Document Page Thumbnails -- Why Do They Change?

richard_worsham

I have noticed that the thumbnails showing the part or model on the document page change from a view of the part studio to a view of the drawing. Is there a reason for this and can I set the view? 

Thanks

NeilCooke

Hi Richard, the thumbnail is of the last thing modified. 

brucebartlett

I don't like them changing to the drawings or jpg, I much prefer to see a 3d model as the image. Ideally, I'd put the top assembly in the product's structure on the first tab and that would show as the image. 

philip_thomas

Sounds like an enhancement request to specify an element (tab) that is to be used as the default thumbnail

Paul_J_Premakumar

@richard_worsham

 Please vote for this enhancement request here : https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/30180#Comment_25086

owen_sparks

@Paul_J_Premakumarthat seems to be a discussion thread not an IR?

Cheers, Owen S.

richard_worsham

Thanks for the answers on this. I wouldn't mind if the thumbnail actually updated from the last thing you were working on, but in my experience it seems to do so randomly. Personally, I too would like it to just be a view of the part studio. Seeing a view of the drawing at that scale really isn't helpful.

Paul_J_Premakumar

@owen_sparks : You are right. Thanks for pointing it out.

@richard_worsham: Sorry for the bad information. You can create a new improvement request here : https://forum.onshape.com/categories/improvement-voting or file a ticket with support. They'll be able to create a ticket for us. Your inputs help us prioritize the features we need to work on.

billy2

Here's a different way to find documents, parts, assemblies & drawings. 

https://rndengineering.com/nav/

It might become a  more permanent thing in the near future.

rian_wendling

The thumbnail seems to change to something I don't want and remain that way. It isn't based off the last change. I have a document that I've changed hundreds of time and it has a thumbnail of a part that I imported to make an assembly. The thumbnail is of something that has never changed.