Generating Thumbnails

To generate thumbnails for editable components, that is, to generate the thumbnails when you save the Inventor file to PLM, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Autodesk Inventor application, select PLM > Preferences the Integration Properties for Integration dialog box is displayed.
  2. Select the Generate thumbnails during save to PLM check box located under the Thumbnails category.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Click Save to PLM on the toolbar.
    Note: Thumbnails are generated only for the editable components, that is, components with status Draft, and that are locked by you (current user). You can generate thumbnails for an Inventor file, only when you have the ownership for the components.

    To generate thumbnails for Inventor files saved to PLM and for non-editable files, complete the following steps:

    1. Open the Inventor file.
    2. Click on the toolbar.