
- What permissions are needed to publish reality data? - ProjectWise ContextShare "Create" permission must be enabled for a user to be able to publish the reality data and the "Use" permission must be enabled for a user to able to display the reality data in an iTwin application.

- When reality data is published? - When a *.dgn file created in the Design application (Microstation, OpenBuilding Designer, or other) has local Point Cloud or Reality Mesh attachments, those reality data get Published by an iModel Connector.
- Where is reality data published? - Reality data are converted to web-ready Tiles and uploaded to the ProjectWise ContextShare Service.
- How often is it published? Reality data are static in nature and only published once. If new reality data are attached to a iTwin's *.dgn file, this reality data only will get published.
- Are there other ways to publish reality data? - Reality data can also be published to ProjectWise ContextShare using ContextCapture and Orbit 3DM.
- How does a reality data show up in the iModel? It is streamed into the iModel at the time we render it? - Visibility of reality data in iTwin applications is controlled by the Reality Data Widget. When visibility of a Reality data is ON, it gets streamed into the iTwin applivation. The Reality Data Widget will list all reality data that have been published to the iModel by a Connector (Attached) as well as all other reality data that are associated to the same iTwin as the iModel and overlap the iModel's geographic location.

- What environments are supported for reality data publishing? Reality data can be attached to DGN and published from these environments - Desktop, Cloud storage, ProjectWise
Supported Reality data formats:
- ContextCapture Data (*.3Sm, *,3mx)
- PointCloud (*.pod)
- Raster attachments
- DTM, STM
Below are listed all Methods to create iModels with Reality data.