Thumbnail Viewer

[elky]

The thumbnail navagator window does not show a part or drawing in Windchill. Does anyone know how to get this to work? Using Creo 1.0 with Windchill 10.0.
Thanks

 

[looslib]

You need to set your config.pro to generate the thubnail when saving the file.
save_model_display SHADING_LOD


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[elky]

Thanks Ben,
I do have that in my config.pro. Not sure why Windchill is not seeing it. We did have one seat that worked in a previous version for a very short while but now that we upgraded to Creo 1.0 and Windchill 10.0 the thumbnail viewer is blank. Could it be a permission in Windchill?

 

[robertib]

It sounds like your Windchill installation has a problem with creating the viewables. Next time you check-in a saved file, do it through Pro/E as a custom check-in - you will get the option to choose Model, Viewables or Models and Viewables. The default is Models. If you select Models and Viewables, then you will be able to check whether the problem is Windchill creating the viewables, or you seeing the viewables.

 

[elky]

Thanks Robert,
Your suggestion worked, in addition, we added generate_viewable_on_save to the config.pro. Is it possible to have thumbnail views generated for PDF's and DXF's as well?
Thanks,
Mike

 

[robertib]

If Windchill is installed correctly, it should be creating the viewables. You will need to have your Windchill administrator look into the problem - they will probably need to speak to whoever installed it (or whoever you bought it from).