Detail Preview Image

When you are selecting a detail to be added, its preview image is displayed in a dialog box. The program creates the preview image automatically from a Vertex drawing, and saves it to the detail library as a PNG file.

You can set the size of a detail’s preview image in the system settings with the keyword detail_preview_size. The value of the keyword is the pixel size of the preview image (width x height). For example, if detail_preview_size = 400 (default), the size of the preview image is 400 x 400 in pixels. The maximum value of the keyword is 3680. The higher the value, the more storage space the preview images require.
Note: Changing the value of the keyword does not affect the existing preview images. If you want to regenerate a preview image, first delete the old image from the detail archive.

If necessary, you can also use another image file in PNG, BMP or JPG format. You must then add a PREVIEW_IMAGE field in the DETAILS database and enter the name of the file in it. The image file is placed in the folder containing the VXP file.

The thumbnail image generated in the DesignStream system is loaded as the preview image of details stored in the DesignStream system.

The opening of the detail preview image is defined in the BDSXX keyword group under the keyword detail_disable_open_preview:

  • detail_disable_open_preview= 0 : The preview image is always opened.
  • detail_disable_open_preview= 1 : The preview image is not opened, if the image requires another program to be started (for example Adobe Reader).