Publishing Products

When your product is set up exactly the way you want it, you can create an interactive, non-modifiable version of it to share with other users. This action is called publishing your product.

How to: Tell if a product is a published product or not

You can tell whether a file is an editable product or a published product by its icon:

Icon Publishing state
Editable product
Published product

How to: Publish a product

You must be a writer or an administrator in this space to publish its content.

You publish a product from its editor. Double click on a product. If you have editing rights for this product, you are taken to the product editor.

  1. Click on the Publish button in the upper right corner of the page.

  2. Provide a name for your published product.

  3. Choose whether you need an online or an offline publishing package.

  4. Finally, click the Publish button to create your publication.

The published product will appear in the same folder as the original product.

Types of Publishing Packages

Type Creation Speed Download Intended use
Online Fast Not available Viewing within Lumis 3D or with a Lumis 3D public link. Access to Lumis 3D's network or to the internet, depending on your Lumis 3D setup, is required.
Offline Slow Yes

Worry-free mobile viewing on an independent platform, such as a laptop computer, an iPad, or another device that might not have access Lumis 3D.

Use in HTML configurators independent from Lumis 3D.

When Offline is selected, the Publish window displays information that can help you reduce the size of the package and the time required to create it.

The larger the number of views, presets and configurations, the more images will need to be generated. Estimates of the number of images to be generated, the final package size, and the generation time are also provided. Reduce the number of views, presets and configurations by hiding unnecessary ones in order to reduce the size and the generation time of the publishing package.

Because offline packages contain images of all possible views and configurations, it is strongly suggested to hide unnecessary configurations options and views in order to reduce the time required to generate the package.