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  Webinar: GrabCAD Shop is the Work Order Management Solution for 3D Printing Shops

  Watch the webinar This webinar gives you an in-depth look at the current problems a typical 3D printing shop faces managing and fulfilling work orders. Problems such as: Juggling multiple applications to track requests, costs, job statuses Communicating and collaborating across a number of different platforms and email threads Uploading part files using shared (and unsecured) cloud services or thumb drives We then demonstrate how our 3D printing shop management software, GrabCAD Shop, solves all these common problems — while also improving your 3D printing shop workflow: Get status updates in one place Manage multiple file types in one location Communicate and collaborate seamlessly on one platform Collect and organized important project information 15% of a typical 3D printing shop’s week is wasted tracking down order requirements and communicating statuses between engineers, designers and operators. Watch this webinar to learn how GrabCAD Shop not only eliminates these problems, but helps you manage your 3D printing shop workflow even better. Watch the webinar

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  Webinar: How to Manage a Student 3D Printing Lab

  Most mid-sized schools have a few upper-level student operators running their 3D printers. The problem, however, is that they have so many students requesting 3D printing projects ALL AT ONCE! To make matters even more chaotic, some students send in their projects using email, FTP files or USB thumb drives. This puts a lot of unnecessary stress on lab operators and teachers to try to keep print requests organized. In fact, it can take up to 15% of an educator’s day! That’s time a teacher could have spent: Creating lessons plans Engaging with students Maintaining 3D Printers The solution? GrabCAD Shop. In this webinar you’ll learn why GrabCAD Shop is the solution educators and lab operators rely on to manage 3D printing requests. Be sure to watch until the very end so you can learn how you can sign up for a free trial at your school for the rest of 2020. Watch the webinar

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  Using GrabCAD Shop to Streamline 3D Printing in Schools

  Download the case study Jefferson County Schools, located in Golden, Colorado, offers additive manufacturing programs with the goal to prepare students for the industry. Matthew Brown is the S2TEM Instructor who has been teaching the programs for over 17 years. When the program first started, one 3D printer was enough to handle the print requests. However, as the program grew in popularity, so did the requests and printer usage. Brown soon realized he needed a solution to help him manage the multiple additive manufacturing project requests he received across the schools. GrabCAD Shop became that solution. Read this customer success story to learn how GrabCAD Shop both helps Brown manage the multiple 3D printing requests, and also how it helps students prepare for a future in additive manufacturing. Download the success story

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  How to Set Up GrabCAD Shop for Your School Lab

  GrabCAD Shop improves the 3D printing workflow between shop operators, teachers and students so the focus remains on learning. The all-in-one 3D printing lab management software helps students submit their requests while offering an easy-to-use dashboard for operators to organize orders by project, course or class. GrabCAD Shop is a web-based application that doesn’t require IT assistance. Administrators can set up multiple shops by courses and classes, assign which machines and materials are available for those shops, and start inviting students to use in less than 30 minutes. And now, GrabCAD Shop is FREE for schools for the rest of 2020! Learn more on how GrabCAD Shop can help your school’s 3D printing programs by downloading this free guide: Download the GrabCAD Shop for Schools guide   Ready to sign up for a free trial? Sign up for GrabCAD Shop today!

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  The Ultimate Guide to Starting and Running Your Internal 3D Printing Shop

  When was the last time you processed a new work order and thought, Wow, that was easy? It’s probably no secret to you that running an internal 3D printing shop and managing orders isn’t always a walk in the park—there are frustrations and inefficiencies for you, the shop operator, and for the engineers and designers who order from you. Those challenges can take many forms, but the bottom line is this: the current (typical) workflow for internal shops is too manual. We estimated all the waste this process causes and, for the average shop of one operator and about ten engineers and designers, as much as $15,000 and 10-20% of the operator’s time gets wasted on inefficient order management. When you look at all the pains, challenges, and waste inherent in the typical shop management process, it’s obvious there has to be a better way. And that’s where an internal work order management solution comes into play—a solution like GrabCAD Shop. This whitepaper offers everything you need to know about our cloud-based production management software, GrabCAD Shop, and how to start and run your own internal shop, including: How GrabCAD Shop benefits internal 3D printing model shops, university and high […]

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  GrabCAD Print: The Features

  GrabCAD Print simplifies the traditional 3D print preparation workflow and provides intelligence around printer usage so that your team can get quality prints, faster, saving you both time and money. The following features brochure highlights all the new capabilities that GrabCAD Print brings to the 3D printing software world, including: Advanced FDM Advanced PolyJet GrabCAD Print and GrabCAD Shop integration Check it out here and let us know what you think. Download the brochure