4
$\begingroup$

Even for the default cube, when I go to File -> Data Previews -> Batch Generate Previews, it seems that it's doing something.
Then I save the file but when I try to append the cube to another project I get no Image preview!
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or what I'm missing? I'm running blender 2.78c.

Improve this question
$\endgroup$

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
2
$\begingroup$

You might be using it wrong, I think you misunderstood how it is supposed to work.

Generate Data previews is not meant to be used for a currently open file, you are supposed to use it on any saved file in your harddrive, not being worked on at the moment.

If you batch generate previews for an open file, Blender will work to generate them then save them to the file. However when you save the open file Blender will write to disk the version it had previously loaded into memory, prior to thumbnail generation, thus not yet containing the generated previews.

It wil then overwrite the the preview file with non generated version, thus effectively erasing the work done.

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$
1
  • $\begingroup$ You are right, I tried generating previews from a different file and it worked like a charm :) Thanks a lot!! $\endgroup$
    – Katanius
    Commented Aug 7, 2017 at 12:45

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .