The latest R2025x FD01 update for the Product Communicator role introduces the powerful xHighlight Experience Media feature, allowing users to seamlessly share and collaborate on interactive 3D presentations within 3DSwym communities and even embed them on websites.

In this blog post, I will explain how the new “Experience Media” feature in xHighlight allows you to share interactive 3D presentations with communities and explore the ways to display them on a website.

xHighlight – Publish Media: Experience Media

After opening the Microwave project we previously created in xHighlight, I select the Publish Media command from the Standard tab in the Action Bar. This command provides various options for exporting my project. For more details on xHighlight’s features, check out our Product Communicator Playlist

Experience Media

In the newly opened window, I choose the Experience Media section, where I encounter three different control options.

Settings: This section allows me to configure the options I want to include in the 3D presentation.

• UV Navigation: Displays arrows for navigating between scenes and a bar at the top indicating the scene duration, similar to social media story progress bars.
• Autoplay: Automatically transitions through the scenes in sequence.
• Canvas: Adds a black frame around the presentation area.

Compression: This section includes texture compression options.

• Texture Compression: You can choose between No Compression, JPEG, and KTX2 formats. KTX2 compression offers lower memory usage and smaller file sizes while maintaining similar quality to JPEG, which is generally my preference for texture compression.

Destination: Determines where the 3D presentation will be shared.

• Collaborative Space: Select this option if you want to embed the 3D presentation into your website.
• 3DSwym: Allows you to share the 3D presentation within a community.

Publish Media to 3DSwym

Since I wanted to share my 3D presentation within the community, I chose 3DSwym. After selecting this option, I adjusted the post details as shown in the image and clicked the “Publish” button. After a brief processing step, xHighlight successfully shared my 3D presentation in the SolidWorks Champions Community.

Experience Media in Community

Now, community members can click the Play button in my post to experience my interactive 3D presentation and provide feedback. 

Experience Media on Website with xMedia

This alone is exciting! But the 3DEXCITE team took it a step further by offering the ability to embed this 3D interactive presentation on a website via xMedia.

To allow us to test this unique experience, they have granted exclusive access to xMedia for Champion Xperience. I will soon create a detailed blog post about this topic. But until then, you can be among the first to explore this incredible experience by clicking the Play button below to test my 3D interactive presentation!

Click below to explore the interactive 3D presentation using xHighlight Experience Media:

Note: The software is still under development. Therefore, it currently performs best when tested on a computer.

Conclusion

Dassault Systèmes’ cloud solutions are continuously evolving, providing users with new features and opportunities. With this new feature in xHighlight, you can go beyond traditional customer presentations by creating engaging interactive 3D experiences. Additionally, you can integrate technical specifications, balloons, BOM tables, dimensions, and more to enhance product visualization. This innovation not only transforms the way companies showcase their products in 3D on their websites but also elevates the overall presentation experience.