Thumbnails
Thumbnails
(OP)
I typically set my Open Dialog Box file list view to "Thumbnails" because it gives me a visual ref to the file contents.
In my work folder I have 20 SW files. 2 Assemblies, 16 Parts, & 2 drawings. 7 of the part files don not have thumbnail views and just show the SW cubed icon. Is there a way to refresh the files so a new thumbnail is generated? These same files also do not preview as they should, SW reports "Preview is not available" in the Open Dialog Box. In case it matters, these are all newly created SW2007 files
Thanks,
tom
In my work folder I have 20 SW files. 2 Assemblies, 16 Parts, & 2 drawings. 7 of the part files don not have thumbnail views and just show the SW cubed icon. Is there a way to refresh the files so a new thumbnail is generated? These same files also do not preview as they should, SW reports "Preview is not available" in the Open Dialog Box. In case it matters, these are all newly created SW2007 files
Thanks,
tom
Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT






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SW07 SP2.0
Flores
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Handleman, yes if I open up the file and resave it the preview comes back...But why is it gone in the first place? Is it something I did? or can prevent. All of these files have been worked on and saved many times in the last week. So it seems that the preview randomly does not work
SMcadman, that check box was not checked, so I checked it then shut solidworks down, restarted it and I still have random thumbnails visible in the Open dialog Box
Any thoughts??
Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT
RE: Thumbnails
I didn't ask about it because I feared the dreaded "Are your graphic card's drivers the SW recomended drivers" question!
SW07 SP2.0
Flores
RE: Thumbnails
Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT
RE: Thumbnails
In the SW Open dialogue window, do you not use the Preview option?
The thumbnails use a suprising amount of resources. Have you tried running without that feature enabled to compare performance?
RE: Thumbnails
Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT
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Chris
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