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Change family thumbnail in properties box

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emmanuelbee
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Change family thumbnail in properties box

when you create a family and load it into a project, revit gives a default thumbnail of the family in the properties box, is there a way to change which view of the family is being shown in the thumbnail?

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

Go to Save As and open Options

 

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emmanuelbee
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

tried that it doesn't work

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emmanuelbee
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

it changes the thumbnail but not in revit, the thumbnail will change if you place the file on your desktop etc, it will show the thumbnail that was saved, but in revit, in the properties area, it doesn't change the thumbnail there

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

You know, I go through this sometimes and it doesn't always refresh the thumbnail of a family already loaded in the Project.  Sometimes it does; sometimes it doesn't.  Try it in a fresh Project and I betcha it works like a charm.  

 

...What family category is it?

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emmanuelbee
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

its just a generic model

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Corsten.Au
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

Check " Regenerate view "

PreviewPreviewRegenerateRegenerate

Corsten
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emmanuelbee
als Antwort auf: Corsten.Au

I've already tried that, it doesn't work

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XXalessio.amodioXX
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

I am having the same issue.

Did you find any solution so far?

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emmanuelbee
als Antwort auf: XXalessio.amodioXX

No there is no official solution to fix this problem, its a bug in revit.

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XXalessio.amodioXX
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

For some families, like column with corbels, I have solved the issue Joining the exstrusion, thus the it will recognized as a unique volume. Try it and let me know

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JJRevitUser
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

Has there been any update on this from anybody at Autodesk? Maybe somebody asked during AD answer day

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: JJRevitUser

Rename the old version in the project and load in the new one...  Select all the old versions in the project and change to the new one.

 

Or 

 

Do the above in your template and don't worry about existing projects if not too big of a deal.

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JJRevitUser
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Definitely, I am working in one of our templates right now building & adding schedulable families. But by my understanding of what @emmanuelbee seemed to be asking was that under the properties pallet when a family is selected & it shows the thumbnails for those types of families, the thumbnail for that family will be the same for every type of the same loaded family. 

 

I was just seeing if an autodesk member or somebody knew about any updates on this topic since the last post but thank you for the reply!

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JJRevitUser
als Antwort auf: JJRevitUser

On second reading I apologize as he was asking about just the one thumbnail. Now then I have a question if anybody would know it.

 

Is there currently a way to change the thumbnail for each type of a single family?

 

If not, why bother with the code that enables thumbnails for the types of a family to begin with.

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: JJRevitUser

Nope, it is one thumbnail per family.

 

Keep in mind, some families are messed up where the Front and Back are reversed in the thumbnail (Casework) in the Properties window but look correct in File Explorer.

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JJRevitUser
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

That's unfortunate, maybe they will add that sometime. I mean the thumbnails are already coded in (R17), they just keep showing the same one for every type. Maybe easy, maybe not, I am not a coder but it would be a cool thing to see happen possibly. Thanks for the tip & reply!

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dnenovMXKU9
als Antwort auf: JJRevitUser

This is actually quite pervasive and difficult to get rid of. You can regenerate the Thumbnail all you want, save, resave, rename, push in new projects, change and create new Family Types, purge ... it's still there. The family remembers that initial image somehow. Really, really strange. 

 

Here is a bit of information that mentions the discrepancy between file thumbnail preview and Type selector preview:

 

https://graitec.co.uk/blog/entry/revit-thumbnail-orientation

 

It seems it's the View Cube that dictates the Properties Box View orientation but that's about it. The Type selector will always show an Isometric, Shaded view of your Family Type as set in the Family (instance parameters are taken into account). That's my understanding for the time being.

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randy_lmn
als Antwort auf: emmanuelbee

I'm having the same issue.  Here is a great example of the thumbnail somehow reversing for furniture.  Revit 2018.3.  Doesn't matter what the thumbnail is.  Still does it for brand new families.

Backwards Chairs.pngWindows browser thumbnails.png

 

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rsahayEAPZD
als Antwort auf: randy_lmn

The only thing that I have found that works - is to flip the geometry in the Family so that Front is Up instead. For longer lasting results - flip similarly in the Casework template, save as a family, then change the extension from RFA to RFT.

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