Sharing via Public Links

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to enable public links for its contents.

A public link is a web address that you can give to anyone to allow them to view, but not to edit, content available on Lumis 3D. A person who receives a public link does not need to log in to Lumis 3D to view the shared content.

A file for which the public link is active is shown with a logo.

Sharing via public links is a two-step process:

  1. First, activate the public link for the content you want to share.
  2. Then, provide the public link address to the person you want to share the content with.
Anyone with a public link to a file can view the file. Activating a public link makes a file potentially visible to everyone on Lumis 3D's network. If your Lumis 3D is accessible via the internet, your file is available to everyone on the web.

When you deactivate a public link, the link address is permanently deleted. This means that if you share a link address with someone, then deactivate the file's public link, their link address will no longer work.

If you plan to share the link again, just reactivate it in the Link sharing window.

How to: Share a file using a public link

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to modify public links for its contents.
Public links are only available for files. Folders cannot be shared publicly.
  1. Select the file you want to share by left clicking on it.
    This displays the drop-down menu with options.
  2. Click on the Share button.
  3. The Link sharing window will open. At the bottom of this window, click on the slider next to Public link to activate the public link.
  4. The address of the public link is displayed in the text field. You can copy it to the clipboard using the button and paste it into another document, such as an email.

  5. When you have finished modifying the sharing settings, click the Close button to return to the list of files.

How to: Stop sharing a file with a public link

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to modify public links for its contents.
  1. Select the file you want to unshare by left clicking on it. This displays the drop-down menu with options.

  2. Click on the Share button.

  3. The Link sharing window will open. At the bottom of this window, click on the slider next to Public link to deactivate the public link.

  4. When you have finished modifying the sharing settings, click the Close button to return to the list of files.

Sharing via Private Links

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to enable private links for its contents.

A private link is a web address that you can give to anyone in a domain to allow them to view and edit (writer role at least) content available on Lumis 3D. A person who receives a private link has to log in to Lumis 3D to view the shared content.

A file for which the private link is active is shown with a logo.

Sharing via public links is a two-step process:

  1. First, activate the public link for the content you want to share.
  2. Then, provide the public link address to the person you want to share the content with.

When you deactivate a private link, the link address is permanently deleted. This means that if you share a link address with someone, then deactivate the file's private link, their link address will no longer work.

If you plan to share the link again, just reactivate it in the Link sharing window.

How to: Share a file using a private link

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to modify public links for its contents.
  1. Select the file you want to share by left clicking on it.

  2. This displays the drop-down menu with options. Click on the Share button.

  3. The Link sharing window will open. At the bottom of this window, click on the slider next to Private link to activate the private link.

  4. The address of the private link is displayed in the text field. You can copy it to the clipboard using the button and paste it into another document, such as an email.

  5. When you have finished modifying the sharing settings, click the Close button to return to the list of files.

How to: Stop sharing a file with a private link

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to modify public links for its contents.
  1. Select the file you want to unshare by left clicking on it.

  2. This displays the drop-down menu with options. Click on the Share button.

  3. The Link sharing window will open. At the bottom of this window, click on the slider next to Private link to deactivate the private link.

  4. When you have finished modifying the sharing settings, click the Close button to return to the list of files.

Sharing via Private and Public links

You must be a writer or an administrator in a space to enable private and public links for its contents.

You can combine also private and public links at the same time. This feature is very useful when you decide to share a content with sales team and customers for example.

Just activate private and public links to share content as described above.