Canvas

This is the heart of your backoffice. In Canvas, you can create and manage collections, upload your 3D models and configurators, and prepare them to look stunning. Canvas lets you generate photorealistic renders, define the features available in Boutique, and much more. You can also prepare your models for easy integration into your website or e-commerce, create links to share directly with clients (ideal for closing sales), and produce impressive images or videos for customers and social media. All of this is possible with zero prior 3D experience—Canvas is designed for everyone, from designers to any team member who needs to access or share 3D content.

Everything in Canvas is organized into collections, and within each collection you can add your designs. You can create as many collections as you need and add as many designs as you want to each one. It’s important to note that every design must belong to a collection—there are no standalone designs outside of collections.

Next, we’ll look at how to create and manage collections. But first, let’s explain the types of designs you can add: there are two types—static designs and dynamic designs (also known as configurators).

Creating a static design is as simple as uploading any 3D model in formats such as Rhino, RhinoArtisan, RhinoGold, Matrix, MatrixGold, GLB, or even STL.

Dynamic designs, or configurators, are more advanced 3D models that must be created in RhinoArtisan. From there, you can define which parts of the design can be customized—not just the material, but any aspect of the model that you want customers to be able to personalize, whether in Boutique or on your website. We’ll see how to create configurators in more detail later, but for now, it’s important to understand the difference between static and dynamic designs.