There are four ways to share an XGRIDS scan with a client. You can publish it from LCC Studio to an XGRIDS web viewer link, publish it to SuperSplat, export the files and send them, or upload the LCC or LCC2 package to a delivery platform like Swyvl and send a link. All four open in a browser with nothing to install. They differ in what they cost, what the client can do once it opens, and whether the scan arrives with the rest of the job.
Disclosure: I am the founder of Swyvl, and the company Swyvl grew out of delivers XGRIDS scans to mining and energy clients. Everything below about XGRIDS and other tools comes from their own documentation, read on 31 October 2026. Where their docs do not say something, I say that rather than guess.
The options at a glance
| Option | What you send | Cost | The client can | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XGRIDS web viewer (Publish from LCC Studio) | A link, with or without a password | Publishing is listed as a core LCC Studio feature; LCC Cloud is $800/year | View in a desktop or mobile browser | The online version of LCC Studio only. Web view uses a lower level of detail |
| SuperSplat (Publish from LCC Studio) | An unlisted superspl.at link | Free software | View, walk, download if you allow it | Measurement is not documented |
| Exported files | LCC2, PLY, 3D Tiles, or LAS/E57 from LixelStudio | Exports beyond LCC and LCC2 need Premium | Whatever their own software does | They still need a viewer or a platform to open it |
| Swyvl | One branded link for the site, scan included | Free plan, then $49/month | Orbit, walk at eye level, measure, reply on notes | Up to 100 GB per file, alongside point clouds, orthomosaics and 360s |
Option 1: Publish to the XGRIDS web viewer
This is XGRIDS’ own route and the one most people try first. In LCC Studio:
- Open the project and choose File, then Publish. Generated models can also be published from the card menu on the My Models page.
- Choose Password-Free Sharing (anyone with the link can open it) or Password-Protected Sharing (a password you set or one the system generates). You can add a description.
- Click Share to copy the link and the password.
- Manage everything you have published under Publish Management, where you can change the link suffix, the password and the description, or unpublish it.
The link opens in Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari, and on a phone, with no app. A few things to know from XGRIDS’ own FAQ:
- The web version is softer than the desktop. The browser loads a lower level of detail, and XGRIDS ranks quality “local desktop, then local web, then mobile web”.
- Only the scan publishes. FBX, OBJ and GLB assets in a project cannot be published to the web.
- The offline version cannot publish. If your LCC Studio license is on a hardware dongle, this route is not available.
- LCC Cloud is a separate product. At $800 a year in XGRIDS’ store it covers up to 250 minutes of scan capture processing a month, plus the web viewer and publishing.
XGRIDS’ docs do not say whether published links expire, whether the viewer carries XGRIDS branding, whether the client can measure or comment, or whether you can see who opened it. Resellers say recipients can measure in the browser, but I could not confirm it in XGRIDS’ own documentation.
Best for: a quick look at one scan, when the client does not need anything else from the job.
Option 2: Publish to SuperSplat
Since August 2026, LCC Studio can publish straight to SuperSplat, PlayCanvas’ free Gaussian splat editor and viewer. From My Models, paste a SuperSplat access token, choose a file type (PlayCanvas recommends LCC2 with SOG) and click Share. You get a live superspl.at link.
Published scenes are unlisted by default, so only people with the link can find them. They can be embedded on a website, downloaded if you allow it, and walked through. SuperSplat’s publishing docs do not mention measurement, comments or passwords.
Best for: an embeddable splat for a website or a portfolio.
Option 3: Export the files and send them
If the client has their own software, send them the data:
- LCC2 loads directly in SuperSplat and Arrival.Space, according to XGRIDS. Choose SOG for the smallest file or SPZ for the Niantic and Scaniverse ecosystem.
- PLY works with most open-source splat viewers and game engine plugins.
- 3D Tiles loads in CesiumJS and other 3D Tiles viewers, capped at 4 million Gaussians.
- LAS, LAZ, PLY or E57 from LixelStudio for CAD and GIS work: CloudCompare, ArcGIS, QGIS or a point cloud platform.
Two catches. XGRIDS’ converter page lists LCC and LCC2 output on the free license, with PLY, 3D Tiles and USD needing Premium (the Lixel CyberColor license is $2,500 a year in XGRIDS’ store). And files sent this way still need moving: a scan package is often too big for email, so you are back to a transfer service and a client who has to open what arrives.
Best for: a technical client who will work on the data in their own software.
Option 4: Upload the package to Swyvl
Upload the LCC or LCC2 package to Swyvl as a ZIP, or drop in the loose files and Swyvl reassembles the scene. Files go up to 100 GB each. Then send a link.
The client opens the scan in their browser and can:
- Orbit or walk through it at eye level. Click the ground to walk there. If you included the mesh in the export, collisions keep them out of walls.
- Measure on it. Point, distance, area and height, each badged with what it rests on: True scale on a scan with a mesh, Georeferenced when the export is, Indicative without a mesh.
- Reply on the spot. Pin a note to the scan with a sketch. Clients you invite by email reply on it for free, with no account to set up.
The scan sits on the site next to everything else from the visit: the LAS or E57 from LixelStudio, the drone orthomosaic, 360° photos and the PDF report, all in one link. You see when the client opened it, and the link does not expire unless you revoke it.
To be straight about it: Swyvl does not process scans. You still reconstruct in LCC Studio and export from there. Swyvl’s XGRIDS viewer is built on XGRIDS’ own web SDK, so it shows XGRIDS’ small watermark in the corner, and it credits the LCC format to XGRIDS.
Best for: delivering the scan as part of a job, to a client who will come back to it.
Which one to choose
- One scan, one look, nothing else to send: publish to the XGRIDS web viewer.
- A splat for your website: publish to SuperSplat.
- A client who works in CloudCompare, Revit or ArcGIS: export LAS, E57 or 3D Tiles and send the files.
- A client who needs the scan, the survey and the photos together, and will come back to them: upload to a delivery platform.
Whichever you choose, include the mesh when you export. Every viewer looks better with it, and in Swyvl it is what gives the client collisions in Walk mode and True scale measurements.
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