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MvdP

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Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« on: April 21, 2011, 12:19:58 PM »
I am exploring the possibilities of content browser of AutoCAD 2012 and came across a contrast issue.
The thumbnail background color is white and the lines are as drawn. (Drawing with black background)
 
Is it possible to change the Thumbnail Background color to black to get a better preview.?
« Last Edit: April 21, 2011, 12:23:36 PM by MvdP »
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MvdP

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2011, 12:39:44 PM »
What a pitty so i guess i have to live with it.
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M-dub

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2011, 01:04:36 PM »
I'm only using 2009 but...

I think it depends on the background colour you use for your layouts, model space, etc.

After trying it, it appears that ALL thumbnails' backgrounds change WITH the background colour, regardless of whether you save the drawing or not.  I thought you'd have to open and save each file to get the background to change.
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MvdP

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2011, 01:15:09 PM »
Changed modelspace background color to what ever dark one and saved the drawing  and in content explorer it is always displayed with color 7 background and this makes it very difficult to see how thumbnail looks like .
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MvdP

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2011, 07:15:23 AM »
In DC same issue ..Thumbnail  has white background...
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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2011, 10:31:58 AM »
Did you try full on BLACK or one of the darker grey colors?  How about something really wild like GREEN to see if its a blanket change?  I suspect the black background might trigger a flag to replace it with WHITE.  Just a stab in the dark.
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MvdP

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2011, 11:27:35 AM »
I tried it with full black and the standard background color.(Also changed layer 0 to whatever color)
All dwg's  are in modelspace saved and it does not contain blocks the drawing itself is the block to be inserted in production drawing.
And no luck always background color white...
That is the case on windows 7  and xp os

Will try tomorrow with a wild color and see what happens.
Did not save the dwg on autocad 2010  also tomorrow..

Something to read
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2000-2000i-2002-Archive/Design-Center/td-p/1258633
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=983687
« Last Edit: April 28, 2011, 11:57:00 AM by MvdP »
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MvdP

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2011, 01:35:01 AM »
Tried some wild colors and same issue. always white blackground
tried block icon also same issue.
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MvdP

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2011, 03:21:36 AM »
As expected.
When having  one dwg file containing a lot of blocks the thumbnail preview  background color of a block is black ( in dc and explorer).
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Maverick®

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Re: Can thumbnail background color be changed.?
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2011, 04:05:34 PM »
Hit it with a hammer?
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