![]() ![]() GrabCAD Workbench allowed users to release models to customers or vendors for viewing. ![]() GradCAD: Partner Spaces to Share with Customers & Manufacturers Onshape: Sharing Capabilities to Provide Access to Anyone With Onshape, you can download your parts and assemblies as these same file types or program-specific files like SOLIDWORKS parts. ![]() Workbench CAD files could be downloaded as common “neutral” formats, such as STEP, IGES, or STL, regardless of what the original file type was. GrabCAD: Download as a Neutral Format Onshape: Download as Neutral, SOLIDWORKS, & More! With Onshape’s Simultaneous Editing and collaboration capabilities, it’s obvious exactly what sketch, feature, or assembly your fellow designers are working on. GrabCAD: File Locking for Exclusive Editing Onshape: Why Lock When You Know Exactly What Others Are Working On?įile locking was a great feature since it’s not always easy to know what your colleagues are editing in a file-based CAD system. With Onshape’s cloud-native architecture that saves every small change made, you’re guaranteed to have the most up-to-date version of a file, regardless of whether you or a colleague worked on it last. However, users still had to choose when to update their files to make sure the model was current. With GrabCAD Workbench, users were required to link desktop files to their online Workbench projects and could choose when to update these files so everything stayed up to date. GrabCAD: User-Controlled Desktop Sync Onshape: No Syncing Necessary! Whether you’re using Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS, you can access your data and keep working on your design! Onshape allows users to view and edit their parts, assemblies, and drawings from any internet-connected device. There’s a key catch, though – this was for model viewing, not editing. One of GrabCAD Workbench’s most popular features was the web-based interface that allowed users to view models and make comments from their desktop or mobile devices. GrabCAD: Web-Based CAD & Drawing Viewer on Desktop or Mobile Onshape: Cloud-Native CAD & Drawings on Any Device! Onshape is a fully-integrated CAD and PDM solution, so you can focus on creating the best design possible, not whether your design has been properly uploaded or downloaded. With Onshape, you don’t need to spend time worrying about add-ins or handling file conflicts. GrabCAD Workbench could be integrated as an add-in to your downloaded CAD system to assist in the upload/download process and handling of file conflicts. Let’s go through GrabCAD Workbench’s best features and how Onshape improves on them: GrabCAD: Works Inside Your CAD System Onshape: It’s One Integrated System! ![]() If this sounds like you, read on to learn how Onshape expands on the features you loved about GrabCAD Workbench in a cloud-native, easy-to-use CAD and PDM platform! Unfortunately, Stratasys announced that GrabCAD Workbench will shut down on June 1, 2023, leaving many users with the need for a new solution. The ease of integration with installed CAD software like SOLIDWORKS and the suite of PDM features – while costing nothing – was hard to beat. While there are many solutions in the file management and product data management (PDM) space, GrabCAD Workbench emerged as a popular choice for professional engineering teams, startups on the path of growth, and education teams competing in FIRST, FSAE, and more. When it comes to product design and development – whether it be for your education-focused competition or real-world product – a file sharing and management system is critical. ![]()
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