Change Model Orientation for Thumbnail

[danexpo]

All my models are facing away in thumbnails. Can an option be added to change the orientation/facing direction?

[cabbagecreek]

That is how the creator has created them. There is no way that I can find how the orientation looks best. The "thumbnail" shown in Windows File Explorer is a static picture. If you choose to have my STL viewer as prefered application for STL, simply doubble clik on the STL and turn the model

Regards

Den sön 26 aug. 2018 kl 17:42 skrev danexpo [email protected]:

All my models are facing away in thumbnails. Can an option be added to change the orientation/facing direction?

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[tkapler]

I think that @danexpo is right and there is a problem with orientation - if i open the same STL file in any other editor / viewer / slicer, they are "right", here they are rotated in Z-axis by 180°. That makes it often almost unusable (e.g. when i got a set of minifigures and i need to quickly find the right one)

[cabbagecreek]

Ok.. Give me more info about this.. Like pictures and actual STL files that I can test with.

What other stl viewer do you use?

What happens in cura, Simplify3D etc

I can se if this is a generic problem and if I render the model with the wrong camera angel/light

[loban4]

I have the same Issue, take Wolf.stl as example. I guess it could be as simple/difficult as changing the standard Orientation for the Marlin3DprinterStlViewer.exe

Edit: As you said, it depends on the Models used, the particular Artist that made most of the STLs I checked just saved them like this. So there is no actual Issue, I guess it would be nice to set a few standard views that then can be selected in the configuration menu. At least this would let the user set it to their most used/common view.

EditEdit: after testing some more, it seems Netfabb rotates the model automagically,...

The Actual File: Wolf.zip

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Marlin3dPrinterSTLViewer:

Netfabb:

Microsoft3D Viewer:

Microsoft 3D Builder:

Pain 3D:

Cura:

The View as Desired:

[rtremmel]

Thanks for the great app, but I have the same issue. In Windows "Paint 3D", Windows "Print 3D", Windows "3D Viewer", Cura, and Simplify3D the STLs looks fine. But in your app, they are backwards.

[cabbagecreek]

Thats actually how I Parse the STL. There is no standard in whats up/down/Right/left in STL.. So I just chose the ”Top” as being the level plane. This will be the wrong position for 1-of-3 cases 😉

There is a big problem in STLÖ. Everybody like STL standard , so then the programmer of different software invent their own STL standard.

The code is actualli in GIT and if you have C# skills you are free to help me find how to correct this.

Give me mor info and the STL that you have found working in ”Paint3D” etc and I will look at this. The biggest problem is not to render tha model. Its to get Windows to accept the ”File Explorer Shell Extension”. This is the main reason why noone has tried before. Its almost impossible to get Windows to accept the new ”filetype” stl and render it in File Explorer.

Rhe reason why I did this is because I don´t want to be associated with any software. This is inside Windows and independent on any type of software. I took me about 9 month of programming to get this close. ( Close… but no cigarr )

Regards Johnny

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[tofof]

It seems like this behavior stems from treating Y as up, when most models use Z as up.

The similar Papa's Best STL Thumbnails project defaults to Z up, which is the behavior preferred by the participants here. It is honestly also quite a bit faster and displays colored vertexes and materials as well.