Marlin3DprinterTool has STL viewer and STL thumbnail Shell Extension to Windows File Explorer.
Picture shows Windows File Explorer with both STL thumbnail as icon and preview.
The Right Window contains the STL viewer with zoom/pan/rotate/resize
download at: https://github.com/cabbagecreek/Marlin3DprinterTool/releases/tag/v0.9-beta
You’re the developer of this? If so…bra-vo!
I am the developer… This feature has taken 9 month…
@ThantiK Give a review when you have tested the Software… I need alot of beta-testers
There must be some steps I am missing. Everything except the preview works.
@Mark_Tomlinson same for me, unfortunately. Installed, cleared thumbnails, rebooted, but still only the default program icon for the stl viewer. I’ve had stl previews working a few years back, i think it was the extension from one of the Autodesk tools, but i’ve been dearly missing the functionality ever since.
Win10Pro, x64.
Fantastic. All I need now is a way to add basic slicer settings to the properties of gcode files.
@Mark_Tomlinson @Thomas_Sanladerer Give me more info…
Do the STLviewer work?
It should be a shortcut and are possible to drag-and-drop files into. The STL viewer is the same code that creates the thumbnails but with a GUI attached. Actually it was my “debug” tool during development.
Eureka! - I have found it!
@Mark_Tomlinson @Thomas_Sanladerer
The only part in Windows that looks like it is case sensitive is the Shell Extension in Windows File Explorer. Works with .stl but NOT with .STL.
I belive I have to do a fix for this and also look at other type of 3dModels… What other type of 3Dmodels are used?
Found that “small icons” is not displaying the Marlin3DprinterTool logo…
On windows 10 the “unknown application” is shown if the stl extension is not assigned to a application. If I assign STL to Simplyfy3D it shows S3Ds icon in the thumbnail aswell (= right behavior)
Only getting this, independently of .stl or .STL extension. The viewer works flawlessly!
The miracle is that it is the same code…
I am working on getting some type of fix for this…
To me it looks more like the shell extension didn’t register correctly. Anything i explicitly need to do for that?
How/where can I write a guide? mail?
I have uploaded a new msi and a stl viewer and stl thumbnail debug guide
@Thomas_Sanladerer @Mark_Tomlinson
Did you have success in troubleshooting why the thumbnails did not appear?
How can I assist you?
@Johnny_Linden the dll did not install nor register by default, following the steps in the debug guide sorted that out and i’ve now got working stl previews, even when the stl viewer is not the default program for them.
Is there any way to teak the colors? I find it hard to make out details in the dark blue previews when scrolling through files.
@Thomas_Sanladerer WOW!!!
I had alot of problems with the registation and I agree that the responce is almost zero.
I will add some “Led” controls that indicate if the STL thumbnail is up and running. From a programmers point of view, Shell Extensions are an ugly animal well suited for soon upcomming halloween. Trick or Treat (the OS)
The STL thumbnail do not need the STL viewer as default STL viewer. If you choose Simplify3D as prefered STL viewer the icon on the STL thumbnail will change to S3D icon. Its made so by design.
The colors of the STL viewer and thumbnail is able to be configurable… The hardcoded colors used are faster than a configurated value.
I will add the color feature in next release. I hope that this will be invluded during the weekend
@Johnny_Linden no luck yet. The software seems to run OK, no obvious errors or anything. Win 10, 64, latest updates.
I will try the latest version tomorrow just
In case.
