Running a 3D asset review with a distributed team

Reviewing 3D assets across a distributed team used to mean exporting screenshots, attaching them to emails, and hoping the art director's monitor was calibrated the same way as yours. The comment and approval tools in Marble Voyage are built around a different assumption: that the reviewer should be looking at the actual 3D model, not a flat image of it.

Sharing a project for review ¶

On Studio and Enterprise plans, any project can be shared via a private link. The recipient does not need a Marble Voyage account to view the model in the browser viewer, but they do need an account to leave comments or approve a version. For external clients who only need to view and approve, a guest account is free.

Set a review deadline in the project settings. This sends an automatic reminder to all invited reviewers 24 hours before the deadline. It does not lock the project or prevent further edits, but it gives the team a shared reference point.

Leaving comments on specific geometry ¶

Comments in Marble Voyage are pinned to a point on the 3D surface, not to a screenshot coordinate. Click on the surface of the model in the browser viewer and type your comment. The comment appears as a pin on the model that any reviewer can click to read.

This is particularly useful for texture feedback. 'The roughness on the grip area is too high' pinned to the grip region is unambiguous. The same comment in an email requires the recipient to figure out which part of the model you mean.

Version approval and handoff ¶

When a version is ready for production, the project owner marks it as approved. Approved versions are locked against further edits and a download link is generated automatically. The link includes the export format and settings that were active at the time of approval, so the production team always downloads the correct file.

Version history on Pro plans goes back 90 days. On Studio and Enterprise plans it is unlimited. If a client comes back three months later and asks for a change, the original approved version is still there.

The biggest time saving in a distributed review is not the tool itself. It is the reduction in ambiguity. A pinned comment on a 3D surface leaves no room for misinterpretation.