3D Printing Shop Management Software

GrabCAD Shop

The 3D printing Shop management solution. AM managers can setup a collaborative environment to track and manage their team’s 3D printing backlogs, utilization and costs.

3D Printing Management Software for Managers

GrabCAD Shop is a web-based 3D printing management platform from Stratasys which lets you manage all additive and subtractive prototyping requests in ONE platform, for the entire company.

By using GrabCAD Shop, you’ll…

Know who on your team is printing and how much.

Know which print jobs are scheduled, upcoming, overdue and urgent.

Know exactly where you have to put your print Shop's effort, to meet upcoming deadlines.

Know how much your print jobs will cost.

Know how many iterations your parts required to get form, fit, function, appearance right.

How It Works

Shop Managers set up a company-specific portal, choosing which machines, materials and permissions are available.

Invited Engineers upload files for printing, specifying need-by dates and special instructions.

Operators get automatically notified of new orders and start processing them.

Everyone is kept up-to-date of the status of their 3D printing jobs, without needing to email anyone else.

GrabCAD Shop Helps Engineering Managers...

Manage, control and report on engineering and project budgets.
Manage and control project timelines and dependencies.
Manage iterations quickly to an acceptable design.

In contrast, GrabCAD Shop also relieves managers’ responsibilities by giving print operators more independence to do what they do best -- print quality parts.

Shop Management Features Managers Can Rely On

Managers rely on GrabCAD Shop to alleviate print operator mundane tasks, help them be more efficient, and help them manage their backlogs better. Managers and print operators have insight on who is printing and what materials engineers are using with a comprehensive set of additive manufacturing tools and features.

Access Control

Shop managers can manage and control who has access to shops, technologies and materials. Users only have access to the shops they are invited to.

Organized Requests

The operator dashboard helps you easily keep track of where requests come from — by engineer, by project, or by team.

Simplified Scheduling

A delayed part can ruin production and assembly flows. GrabCAD Shop simplifies scheduling by allowing you to easily view needby dates and schedule parts for an on time delivery date.

Cost Tracking

We make it easy for you to track your 3D printing costs. Print operators can simply input price estimations in the price fields for each work order. This allows you to view the total cost of all projects submitted to your shop.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I switch from my existing solution to GrabCAD Shop?

Our solution is an off-the-shelf solution that requires minimum setup. GrabCAD Shop is also less manual and designed for the additive manufacturing environment so you waste less time on unimportant tasks.

Please visit our Compare page to see a comparison between GrabCAD Shop and other common solutions.

What if I want to review every work order before it’s printed?

Managers can review every work order in the Operator Dashboard and select project statuses to reflect if the project has been approved or not.

How do I make sure my engineers don’t request the most expensive materials?

Administrators can designate which machines and materials are available for specific shops. Once invited to that shop, engineers will only be able to select from the listed materials.

Will I need to update the software on a monthly basis like GrabCAD Print Desktop?

No! Because GrabCAD Shop is a web-based application, all updates will appear as soon as you log in. We’re constantly making improvements to ensure our software is fulfilling all of your needs.

Is GrabCAD Shop secure?

We take your models and projects seriously. Your data is stored on our AWS instances so you don't need to worry about security or storage. We also follow GDPR guidelines to manage user info and data.

Please visit our Security page for more information on how we keep your data safe.

What Our Customers Are Saying About Us

With an ongoing increase in build requests, it became necessary to add equipment and additional operator support to keep up with demand. This quickly outgrew our e-mail system which, in turn, required a more robust solution for processing orders. GrabCAD Shop has been a great addition to our lab.

Mike Spomer
Additive Manufacturing Lead for a global technology and engineering company

It allows you to monitor what’s happening in your lab at all times, and gives the students the ability to learn. And I think it’s kind of creating a best practices mindset in their heads before they even get out of school.

Matthew Brown
S2TEM Instructor for Jefferson County Schools

I love how easy it was to setup GrabCAD Shop, with available machines / materials for my company and model shop. It took only 20 minutes.

Shop operator in the Medical industry, 10 users

With multiple shops for each of my courses, so I can manage each students' orders separately.

3D Printer Instructor at a University, 200 students

Ability to upload all CAD file formats, print files and others, along with a chargeback number is nice, so I know what budget to charge.

Shop Manager for HVAC, 10 users

GrabCAD Shop has been a lifesaver for productivity especially with regards to managing the print requests. The front-end work requires a lot of communication between students, faculty, staff, and administration to be sure jobs are accounted for properly.
GrabCAD Shop takes a lot of that effort and streamlines it. We are very happy with the product and it allows us to focus more time on interacting with our students so they can learn more about the additive manufacturing process. We simply have more time to teach them how AM can work for them with research, competitions, and lab instruction and less time processing jobs day to day.
It's a great way to streamline the AM process when used alongside GrabCAD Print.

Scott Patrick
Senior Mechanical Designer, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech

We’ve switched over completely to GrabCAD Shop. Our previous print request process was a Word document, and no one liked filling that form out. GrabCAD Shop’s simple set-up makes it a lot quicker to create print orders, and easier for me to manage them through the process. And we like how all the jobs are stored in the cloud, so we can always go back and reprint an old job if needed!

Doug VanWaart
Print Manager, Schneider Electric

GrabCAD Shop has been a great addition to our workflow. The ordering process is intuitive and allows us to make our priorities known, whether it's expediency, print orientation, or material choice. The tracking status keeps our team in the loop at all times, and that's Bitchin'. The term Game Changer finally has a home.

Dave Kindig
Owner of Kindigit Design, and star of the Bitchin’ Rides TV Show on Motor Trend Chanel