GrabCAD Workbench

The mobile access is great there are both native iOS and Android apps available to utilize freely. Which allows for tremendous ease of use across devices and developers who can share and work together in real time. It works straight away as well which is great there's minimal setup required. The user interface is intuitive to use quickly. And the desktop app is very lightweight which doesn't affect your computer resources much at all. Compared to others in the market it is GrabCAD is a no brainer in terms of pricing. I feel grateful to have learned more about it and be offered this much value. It's easy to setup multiple projects each in which you can keep private files, or allow access only to certain people relevant to that specific project which is cool. There are many features which make this a much better application for CAD files in particular, such as the part library designation. The Workbench app runs in the background and enables versioning of your CAD files, so you always have the latest version if you're working in a team. There are minimal resources required overall considering there's not any infrastructure to setup, nor VPN's or local servers of any kind besides your regular work environment. Your files are very secure in the cloud as well which is great. You can share files with third parties using Partner Spaces which is a cool option. And almost unbelievably this is a fully free service with no limitations whatsoever. Including unlimited data storage and unlimited users. That is simply amazing in my opinion and has me smiling as I write this because there is someone specific I look forward to sharing this terrific resource with as they are going to be excited and thankful for this much value as well. It's possible to view CAD files right in your browser which is a huge time saver. You can explode or rotate them as well as compare multiple files concurrently. This is a fully functional product development management tool offering completely astounding value for free. It's puzzling in that it seems to good to be true but there really are no strings or catches at all. Good on them.

The effectiveness of their app will depend on your internet connection but this is not so much a limitation of GrabCAD. The initial desktop to cloud sync always takes time in my experience whether it's Box, Dropbox, Copy or any number of others I've tried in the past and depends a lot on the type and size of your files as well. I think it's best to start this up when you're away and pause it otherwise until it's caught up fully.

GrabCAD Workbench is an awesome free CAD based file storage and sharing software as a service which became 100% free in February 2015 which is terrific considering this was seventy dollars per month, per user service in the past. But they were acquired by another company which expanded their resources considerably enough to give it away with no plans on charging in the future. This is a solid secondary cloud file storage solution without many limitations. It's an excellent product development management tool with great versioning. It has very strong collaborative features and also allows you to lock files to work on them exclusively while it lets the rest of your team know. This minimizes human error and miscommunication by removing any overlapping of progress and any confusion as to the latest version of the project file. It eliminates duplication and redundancy greatly and increase efficiency and productivity easily for yourself, across your team and third party help. Free. GrabCAD is totally awesome.