GigaCAD docs

What GigaCAD is, who it’s for, and what you need to use it.

Projects, branches, versions, and releases, and how they relate.

Coming soon. Install GigaCAD for Windows, sign in, and find your projects in File Explorer.

Coming soon. Install GigaCAD for macOS, open it the first time, and find your projects in Finder.

Create a project, upload an existing assembly, and make your first release.

The project folder: root files and their revisions, branches, releases, tags, favorites, search, and the README.

Start a branch from a release and see who is working on what.

Take and give back the exclusive write lock on a branch.

How saves become autosaves, and when to commit a version.

Keep working on a checked-out branch without a connection.

Propose a branch for release and follow it through to a new version of main.

Choose, file by file, whether the release takes the branch’s copy or keeps main’s.

Let a new part take over an existing part’s identity and history.

Rebuild assemblies in SolidWorks against the files you picked.

Who needs to sign off before a release, and when approvals reset.

What owners, maintainers, contributors, and viewers can do.

Set who approves releases, how many approvals are needed, and whether rebuilds must pass.

Share a project with everyone and let people fork its releases.

Delete a project and restore it within 30 days.

How storage is counted, what happens when you’re full, and how to change plans.

The GigaCAD task pane, and what the add-in does when you save and commit.

Why a file opens read-only, and how to get write access.

How GigaCAD keeps assembly and drawing references intact.

Every folder the GigaCAD drive shows, and what you can do in each.

Temporary and backup files GigaCAD never uploads, and how to add your own rules.

Work with GigaCAD from a terminal, and script it, with the giga command.

Fixes for sync, sign-in, and rebuild problems.