FreeCAD document icon

[jmaustpc]

I tested both

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sudo cp freecad-doc.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/mimetypes/application-x-extension-fcstd.png

and

Hi Norm, I was just thinking that if that was to work, it would only work if your application (file browser) had the icon display setting size set to 64pix, wouldn't it?

I think most of us in this discussion have been around long enough to know that all, or most, of our icons were at one time bitmaps but we changed them all (or at least the majority) over to svg. Not sure if that is relevant here or not.

Anyway I tried Norm's suggestion with the svg

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sudo cp freecad-doc.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/application-x-extension-fcstd.svg

and it instantly worked. All I did was close Dolphin and start Dolphin again. No restarting "Windows" I was expecting I might have to restart X, but no, I just restarted Dolphin (KDE file browser). Linux rules!

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the icon I used was the one Norm attached to his post.

I have been a bit slow posting this as I am trying to cook a marinated roast beef with assorted roast veggies...yum....and no its definitely not one of mine...


Kubuntu 18.04 64bit

Jim

[NormandC]

the icon I used was the one Norm attached to his post.

I didn't attach any icon here, at least not recently. I copied the one from FreeCAD's source code, located in /src/GUI/icons.

All I did was close Dolphin and start Dolphin again.

Right, should have thought of relaunching Nautilus!

[jmaustpc]

jmaustpc wrote: ↑
29 Apr 2019, 17:43
the icon I used was the one Norm attached to his post.

I didn't attach any icon here, at least not recently. I copied the one from FreeCAD's source code, located in /src/GUI/icons.

obviously you were not wearing a helmet when you ran into that moose while riding your push bike! Since you didn't remember that either!

The icon I used was in fact posted on the previous page a few post back in this topic.

Unless of course its because yet again relying on my memory has proved to be problematic!

OK I'll admit it, you are right I was wrong, it was in fact posted by easyw-fc !

[NormandC]

obviously you were not wearing a helmet when you ran into that moose while riding your push bike!

How many times will I have to say it: I did not run into a moose riding my bicycle! I was in a canoe and a safe distance away!

I did run into a cow one time, so I guess you can relate to that

[sket]

what could be done to get the thumbnail as icon?

[jmaustpc]

what could be done to get the thumbnail as icon?

Edit menu ...preferences...General..document ....

then tick the box for "save thumbnail into project file when saving document"

Doing so will increase your file sizes a small amount, if you are close to the upload limit it may tip you over but i doubt it would make much difference for most things.

Also it will not insert a thumbnail for existing files unless you open them and save them again.

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[sket]

yes, I already done. Don't work anymore after the upgrade to 0.18.1.

[jmaustpc]

yes, I already done. Don't work anymore after the upgrade to 0.18.1.

i just did some experiments, it is sort of working,

with thumbnails off no thumbnails directory or image is embedded in the FCstd file.

with thumbnails on a thumbnails directory with a default FreeCAD icon image is embedded in the FCstd file. the FreeCAD icon png "thumbnail.png" image is this one...

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You can unpack a FCstd file by using the utility in FreeCAD under tools menu...project utility. Create a new empty directory, select a FCstd file, select that new empty directory, click extract, then look at it with your file browser.

OS: Kubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.1.
Build type: Release
Python version: 3.6.7
Qt version: 5.9.5
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/Australia (en_AU)

I am also getting the same thing with the only other FreeCAD on my system, an old FreeCAD daily PPA.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.16093 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-18
Hash: 690774c0effe4fd7b8d2b5e2fb2b8c8d145e21ce
Python version: 2.7.15rc1
Qt version: 5.9.5
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/Australia (en_AU)


Both have QT5, so makes me wonder if this is a bug brought about partly due to QT5.

[mario52]

hi

see Thumbnailprovider.dll

mario

[sket]

hi jmaustpc, sorry... but I didn't understood exactly what you say, I'm not speak english well.

I would like to have the thumbnail as icon of the file. In the previous releases it worked so.
I extracted the .FCStd file, there is the thumbnails folder, and inside the right thumbnail. But... the thumbnail is not showed as icon.


OS: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.1.
Build type: Release
Python version: 2.7.15rc1
Qt version: 5.9.5
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: Italian/Italy (it_IT)