source of truth for the files being used
  • GrabCAD is free
  • Easy to use and get started
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are looking for a free PDM to get your team started, GrabCAD is a good place to start. Once you start having many employees and complex assemblies, you will want to find another solution that seamlessly integrates with your other systems (like PLM or ERP). To my knowledge, GrabCAD doesn't do that.
Most Important Features
  • Rev control
  • Source of truth
  • Free
Return on Investment
  • It can get complicated to keep things correct as more and more people use it
  • You will need to switch over to a new system as you grow other systems like PLM
Alternatives Considered
SOLIDWORKS PDM is great because it is connected with your windows explorer, so you can guarantee that you will get the most recent version of the file. You need to remember to regularly update your files when using GrabCAD. SOLIDWORKS PDM has a more useful interface, where you can see previews, find BOMs, and view configurations without opening any files or checking them out. GrabCAD was chosen as a starting point to get the team started and familiar with a PDM system with the intention that another PDM would be chosen at a later date
Other Software Used

GrabCad Workbench : Reliable platform for sharing CAD files within our organizations

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 12, 2022
AS
AAKIF SHAIKH
Subject Matter Expert
Chegg India Pvt Ltd (E-Learning, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
GrabCad Workbench is the best platform when it comes to managing and sharing CAD files within our organizations and wants to make mass changes to our designs in collaboration with other members, which can be our team members, senior designers, and clients, etc. Using GrabCad Workbench I can do real-time changes to my design by integrating it with CAD systems like SolidWorks and all my members can see the changes live. I can also set up a common part library, where I can use a single component in multiple designs without redesigning it in every file, hence saving my and my clients' time.
Pros and Cons
  • The ease of searching for already designed parts and components in our system helps save designing time.
  • I can integrate CAD systems like SolidWorks, where I can make changes to my designs, and all the changes are updated automatically in my uploaded model.
  • We can do conversations about the model update within the file, hence reducing time in email conversations and using that time in collaborating with the teams.
  • Easy setup of custom common parts library, where we can use single parts in different projects without redesigning them again and again.
  • Need not to worry about lost files, we can restore our projects at any point of time.
Likelihood to Recommend
GrabCad Workbench is well suited for group projects, where all my team members can view the designs at the same time, and by integrating it with CAD software like SolidWorks, all my team members can see the live changes in the projects based on the recommendations received. I can also do conversations with my team, which are project-specific, thus reducing time in email and video conferences. For assemblies, I can generate a Bill of materials with a single click. However, there are some drawbacks like every member needs to have an account in order to sync files with everyone, and the platform requires good internet connectivity otherwise file uploading will be time-consuming.
Most Important Features
  • Easy integration with CAD software like SolidWorks, can see live changes and automatic updating of the CAD files.
  • 'Lock File' feature, which I can use to lock important files and prevent changes from other users.
  • GrabCad can distinguish all file types, hence for assembly files, we can also see the children's parts used in making the assembly.
  • Automatic version update, when a new version is created all my team members receives the latest version automatically.
  • It is reliable, as I can restore any lost file easily at any point of time.
Return on Investment
  • GrabCad Workbench is the best in terms of integration with other CAD software like SolidWorks where live changes can be made to a product.
  • GrabCad Workbench has a common parts library, which allows us to use repetitive parts without redesigning them again and again. Hence saving a lot of time.
  • I can do all the conversations in the file itself, reducing time in email and other modes.
  • It automatically generates BOM for my assembly files.
  • It tracks versions, all the files are updated automatically for all members once a new version is created.
  • It would be good if it can be updated to read drawing and sketch files.
  • The team needs to improve the stability of the platform.

Great software for CAD users

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 20, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
GrabCAD Workbench is great, and it’s being used by our engineering design department. Our team can share, view, and manage their CAD files with this.
Pros and Cons
  • The GrabCAD Workbench is great when you are working in teams.
  • You can share your CAD file with your team, and they can chat in there and view and modify the file.
Likelihood to Recommend
GrabCAD Workbench is great because you can have access to your file from everywhere. You can share it with your team and they can do everything in this platform, such as view, leave comments about the file, modifying etc. although they need to have an account to be in it.
Return on Investment
  • Our team can share and open their files from anywhere, and we don’t lose time.
Support Rating
10
Never needed.

GrabCad when you got nothing else

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized
June 07, 2018
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Robert Erickson
Mechanical Design Engineer
The House of Marley (Consumer Electronics, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
GrabCAD Workbench (discontinued)
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use GrabCad as an ad-hoc data management system. I store SolidWorks files in the projects. It allows me to share files with others if they have an account and can sync with the project. We currently don’t have a data management solution and it is better than nothing.
Pros and Cons
  • GrabCad is great at uploading files to the cloud.
Likelihood to Recommend
GrabCad is great if you have no other options. If you need free data management it is available. Otherwise, it is worth it to spend money and actually buy something that works.
Return on Investment
  • It has given peace of mind knowing that if my laptop were to be destroyed I might have the latest versions of my files.
  • Not knowing how to roll back files to older versions has cost time and I’ve had to redo work when I discovered it was complicated.
Alternatives Considered
It’s the bottom of the barrel.
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