Is there a way to define thumbnails for dgn's that can be used by Windows Explorer?
See screenshot of Revit . RFA files sided by side dgn files.
Hi Dominic,
I think there are 3 different questions there:
Everything should works by default when MicroStation is installed.
I think Bentley DGN Thubnail Provider, included in MicroStation installation, represents the bridge between DGN format and Windows thumbnails system / cache.
MicroStation saves the thumbnails when Save settings (Ctrl+F) is used.
MS_THUMBNAIL configuration variable can be used to switch off the thumbnails creation, as well as to defined what content should be used (View 1 by default, but it can e.g. saved view).
With regards,
Jan
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Thanks, Jan. I can seem to find MS_Thumbnail in the Config viewer. No sign of the thumbnail thingy in the Mstn folder either.
Is this an additional install?
dominic SEAH said:I can seem to find MS_Thumbnail in the Config viewer
MS_THUMBNAIL is not necessarily defined. Help tells us what happens if it is not present.
MS_THUMBNAIL
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Thanks, guys. Much appreciated.
I defined MS_THUMBNAIL and Mstn is now generating the thumbnails when I Ctrl-S.
One niggle is that the Batch Convert tool does not seem to recognise the new config var and converts the the .rfa's without a thumbnail. I now have to open each .dgn, do a Ctrl-F followed by a Ctrl-S.
If you want to see a particular area as your thumbnail create a "Saved View" by the name of "Preview" in the file.
See also:
communities.bentley.com/.../utilize-a-saved-view-for-your-thumbnail
communities.bentley.com/.../batch-create-thumbnails-to-use-in-the-microstation-manager
dominic SEAH said:I now have to open each .dgn, do a Ctrl-F followed by a Ctrl-S.
Why Ctrl+S is required? Ctrl+F should ensure the settings are saved immediately.
Batch process helps there, probably with something like "open view 1, fit all, Ctrl+F" script.
dominic SEAH said:One niggle is that the Batch Convert tool does not seem to recognise the new config var and converts the the .rfa's without a thumbnail.
That's not good, I assume it should be recognized. What about new Idea?
Regards,