Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
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Hi, there is a setting or it's not supported ?
Actually I use 'Large Icon', but I don't like.
Actually I use 'Large Icon', but I don't like.
Thank you...
Using NX 8 and TC9.1





RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
Best regards,
Michaël.
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3
Win 7 64 bit
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
Regards
Greg
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
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Ben Loosli
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
Regards
Greg
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
Have you tried it? Seems it isn't working as you expect it to.
If you change the explorer view type to medium icon (or larger) the part preview will show up in the main explorer window. If you activate the preview pane it always reports "no preview available". However, regardless of the main window view style, the preview will display in the details section (in the footer) when you select a file.
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RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
BTW, you can also capture the thumbnail 'snapshot' image manually if you wish and then have that image used instead of having it updated every time the part file is saved. This is handy for things like standard parts where you might like the thumbnail image to show the part in a certain way with a certain orientation and background for clarity but which would not necessarily be how you'd like to see it on the screen when it was opened. A good example is something like a threaded feature which would LOOK nice if you saw the preview threaded so as to help identify the correct item, but where you wouldn't want the part to come in with the detailed threads displayed for performance reasons. You could enable the threads, set the background color and orientation and scale as you would like it to appears in the preview image and then go to...
File -> Properties -> Preview
...and you will see the current preview displayed (if the file has been saved at least once). To get a manual preview, just change the 'Creation Time' option in the 'Part Preview' section of the dialog from 'On Save' to 'On Demand'. Now get yoru model to look the way you want it, then select the 'Create Preview Now' button and you'll see the new preview. You can repeat this as many times as necessary until you've got the exact image that you want. One you're satisfied, you can close the dialog, set your model back to how you want it to be when used, such as disabling the threads, changing the background color, whatever, and then save the part file. From now on, no matter how many times this file is opened and modified, when you save it the preview will NOT be updated and will remain the way it was when you manually captured the image.
Here's an example of what I mean:
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
Regards
Greg
RE: Preview for .prt files in the Windows 7 preview pane
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.