Reviewing your SolidWorks 3D designs with Sibe

In this article we will learn how to share the 3D product designs you made in SolidWorks for review by other stakeholders.

1. Upload

First, let’s upload your SolidWorks files to Sibe. If you don’t have a Sibe account yet, you can sign up now free of charge.

Reviewing an Assembly (SLDASM)

• Place all the SLDPRT files that are part of the assembly, as well as the single SLDASM file that assembles these parts into a folder on your disk.
• Sign in to Sibe
• From your Workspace home page, click Upload.
  The Import Model dialog is displayed.
• Click Upload File and browse to the folder where your SolidWorks files are located.
• Select all the files that belong to the assembly (remember: multiple SLDPRTs, one SLDASM) and click OK.
• Wait until the assembly is parsed and displayed on the Scene.

All good – your assembly is ready to be shared!

Reviewing a Single Part (SLDPRT)

You might want to share just a single part, and here’s how:

• Sign in to Sibe
• From your Workspace home page, click Upload.
• The Import Model dialog is displayed.
• Click Upload File and browse to the folder where your SolidWorks files are located.
• Select the single SLDPRT file that you want to share and click OK.
• Wait a few moments until the model is displayed on the Scene.

That’s it – your part is ready to be shared!

2. Share

Now that you have uploaded your SolidWorks files, let’s invite some colleagues to review:

1. While on the Scene, click the Share button.
   The Sharing dialog is displayed.
2. Supply the email of the person you want to invite and click Invite.
   They will get an email with a link that will get them directly to the scene.  
   Note that you can supply only one email at a time, so if you need to invite multiple persons,
   just supply their emails one by one and click Invite after each email.

Colleagues that you have previously invited to your Sibe Workspace will be notified automatically when you create a new Scene.

3. Collaborate

Now that you have a good company, you can start working on your 3D designs together!

Adding feedback

Let’s start by adding a comment to your 3D model:

1. Hold Ctrl and click the exact place on the 3D model that you want to comment on. Alternatively, click the Comment button on the bottom of the screen and then click the specific place on the 3D model.
   The comment box will be displayed.

2. Type your comment and click

or press Enter.

Your comment will be saved and a pin will be placed on the 3D model.

Note that you can review all the comments at any time using the right sidebar.

Reacting to feedback

Now, let’s see how you can react to feedback left by others. If you can’t wait for others to join you, we can practice on your own comment:

1. Click the comment pin on the 3D model.
   The comment preview is displayed.
2. Click No replies.
   The Comments sidebar is opened and the cursor is set into the reply box.
3. Type your comment and press Enter.
4. Next, click the comment status icon in the sidebar and change the status from Pending to In Progress.
5. The comment status and the pin color will change.

That’s it! You’ve reacted to a bit of feedback and let the author know that you’re working on it.

Uploading new versions

Some of the feedback you receive might lead to updating the assembly or its parts. With Sibe, you can share the updated 3D model with the reviewers, so that they can see how exactly you implemented their feedback:

1. Update the SolidWorks files as may be necessary.

2. Sign in to Sibe.

3. Open the Scene you want to update.

4. In the left panel,click Versions icon.

5. Click Upload new version.  
‍The Import model dialog is displayed.

6. Click Upload File.

7. Depending on what you previously uploaded to the Scene, select a single part or a set of an assembly + parts. ‍

8. Click OK. ‍

Now you and your colleagues will be able to see both versions of the 3D model. But what’s even more convenient, all the comments will be visible in both versions. So, all the stakeholders will be able to tell which feedback was addressed without any extra questions.