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. From the top bar, click Share > Share as Picture > Publish to Communities.
    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.