Managing Collaborative Space Settings

You can define the settings related to collaborative spaces.

Before you begin:
  1. From the compass, select Collaborative Spaces Control Center.
  2. Click the Collaborative Spaces Control Center widget.
  3. Click Manage Settings.
  4. If you have access to multiple platforms, select the needed platform from the widget preferences.

If you added this widget to a dashboard, open that dashboard.

  1. To give new users access to the Common Space collaborative space, enable Give access to all new users to the Common Space.

    When users are not members of any Collaborative Space, they will have limited access to some applications (native apps, 3DSearch). If this option is disabled, the new users will have to be invited manually to existing Collaborative Spaces to allow them to use those applications.

    On the cloud only: This setting is enabled by default.
    On premises only: This setting is disabled by default.

    Contractors do not have access to the common space, and are not automatically invited to this collaborative space.

    Important: If you change the role of a member, his Common Space access rights are not modified. For more information, see Editing Members' Rights and Usage Type.

  2. To let new users create their own collaborative spaces, select Enable all new users to create a collaborative space.

    On the cloud only: This setting is enabled by default.
    On premises only: This setting is disabled by default.

  3. To create personal collaborative spaces for xApp users, select Create personal collaborative space for users accessing xApps.

    If the above 2 settings are both disabled and the user has not been added to someone else's collaborative space, that user cannot save content even if their access role permits it. Enable this setting so that 3DSpace creates personal collaborative spaces for users the first time they access an xApp, allowing them to create content.

    This setting only applies to content saved from certain xApps, such as xGenerative Design or xShape Design. To determine if an xApp supports personal collaborative spaces, see Access to Content in the user's guide for the xApp.

  4. Select the roles you want to be allowed to be granted to members added to collaborative spaces. You can choose any combination of these roles:

    • Public Reader
    • Reader
    • Restricted roles
    • Associate Leader and Owner

    The Leader access role allows users to perform design tasks; the Owner access role allows users to perform administrative tasks. When these roles are associated, you can assign both accesses to the same person at the same time without having to add them twice, once with each access role. Also, you cannot assign one of the roles without assigning the other role.

    Restricted roles are assigned to users from partner organizations. These users can only access content owned by their organization, even if the collaborative space contains content owned by other organizations. If you do not enable Restricted roles, no collaborative spaces will allow any user with a restricted role to become a member.

  5. To allow members with the Owner access role to change a collaborative space visibility, enable Manage visibility. When disabled, only platform administrators can change it.
  6. Click Save.