topic Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer in Libraries & objects

Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:50:58 GMT

When I go into Windows Explorer and look at GDL objects in the thumbnail view, all I get is a generic icon. I have seen on someone else's computer thumbnails of the actual objects. Does anyone know what setting I have to change or what program I need to make this work? Thank you.

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

David Larrew — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:47:00 GMT

Is ArchiCAD installed on the PC that you are trying to view the .GSM file as thumbnail?

Are you able to see other file-types (that have preview abilities) as thumbnails?

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

david nicholson-cole — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 23:18:14 GMT

Nick wrote:
When I go into Windows Explorer and look at GDL objects in the thumbnail view, all I get is a generic icon. I have seen on someone else's computer thumbnails of the actual objects. Does anyone know what setting I have to change or what program I need to make this work? Thank you.

View the object in 3D, photorender it, capture a SQUARE 2D marquee of that view, Copy,
then open the object, open the preview window, and Paste, it will be resized to 128x128 or near enough and will be your preview in GDL and your icon in the Browser.
(this may not work on older OS's but it works on OSX Mac and Windows XP PC)

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 23:34:16 GMT

David,

I am getting a QuickTime preview in all my library parts rather than the correct pictures or GS icons in OSX. Do you (or anyone else) know how to fix this?

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

david nicholson-cole — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:23:24 GMT

Matthew wrote:
I am getting a QuickTime preview in all my library parts rather than the correct pictures or GS icons in OSX. Do you (or anyone else) know how to fix this?

I am in 9.2 at the moment, so will have to check OSX. Previews work perfectly in windows XP, needless to say.
On windows, .GSMis also used for a form of movie and often get given quicktime icons. Are you saying that this happens in OSX too?

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Oleg — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:00:26 GMT

Nick wrote:
When I go into Windows Explorer and look at GDL objects in the thumbnail view, all I get is a generic icon. I have seen on someone else's computer thumbnails of the actual objects. Does anyone know what setting I have to change or what program I need to make this work? Thank you.

May be you need to register GS shell extension.
Read on it in the "Graphisoft Shell Extension" folder inside ArchiCAD folder.

Oleg.

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:42:54 GMT

david wrote:
On windows, .GSMis also used for a form of movie and often get given quicktime icons. Are you saying that this happens in OSX too?

Yes. I actually have yet to see proper previews in the OSX Finder. They work fine in the open file dialog in ArchiCAD though.

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:07:04 GMT

Go into Folder options/file types in explorer and change the GSM type to archicad instead of quicktime. Mine was the same.

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:47:07 GMT

This is fine for windows, anyone kwow how to fix it on the Mac?

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:37:09 GMT

i have the same problem (Windows 7), any ideas?

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:57:44 GMT

Hello,

This prefpane can fix it on MAC.

RCDefaultApp

Hope this helps.

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:50:34 GMT

how about in windows seven? the GSM is set to open with AC, and the Graphisoft Shell Extension is registered, still no preview!

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Piotr Dobrowolski — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:31:00 GMT

the explorer plug for viewing previews is incompatible with 64 bit explorer unfortunetely...
I hope for a fix too.

Best Regards,
Piotr

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:26:44 GMT

I had preview before the latest fix in Archicad (I use Windows 7 Ultimate) and now I don't. It's really frustrating... I hope someone will find a way to resolve this

Re: Viewing GDL Objects in Windows Explorer

Piotr Dobrowolski — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:20:11 GMT

mogwa1 wrote:
I had preview before the latest fix in Archicad (I use Windows 7 Ultimate) and now I don't. It's really frustrating... I hope someone will find a way to resolve this

It looks like one fix fixes and the next brakes...lets wait for next fix then 😉
I have no time for this - but I think some mangling with AC installed could fix the problem - like copying to safe location AC with last fix, and then uninstall AC, then install again,and then after restart - pasting back the updated version but leaving the untouched the "Graphisoft Shell Extension" folder inside AC...

Best Regards,
Piotr