Space Thumbnails
Generates preview thumbnails for 3D model files. Provide a Windows Explorer extensions that adds preview thumbnails for 3D model files.
Supported formats
- Wavefront Object (
.obj
) - FBX-Format, as ASCII and binary (
.fbx
) - Stereolithography (
.stl
) - Collada (
.dae
) - Stanford Polygon Library (
.ply
) - glTF2.0 (
.glb
/.glTF
) - Extensible 3D (
.x3d
/.x3db
) - 3D Studio Max 3DS (
.3ds
)
Windows Explorer Extensions
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No thumbnails showing
Ensure thumbnails are generally enabled. Are thumbnails working with other file types on your system, e.g. photos? If not, you may have disabled them altogether.
-
open any folder
-
open the
Folder Options
-
Windows 10: select
View
→Options
→Change folder and search options
-
Windows 7: select
Organize
→Folder and search options
-
-
Select the
View
tab -
in
Advanced settings
, make sure theAlways show icons, never thumbnails
option is not checked
Clear your thumbnail cache. This forces Explorer to request new thumbnails instead of relying on outdated data.
- click the
Start
button and typecleanmgr.exe
- select drive
C:
and confirm - check
Thumbnails
and confirm - reboot
Speed
Rendering thumbnails for 3D models may not be that fast. To keep your explorer smooth and available, we have made some limits here, if the model file size is larger than 300MB
or takes longer than 5 seconds
to load and render, it will be cancelled and display this image below.
If there is an error loading the file (corrupt or illegal file), it will display this image below.
Links
- google / filament: 3D rendering engine, and the rust bindings
- assimp: Asset import library, provides support for 3D file formats.
License
© 2022 EYHN
Please see LICENSE.