Override Background Colour When Saving

Override Background Colour When Saving

mrB_Young
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Override Background Colour When Saving

mrB_Young
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Is it possible to override the background colour that's used for thumbnails when saving .ipt, .iam and .ipt files?

There are several Inventor users at my workplace and each one of us likes using a different background colour.  One of us prefers black.
And of course this affects the thumbnail images that saved when saving the files.
The problem is though, especially with the black background, some parts disappear into the background rendering the thumbnail useless as a preview.

I've seen some instances where ilogic is used to toggle the background colour.
But that's going to result in the screen changing colours back and forth and I presume become rather annoying for users.
Is there a way of doing it without users seeing the change in background colour?

Ultimately I would like all the thumbnails previews to look the same throughout Vault.
And we're soon opening up Vault so other people in the company can find the data they need. 

Inventor user since 2009
Vault user since 2010
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johnsonshiue
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Hi! Open the Inventor file and right-click on the top node in the browser -> iProperties -> Save. Or on Save, click on Options to select the desirable thumbnail capturing option.

Typically, the background should be consistent with the background you are seeing on your machine.

Many thanks!



Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
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