Preview Image of Building Model

You can create a preview image of the building model in the project folder. The image is a jpg file.

You can create the preview image when closing or saving the project.
  • Create a preview image when closing the project. When you close the project, select Update Preview. The check box is selected by default when the project has changed after it was last saved. The preview image is not updated when you save the project. This speeds up saving the project, especially in network server installations. The functionality is enabled as a default.
  • Create a preview image when saving the project. You can enable the preview image creation also when saving the project by editing the value of the keyword save_preview_bmp in the system settings. By default, save_preview_bmp = 1. In this case, the preview image is created only when closing the project. Add to the value:
    • +2 - The preview image is created when you save the project by selecting File > Save.
    • +4 - The preview image is created when you save the project by pressing Ctrl+S.

You can view the preview images in Windows Explorer as follows:

  1. Select either the shared/projects folder or an individual project folder under it in Windows Explorer.
  2. Select the option to display the thumbnails of the files for viewing in Windows Explorer.