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Overview

“Figma is a collaborative design tool for building meaningful products that users can seamlessly design, prototype, develop, and collect feedback in a single place.” The Assembly platform enables sharing Figma designs with clients directly within your portal. This guide covers embedding Figma Designs specifically.

App setup

The process involves several steps:
  1. Navigate to App Library and select + Add an app in the top right corner.
  2. Choose Figma from the Client-facing section.
  3. Click Install in the top-right after selecting the app.
  4. Provide a name and icon for the app.
  5. Configure as either manual (to embed different designs per client) or automatic (for visibility across all clients).
  6. Click Add to access the app’s page where you can configure embeds for clients, groups, or companies.
  7. Click Add to create your first embed or link and select the intended recipients.
  8. Select Show as embed to keep clients within the portal experience.
  9. Open the Design you wish to share in your Figma account.
  10. Click Share in the top right corner.
  11. Under the Invite tab, configure permissions to Anyone with the link can view.
  12. Click Get embed at the bottom of the invite modal and copy the iframe code.
  13. Return to the Assembly app page, paste the iframe code into the content box, and click Save.
“Figma only allows view-only embeds: while you can select the option to allow visitors to edit, the edit functionality is prohibited when used in an iframe in Assembly.”