Case Study: GrabCAD Shop achieves streamlined 3D-printing project management and faster turnaround times with Proto3000

GrabCAD Shop Streamlines 3D Printing Projects at Educational Institutions

GrabCAD Shop, used by STEM instructor Matthew Brown across Jefferson County School District schools, struggled to manage a growing fleet of 3D printers and a flood of project submissions—files sent by email, Google Docs or USB led to lost parts, poor visibility and long delays. To address this, they engaged vendor Proto3000 and adopted a centralized 3D-printing job-management approach built around the GrabCAD Shop workflow.

Proto3000 implemented GrabCAD Shop’s queueing, multi-file upload, prioritization and real-time communication features, giving students and lab operators clear job status and printing notes. As a result, turnaround times dropped from as long as a month and a half to about a week, fewer parts were misplaced, and students gained hands-on lab-management experience—demonstrating measurable improvements in efficiency and learning under Proto3000’s solution.

GrabCAD Shop

Matthew Brown

GrabCAD Shop