Share a file by link
Create a viewing link: your recipient opens the file without an account, with the rights you leave them, and you close the link whenever you decide.
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A viewing link shows a file to someone who has no Comiror account: a client who wants a look at a part, a supplier who needs a drawing. They open the link in their browser, on a computer or a phone, and view the file. They can’t write anything on it.
For someone who needs to work with you over time (annotate, approve, follow several files), prefer an invitation: see the guide Rights and access.
Creating a link
Open Share on the file, from the file itself or from the folder menu, then Create the link. Before creating it, you set:
- Who is this link for?: a name that lets you recognize the link later, for instance the company and the person. Each recipient can have their own link, which you close without touching the others.
- What they will be able to do: viewing the file is always granted; the other rights depend on the file type (see below).
- Expiry: 7, 30 or 90 days, or no limit. After that, the link no longer opens.
Then copy the address and send it any way you like.
Only members of your organization create links: someone you invited can’t reshare your files this way.
What your recipient can do
| File | What they see | Rights you can add |
|---|---|---|
| 3D part (STEP, IGES, STL, GLB) | The part, which they can rotate | Section view, exploded view, measure, download |
| Drawing published in Comiror, PDF | The document | Download |
| Image | The image | Download |
| DXF or DWG drawing, other files | Nothing in the browser | Download |
A file that doesn’t display in a browser is useless without the download right: the window warns you when you create the link.
For a 3D part, download gives the file as you uploaded it. On a STEP or IGES file, that is your original model: only tick this right if you really mean to hand it over.
Tracking and closing your links
The Share window lists the links open on the file, with their name, creation date, expiry and what they allow. From Settings, you change the rights or the expiry of an existing link without changing its address.
Close the link makes it unusable immediately, for everyone. The other links on the same file keep working.
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