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Get Suppliers into the Design early without giving up your IP
Suppliers measure, review, and quote on your live 3D data, streamed from your existing tools. Your experts and suppliers make real-time decisions on the latest data, yet you never send a file, never lose a copy, never chase a revocation. Stop choosing between early collaboration and full IP control.
Every File You Send Is a Copy You No Longer Control
Working with suppliers today means exporting. A STEP file here, a PDF drawing over email because there was no faster way. Every export is preparation work, every transfer is an IP decision made under time pressure, and every copy that leaves your network is one you can never fully retrieve. So teams share less, share later, and get supplier feedback when the design is already hard to change. Supplier collaboration with instant3Dhub works differently: suppliers view the live data streamed from your systems, scoped to exactly the parts they need to see, and you are in control of your IP and decide when access ends. There is nothing to send and nothing to get back.
No exports or file transfers, suppliers work on a streamed view of the source model
No copies at the supplier, no more .zip or .pdf files sitting dormant in a download folder for five years
No all-or-nothing sharing, scope access to your level of granularity, from single parts and subassemblies to the whole product
Why Supplier Feedback Arrives Too Late
Access You Grant Is Access You Can Take Back
instant3Dhub runs in your cloud or on-premise, so the 3D data stays where it already lives. Suppliers receive a streamed view, rendered on demand, never a file. You decide who sees which data and for how long. Revoke access and it is gone, immediately and completely, because there was never a local copy to chase.
Runs in your infrastructure, your cloud or on-premises, under your security policies
Data is streamed and rendered on demand, never copied or stored on the supplier side
Part-level scoping, expose a bracket, a housing, or an interface zone without revealing the rest of the assembly
Instant revocation, end access the moment the engagement ends
What Early Supplier Collaboration Looks Like
Review Manufacturability on the Real Geometry
Suppliers inspect the actual data, not a screenshot or a simplified export. They measure, section, and check tooling access directly, so DFM feedback arrives while the design is still cheap to change, not after the first prototype fails.
Run Technical Discussions in Context
Instead of describing a problem over email, both sides look at the same live view and point at the same feature. Questions about wall thickness, draft angles, holes, and tolerances get answered in minutes because everyone sees exactly what is meant.
Compare Sourcing Options on One Model
Share the same scoped part with several suppliers in parallel, each in their own session, none aware of the others. Quotes and feasibility feedback come back grounded in identical information, so bids are actually comparable.
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Built With and for the
World's Leading OEMs
instant3Dhub was hardened over more than 15 years alongside leading German OEMs, in environments where external data sharing is reviewed by security teams, works councils, and legal. It runs in production across manufacturing, automotive, machinery, and energy value chains.
In Production At
Both Sides Win
For the OEM
Supplier expertise enters the design while changes are still cheap
Sourcing decisions rest on feasibility feedback, not assumptions
IP exposure shrinks from "files in the wild" to "scoped, revocable views"
Build with instant3Dhub
No CAD licenses or special hardware needed to participate
The full context of live CAD data at full fidelity, not a stripped-down export
Faster answers, fewer clarification loops, better bids
Talk to an Expert About Supplier Collaboration
Tell us how you exchange 3D data with suppliers today, and we'll show you what the same workflow looks like without a single file transfer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions OEM and sourcing teams ask most about secure supplier collaboration.
How do suppliers access the 3D data?
Collaboration with instant3Dhub takes place in the 3DSpace. Simply share a link and recipients with the correct credentials are free to explore.
The model is streamed from your systems and rendered as a live view, so suppliers need no CAD software, no licenses, and no special hardware. Nothing is downloaded to their machines, and when their access is revoked, there is no residual copy anywhere outside your infrastructure.
Can we limit what a supplier sees?
Yes, and this is the core of the model. Access is scoped at the part and subassembly level, so a supplier quoting one component sees that component and its relevant interfaces, not the surrounding product. You can also control the level of detail exposed and set access to expire automatically at the end of an engagement.
What happens to our data?
instant3Dhub runs in your private cloud or on-premise and connects to your existing PLM, PDM, and CAD systems. The data never moves to an external platform. Suppliers connect to a 3DSpace served from your infrastructure, under your security policies, which is typically what allows IT and security teams to approve external collaboration in the first place.