Rhino3dm .net file preview

Rhino Developer rhino3dm
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Hi,

I’d like to display a preview of my 3dm file in my .net app. The basic sample preview here would be perfect, however, I did not find any example to implement this in a .net program?
I thought that at worst I could use a webview, but I have not been able to run the javascript sample locally, it just renders a white page…

Or if nothing like this is possible, can we at least read the file’s preview bitmap?

Best regards
Matthieu

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Have you tried this?

https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/html/M_Rhino_FileIO_File3dm_GetPreviewImage.htm

— Dale

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Hi, I should have said that I’m using Rhino3dm in a standalone .net program. GetPreviewImage() is available for RhinoCommon but it does not seem to be exposed in Rhino3dm.

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Hi @mafieulemouton,

Yep, I can see what we have on NuGet is a bit old. I’ve logged an issue so we can get this updated.

https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH3DM-144

– Dale

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Thanks @dale
When should I expect an update? I tried with Rhino3dmIO.Desktop 7.2RC and even Rhino3dmIO.Desktop 8 WIP, but GetPreviewImage() is missing in both.

Also, will Rhino3dm NuGet be updated at the same time, or should I switch back to Rhino3dmIO.Desktop?

Regards
Matthieu

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I have no idea - hopefully within the next week or so.

You should be using Rhino3dmIO.Desktop.

– Dale

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Ok, thanks @dale

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Hi @dale ,
Anything new on this matter? I’ve tried using @will 's version from youtrack (here) but I don’t see any difference for the preview.
Best regards
Matthieu

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Hey @mafieulemouton,

I believe the issue is still being worked on. See the “related issues” on the link I provided.

– Dale

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