Sharing Pictures with 3DSwym Communities

You can capture an image of your model and share it with colleagues in your communities.

This task shows you how to:


Before you begin: Create a model in the work area. You must also be a member of a 3DSwym community.

Sharing Pictures Using the Action Bar

Share your model with communities using the action bar.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Share as Picture .
    The Publish to Communities dialog box opens including an image of your work area.
  2. Select to publish in a Community or a Conversation.
  3. Select the publication options.
    • Media - is embedded in Posts, Questions, Ideas, Wiki Pages, answers and comments. For more information, see 3D Modeling: 3DPlay for Dashboard: Sharing Content.
    • Post - is a blog article that you can edit using the rich text editor. You can categorize and enrich post by adding media like: images, videos, audio files, 3D Models, documents, and drawings.
    • Question - allows you to ask questions to all the members of a given community and receive collaborative replies.
    • Idea - is a starting point to create and innovate, by sharing knowledge to community members. Ideas go beyond posts; they are assessed by other users and statuses are applied to obtain community validation.
    • Community - menu lists the communities that you are a member of.
    • Conversation - menu lists the members in your community. When selected, Question and Idea types of publications are not available.
  4. Enter a Title and Description for the publication.
  5. Click Publish.

Sharing Pictures Using the Top Bar

Share your model with communities using the top bar.

  1. Select to publish in a Community or a Conversation.
  2. Select the publication options.
    • Media - is embedded in Posts, Questions, Ideas, Wiki Pages, answers and comments. For more information, see 3D Modeling: 3DPlay for Dashboard: Sharing Content.
    • Post - is a blog article that you can edit using the rich text editor. You can categorize and enrich post by adding media like: images, videos, audio files, 3D Models, documents, and drawings.
    • Question - allows you to ask questions to all the members of a given community and receive collaborative replies.
    • Idea - is a starting point to create and innovate, by sharing knowledge to community members. Ideas go beyond posts; they are assessed by other users and statuses are applied to obtain community validation.
    • Community - menu lists the communities that you are a member of.
    • Conversation - menu lists the members in your community. When selected, Question and Idea types of publications are not available.
  3. Enter a Title and Description for the publication.
  4. Click Publish.