Product updates

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Until now, team members couldn’t see all the workspaces in their company. This led to difficulty gaining access to certain workspaces.

Company admins can now make all non-restricted workspaces visible and joinable to other users on the team. This means team members won’t have to ask an admin to share a link or send an invite to join a workspace—they can find and join it themselves.

How to enable it

Admins can turn this setting on from the Workspace Management section of the admin panel:

• Look for the option called "Make Non-Restricted Workspaces Visible for Access."
• Choose the minimum role required for users to see available workspaces.
• Click Update to apply.

Once enabled, any workspace not marked as restricted will become visible and available for join requests by users with the required role or higher.

What stays private

Workspaces containing confidential or unreleased information can still be marked as restricted. These will remain hidden from non-admin users—even with the new setting turned on.

How users can join workspaces

Once the setting is active, users can:

• Scroll through available workspaces on the Home page
• Search by name using the sidebar search from anywhere in CoLab
• Join with one click when they find the right workspace

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Need help configuring workspace visibility? Visit the Help Center or reach out to your CoLab contact.

You can now export feedback from any file in CoLab—whether as a PDF or CSV.

What’s included in a PDF export

PDF reports can be customized to include:

• A summary table of all feedback items
• Full details for each comment—including status, tags, and custom fields
• Optional sections like screenshots, attachments, and discussion history
• Direct links back to the feedback in CoLab

Customize your export

Before exporting, you can:

• Filter feedback by type, status, assignee, reviewer, priority, and more
• Choose which file revisions to include (multi-revision exports are organized into a ZIP)

To export, right-click any file in Drive and select Export File Feedback. Then choose your format (PDF or CSV), apply any filters, and configure your report content.

Learn more in this knowledge base article.

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You can now overlay two versions of a PDF or 3D model in CoLab, making it easier to spot design changes without jumping between files.

How it works

Open a PDF or 3D model, then select Comparison from the bottom toolbar. Choose another revision, and CoLab will overlay the two files, highlighting differences using color:

• 🔴 Red = Unique to the older revision
• 🟢 Green = Unique to the newer revision
• ⚫ Black = Common to both revisions

This works for both PDF drawings and 3D models — so you can review changes in either format at a glance.

Create feedback while comparing revisions

You can create feedback directly on an overlaid view. Any feedback is saved to the newest revision and clearly marked as being created in comparison mode.

Who gets access

These features are available now for teams on Pro and Scale plans.

Not seeing these features in the app? Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to discuss access.

For more details, check out this support article.

We’ve redesigned CoLab’s navigation system to make it faster to get where you need to go—and easier to stay focused on your work.

Here's what's new:

Top menu → Sidebar menu

The new sidebar layout replaces the old top menu, bringing everything you need into one consistent, always-visible location. Instead of switching between different areas, you can now access your tools from a single place—no matter where you are in the app.

Here’s what you’ll find in the sidebar:

• Workspace switcher
• Search
• Home
• My Work
• Reviews
• Feedback
• Insights
• Portals
• Profile

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Centralized tracking for reviews and feedback

Reviews and Feedback now live in the sidebar and can be accessed at any time. From the Home page, you’ll see reviews and feedback across your entire organization. When you're inside a workspace or portal, you’ll only see items relevant to that area—giving you both a broad overview and a focused view, depending on what you’re working on.

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Favourites

You can now favourite workspaces, files, folders, and saved views of Reviews or Feedback. These appear in your sidebar, so the things you use most are always within reach. You can reorder, sort, and filter your Favourites to match your workflow.

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My Work panel

Stay on top of your responsibilities with a single view of everything assigned to you—Reviews you’re part of, Reviews you own, and Feedback you’ve been assigned.

CoLab app now supports German, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese, in addition to French and Italian!

• Change your language anytime from the user profile menu.
• User-generated content remains in its original language.
• All user-generated content will remain untranslated.

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We've introduced a new markup tool allowing users to create GD&T annotations directly on 2D and 3D files. Here's how it works:

• On PDFs: Select the GD&T icon (⌖) from the markup toolbar.
• On 3D Models: Select the pin icon, place it on the model, then choose the GD&T icon.

Then, along with your feedback item, create feature control frames to communicate geometric or tolerance changes.

To learn more about our new GD&T markup tool, visit this article in our knowledge base.

We’ve made it even easier to track review and feedback in portals and download our PLM integrations with two powerful new updates.

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Track Reviews & Feedback in Portals

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‍Portals make it simple to review designs with external partners. Now, all portal-specific reviews and feedback are organized in the left sidebar—so you can easily navigate review and feedback everything without leaving the portal.

Download PLM and CAD Integrations from Admin Settings Panel

‍Admins can now download installation files for our PLM and CAD integrations directly from the Admin Settings panel. Just navigate to Integrations, select the integration you need, and hit Download.