GrabCAD or Alternative PLM

[Jean Tenca]

This is really interesting! We are working on setting up a Vault server but GrabCAD seems like a really great solution (I just haven't figured out yet if the project is publicly visible or not). Does anyone have some opinions or suggestions between Vault and GrabCAD?

Edit: Just found that models can be made private. Awesome!

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by ScourgeDragon

This is really interesting! We are working on setting up a Vault server but GrabCAD seems like a really great solution (I just haven't figured out yet if the project is publicly visible or not). Does anyone have some opinions or suggestions between Vault and GrabCAD?

Edit: Just found that models can be made private. Awesome!

They are all private by default is my understanding.

[KeeganP]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'd be interested in hearing more from anyone who uses it with Inventor.

We use Inventor with GrabCAD and love it. Easy to setup and use, just requires syncing files before and after you work on parts/assemblies. Files can be viewed online as well, but sometimes they take a while to load (depends on file size and complexity).

As for the public vs private files: GrabCAD by default makes everything private, but has a public "folder" within each project (we have a project per robot). Any files you move/copy to the public "folder" (partner space) can be viewed by anyone online with the link (not sure if it is searchable or not by Google), but all files not in the public folder are private. We publish our final CAD models each year in a project and post them publicly as .STP files at cad.team2059.org.