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From SharePoint to a SolidWorks Vault
Cremmjoy designs and builds soft serve and slush machines. The engineering team runs SolidWorks, managing approx. 2,000-component assembly of custom parts and off-the-shelf hardware across four CAD users, expanding to five. Before Sibe, files lived on SharePoint with no PDM system. Cremmjoy adopted Sibe PDM as it moved from prototype development toward production.
"Current file management relies on SharePoint drives without any PDM system, but we seek better control as they transition from development to production..."
Interviewed for this study
Jason Hugenroth
Jason Hugenroth, PhD, PE
Founder and CEO
Outgrowing a Shared Drive
Cremmjoy hit three limits managing a 2,000-part machine in SolidWorks on a shared drive.
No version control
Cremmjoy ran its SolidWorks files on a SharePoint shared drive with no PDM. With four engineers working in the same approx. 2,000-part assembly, there was no reliable way to track versions or stop one person's work from overwriting another's.
A team and an assembly that kept growing
Headcount was moving from four CAD users to five, all in the same files. A shared folder doesn't lock files or show who has what checked out, so coordination fell on the team instead of the system.
Moving from prototypes to production
As Cremmjoy pushed its next-generation machines toward production, it needed release and revision control, a clear record of what's approved and released, that a shared drive can't give.
The Solution: How Sibe PDM Works
Native SolidWorks Add-in
Engineers check files in and out directly in SolidWorks while Sibe tracks every version, handles assembly references, and keeps a local cache for offline work. No server, no VPN, no PDM software to administer. Live in 30 minutes.
Version and revision control
Every check-in creates a version automatically. When a design is ready, it moves through a revision workflow — In Progress, Pending Approval, Released — and released files lock, so no one edits an approved design by accident.
Cloud PDM, no infrastructure
Sibe runs in the cloud — no server to maintain, no licenses to manage, no backups to own. The team works from anywhere, and every file lives in one vault.
Performance Benchmarks
Metric | Before Sibe | With Sibe |
|---|---|---|
File management | SharePoint shared drive, no PDM | Cloud PDM, every version tracked |
Version control | Manual, error-prone | Automatic on every check-in |
File access | Shared folder, no check-out | Check files out in SolidWorks; |
Release control | None | Revision workflow with release locking |
Setup | Shared drive, no system | Live in 30 minutes — no server or VPN |
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Ken Maren
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SolidWorks Expert with 30+ Years Experience
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