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Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

karthur1 — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:09:35 GMT

Does anyone know what controls the thumbnail image for .dwg files? I have several files that I would like to update the thumbnail on but saving and checking-in does not fix it. It always shows the same incorrect thumbnail.

Thanks

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

jorgen.bjornes — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:38:46 GMT

did you open in autocad, force a save to force a new version and check in through autocad ?

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

karthur1 — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:07:26 GMT

@jorgen.bjornes wrote:
did you open in autocad, force a save to force a new version and check in through autocad ?

Yes. The thumbnail in the Autocad "Recently Used" shows the correct preview, but not the thumbnail in Vault.

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

ihayesjr — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:27:48 GMT

@karthur1

Is that an Inventor DWG?

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

karthur1 — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:33:22 GMT

No. This is an Autocad .DWG file. The person that created this, started with our Inventor .IDW template and did a save as .DWG. I think they did that to get the Titleblock information, rather than recreating it. That is why the preview looks like an Inventor drawing.

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

ihayesjr — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:32:32 GMT

@karthur1

I don't recall any AutoCAD DWG files having a background color.

What does the Provider property show?

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

ihayesjr — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:39:17 GMT

@karthur1

To convert an IDW to a DWG you need to do it inside of Inventor. This makes the DWG an Inventor DWG not an AutoCAD DWG, even if all of the editing is inside of AutoCAD.

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

karthur1 — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:20:32 GMT

I see now what the original author did. They started with our IDW template and saved this as an Inventor DWG. Then to complete the drawing, they edited it in AutoCAD not Inventor. This sort of makes a mess of the preview because the preview is generated in Inventor (I think).

Is there a way to fix this?

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

ihayesjr — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:24:29 GMT

You cannot convert this over to an AutoCAD-only DWG. It will always be an Inventor DWG.

To update the Thumbnail, you will have to edit it in Inventor.

Re: Update AutoCAD Vault thumbnail - Vault 2022

karthur1 — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:47:46 GMT

The author "should" have exported the Inventor IDW to an AutoCAD DWG file.... then did the edits in ACAD. I think this would have fixed all of the thumbnail issues.

Thanks again.

Kirk