Collaborate securely on a view-and comment-only copy of your 3D model with your customers and remote project stakeholders.
Inventor Connected Design on A360
Inventor Connected Design enables online 3D design reviews with others not on your network who need to participate in the design process. Use Inventor Connected Design to easily collaborate securely on a view-and comment-only copy of your 3D model with your customers and remote project stakeholders: Create a Design Share to share an Inventor model free of intellectual property with others not on your network who need to participate in the design process. For example, create a Design Share for a customer to request approval on a design, or to provide easy access to your field sales team for on-site 3D design demos. Design Shares give customers easy access to designs you want to share. Your collaborators can review the 3D viewable of the model and post comments.
About Owners and Collaborators
When using Inventor Connected Design, you can have a different role: Owner or collaborator. An owner is a person who creates and shares the Design Share. A collaborator is a person with whom an owner has shared a Design Share. Each role determines what you can and cannot do when collaborating on a Design Share.
Collaborators
Inventor is not needed to participate in Inventor Connected Design. All collaborators can view the Design Share, and view and post comments on their A360 drive.
Collaborators who have Inventor 2016 R3 or Inventor 2017 and are signed in to A360 in Inventor can collaborate on a Design Share using Inventor.
Design Share Owners
When you create an Inventor Design Share:
- A 3D viewable is created from the present view of the open part or assembly.
- The 3D viewable (a .collaboration file) is published to your A360 drive.
- A Design Share email invitation with a link to the 3D viewable is sent to the collaborators designated in the Start Design Share on A360 dialog box.
- Design Share owners can access and
manage the Design Share from Inventor
and from their
A360 drive.
About the Design Share
A Design Share is a 3D viewable read-only copy of the view of the 3D model that was open when you created the Design Share.
- Collaborators can view and comment on the Design Share. Comments are visible to you and all collaborators you invite to collaborate on the Design Share.
- When you start a Design Share, an email invitation with a link to the Design Share is immediately sent to your collaborators in an email.
The Design Share is accessible from Inventor 2016 R3, Inventor 2017 and from the owner's and the collaborator's A360 drive. The SHARED WITH ME folder on the A360 web drive displays links to all Design Shares that are shared with you. The OWNED BY ME folder contains all the Design Shares that you own in a folder called Inventor Design Shares.
- Feature trees are not included in the Design Share.
- By default, component names and part properties are not included in the Design Share. You can specify to include component names and part properties when you create a Design Share.
About the Connected Design on A360 panel
- Provides access to the Start Design Share on A360 dialog box.
- Displays your Design Share events and provides access to all Design Shares for which you are an owner or a collaborator.
- Provides access to tools for managing the Design Shares you own.
Getting Help with Inventor Connected Design on A360
If you experience issues with connecting to Inventor Connected Design, refer to To Resolve Connected Design on A360 Installation and Configuration Issues.