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Mac brings native support for STL thumbnails; they come with MacOS without installing additional software (so I was told). Linux … I have no idea quite frankly. While my viewer works well on Linux with Wine, I doubt that the thumbnails can be used there because the code is very Windows-specific. I c...

Yes, that’s understandable – you can point them here: https://papas-best.com/stlthumbnails_en

Not much to see there, but like I said, not 100 % finished yet …

Do the thumbnails work in icon view?

No, it’s independent from the STL Viewer

Yes you should set the View option to an icon setting if Windows doesn’t do that automatically (the thumbnail handler does inform Windows that .stl is viewed best in an icon view, but Windows sometimes ignores that).

The Windows Explorer STL thumbnail handler? Here you go: https://papas-best.com/stlthumbnails_en Run the setup and you should be fine. A restart may be required on Windows 7. It does have the problem that the background of a thumbnail goes black occasionally. I’m still investigating that, but it’s o...

@LePaul Hi! Cool channel – my website is https://papas-best.com, with the STL Viewer at https://papas-best.com/stlviewer_en … feel free to mention anything. If you need information that cannot be found on the website, just ask me :) I added the link to my signature, if that’s okay with the forum rul...

Amanda, beautiful boxes you have there! Since I last posted here (almost a year ago, the time flies), I improved the setup, lowered the system requirements even more, fixed many small errors, and improved performance. With feedback like yours, I feel that work was really worth it :) If you have any ...

LePaul wrote: ↑April 29th, 2018, 11:12 pm Did the Thumbnail preview version make it over yet...that's something I would really like. I do like your program, I use yours and the MS one to quickly open and identify what those STLs are

I had too little time to finish the thumbnails, but I PM’d you beta access

I’m glad to hear that!

I’ve uploaded a new version with a few minor tweaks. Most importantly, back faces are now rendered instead of hidden. If someone missed that feature, get the latest version at https://papas-best.com/stlviewer_en

I updated the viewer to support wireframe/solid outline rendering:



I improved compatibility and stability as well (full changelog on the download page: https://papas-best.com/stlviewer_en).

SmartScreen filter? There should be a small option in that window where you can install it anyway. Edit: Yes, click “More Information” , then “Run Anyway” . That’s bad. It’s based on download numbers (often downloaded files are classified "good", rarely downloaded files are blocked proacti...

Thank you!

I updated the viewer:

• you can easily fix a file’s rotation by selecting Y Up or Z Up in the right panel
• fixed UI problems with colors and zoom
• download: https://papas-best.com/stlviewer_en

You know the drill – just answer me here if there are any problems

Nice holiday everyone!

I have actually written a STL thumbnail handler – it’s as lean and fast as my viewer, and I’d *love* to distribute it! However, I wrote it for my company and I’ll need my bosses’ permission. That’ll take a while, I’m afraid

Hi fellow makers! I was having difficulties browsing folders full of STLs. So I wrote my own STL viewer: https://papas-best.com/stlviewer_en (Windows 7 or later) It’s very quick and you can go to the next file in a folder just with the right arrow key. It helped me a lot, so I thought I’d share it w...