Thumbnail for 3mf files on Mac OS

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Greetings everyone,

I wanted to bring to your attention an issue I have encountered with the 3mf project files on Mac OS. The thumbnails and previews for these files are not displaying correctly, unlike on Windows where they work perfectly fine (as shown below). This has made it difficult for me to get a quick overview of my files on the Mac.

I am curious if anyone has found a solution to properly display the thumbnails or previews of 3mf project files on Mac’s Finder? Thank you in advance for any insights or suggestions you can provide.

Windows:

windows
windows767×757 55 KB

Mac OS:
Mac
Mac1280×807 81.1 KB

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I am having the same issue. I called Apple and they noted Bambu lacks thumbnail finder support in their program. Does anybody know if this will be provided in future releases?

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Unfortunately, I haven’t found anything yet…
Let’s hope that this functionality will come!

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Kann mir jemand wegen meinem Bambi Studio helfen ich kann es seit heute nach dem Uptade nicht mehr öffnen. Ich hab Mac Book pro m1

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has anyone found a solution to this? My STL files I can not only preview in the icons but if i press the spacebar the previews are in full 3d so i can turn them and look without having to actually open the files

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Yes.

Download the latest built file that gives thumbnail previews for your 3mf files.

BTW, this isn’t just a problem with BS, CUra and Prusa also have the issue.

If you are so inclined, this is the source code to compile it yourself.

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The previews work in Windows only because Microsoft provided some 3D support in Windows 10 (Paint 3D, the 3D Objects folder, repair of non-manifold edges, etc.). That support is still present in Windows 11, but I’ve read that Microsoft is planning to drop the 3D features for lack of interest.

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Thank you very much! it’s work great~

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You are welcome.

I love how it means I do not have to open a file to confirm what is in there.

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Thank you SO MUCH!!! This is fantastic!!!

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You are welcome. It is very useful.

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hi everyone, my question might sound a bit strange since all of you guys here are pros I have designed couple of models in blender and mixed texture and colors already within the model and baked it all good in blender but the moment that I upload to bambu studios its shows only geometry, I even get error saying the 3mf was not created by bambu and in some cases I couldn’t even open the model at all, if anyone encountered similar issue and have a solution please assist .

regards

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I know you are new, but, you should have posted this as a post of its own rather than a comment.

If you are not allowed to post yet as you haven’t read or commented on enough posts to be granted that right, you should have completed that stage first.

Despite this, there is an answer for you.

The 3mf you export will not be compatible with Bambu Studio for reasons to complex to detail.

Export as an obj file and import that.

Look at point 3 in this wiki article.

https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-studio/release/release-note-1-9-1

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no notes, correct solid answer

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Thanks for this! Great work.