Community on World
On World, people review, print, remix and collect each other's models, and follow the creators they like.
World is where people share what they make and what they make from each other's models. Anyone with a Benchy account can take part; you only need to be an approved creator to publish models. Signed out, you can browse everything public, with each model's pictures and preview video; viewing a model in 3D and downloading it take an account.
On a model's page
| Choose | What it does |
|---|---|
| Like | Counts towards the model's place in Trending, and tells its creator |
| Boost | Counts for more in Trending than a like. The creator isn't told |
| Save | Keeps the model in Saved and tells you when it gets a new version. Saving doesn't buy or download anything |
| Rate this model | One to five stars, one rating per person; you can change or clear it |
| Add to a collection | Puts the model in one of your collections, or a new one; see Collections |
A creator can't like, boost or rate their own model. Trending is worked out every 15 minutes from models published in the last 14 days. Boosts count most, then makes, then likes, with a little weight for downloads and ratings; a newer model ranks above an older one with the same activity.
Reviews and comments
Under Reviews and discussion, write a review with a star rating, or choose Comment without rating to ask a question or say what worked. A comment holds up to 4,000 characters and 12 photos, and you can post 30 an hour. You have one review per model: posting again rewrites it.
- Reply to a comment to answer it. Replies go one level deep.
- Like a comment to agree with it. Naming someone with
@tells them, for up to five people a comment. - Comments can't be edited. The author and the model's creator can Remove one; it then reads “This comment was removed.” and its replies stay. A rating stays when its review is removed by the creator.
Makes
A make is a photo of the model printed or built. Choose Add a make on the model's page, add up to six JPG, PNG, WebP or AVIF images, and if you like say what changed, what worked, and the printer and material you used. Then choose Publish make. You can post 12 makes an hour. The person who posted a make and the model's creator can remove it.
Remixes
When a model is built on someone else's, say so while you edit it, under Built on someone else's work → Based on. Name up to ten models, on World or elsewhere, and choose how yours relates to each: Remix, Derivative, Based on or Fork. The original's page then lists yours under Remixes, and yours shows where it came from.
The original's license decides whether you can publish a remix of it. If it doesn't allow sharing adaptations, World keeps your model private: “Keep this listing private, or ask its creator.” A private draft can name any model.
Collections
A collection is a set of models you group yourself, such as a shortlist for a project. Make one from Collections or from any model's page. A new collection is private, so only you see it; make it public and it appears in Collections on World and on your profile.
- A collection holds up to 1,000 models. Its name can be 80 characters long.
- A private model can only go in a private collection. A public collection hides a model that stops being public.
- Deleting a collection leaves its models and their files where they are. It can't be undone.
Following creators
Choose Follow on a creator's profile or beside their name on a model. The creator is told, and their new models appear in Following, newest first. Who follows someone, and whom they follow, is public on their profile. You can follow 60 people an hour.
A creator's profile shows their models, makes, public collections and organizations, with their followers and the people they follow. Their models and collections each have a tab with its own address, and the models tab can be sorted and narrowed to free or paid listings. benchy.world/@ followed by a creator's handle opens the profile, and a tab's name after it opens that tab.
A check mark beside a creator's name means Benchy has confirmed who they are. Benchy grants it by hand, one creator at a time; nothing about someone's listings, sales, followers or plan earns it, and there is no way to ask for it yet.
Templates
There are no templates on World yet. New ones are being made; until then, start from a blank canvas in Studio.
Organizations
An organization is a shared public profile for a studio or a team. Every model stays owned by the creator who published it; adding it to an organization shows “Published with” the organization on its page. An approved creator starts one from Organizations, and anyone else joins by accepting an invitation sent to their email address. Invitations last seven days.
| Role | Can |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything, including deleting the organization |
| Admin | Invite and remove people, besides what an Editor can do |
| Editor | Edit the profile and add their own models |
| Viewer | Belong to the organization, without changing it |
A model belongs to one organization at most, and only its creator can add it. An organization holds up to 100 people and 500 models. The last Owner can't leave until they make someone else an Owner.
Mature content
A creator marks a model as Mature content when it or its images show nudity, gore or other adult themes, and a moderator can mark one too. It stays out of lists and search, and its pictures are blurred until you choose Show. To see mature models everywhere without the blur, turn on Show mature models under Browsing on your dashboard.
Reporting
Choose Report model on a model's page, or Report on a comment or a make. Pick what is wrong — copyright, a trademark, privacy, an unauthorised scan, unsafe files, a preview that doesn't match the files, spam, mature or regulated content, or something else — add details, and choose Send report.
The moderation team reviews every report and tells you whether it was upheld or dismissed. A report hides nothing by itself. You can't report your own model, and a second report on the same thing joins your open one.
A model a moderator is looking at shows its creator Held for review, and its files can't be downloaded until the review is resolved.