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Everything you need to get started with Sibe and our native add-in for SolidWorks

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  • Start here: the Sibe onboarding series
    Twelve short videos take your SolidWorks team from sign-up to an approved revision. Watch in order, open the written guide for any step, or book a demo.Some readers
  • Create your Sibe account
    Create your Sibe account in three screens, no credit card. Sign up, answer the setup survey and land in a working workspace. Video and steps inside.Some readers
  • Install the Sibe add-in for SolidWorks
    Install the Sibe add-in for SolidWorks on Windows. One setting, two housekeeping steps that prevent most install problems, plus troubleshooting.Some readers
  • Complete the Setup Guide: your first CAD import
    Finish all four Setup Guide steps in one sitting: sign in from SolidWorks, cache a folder, and check in your first assembly with references intact.Few readers
  • Workspace settings: metadata, sync and references
    Set your whole workspace from one page: which SolidWorks custom properties show as columns, which folders cache locally, and how broken references get fixed.Few readers
  • Seats, roles and folder permissions
    Give a reviewer access to every model without a CAD seat. How Sibe seats, roles and folder permissions differ, and how to change anyone's access later.Few readers
  • Set up billing and choose your plan
    Move off the Free plan: choose Business or Business Plus, pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and open up seats for your team. Owner-only, in Settings.Few readers
  • Upload CAD files: web upload vs local import
    Two ways to get CAD into Sibe: drag it into the browser, or check it in from SolidWorks with references intact. Learn which one to use, and when.Few readers
  • Versions, references and where-used
    See a file's version, workflow state, who has it checked out and every assembly it is used in — all from a browser, without opening SolidWorks.Few readers
  • View SolidWorks models in any browser
    Send a colleague a SolidWorks assembly and they rotate, section and measure it in a browser tab. No CAD seat, nothing to install, works on phones.Few readers
  • Markup and comment on 3D models
    Pin feedback to the exact face it is about. Comment on a 3D model, attach files, tag the thread, mention a teammate and mark the thread closed.Some readers
  • Share models: links, QR codes and embeds
    Hand someone a link, a QR code or an embed of a SolidWorks model. No account needed on their side, nothing to install. Reset a link at any time.Few readers
  • Releases: revisions and approvals
    Take an assembly and everything under it from In Progress to an approved revision in one pass, with the approver and release notes recorded against it.Few readers
  • The Sibe add-in for SolidWorks, in depth
    Run your whole day from the add-in panel, directly in SolidWorks: find a file, see who has it, check it out, and check it back in with a note.Some readers
  • Sibe installation from a security perspective
    How the Sibe add-in installs on Windows: permissions, install location, what data reaches the cloud, where it is stored, and domains to whitelist.Some readers

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