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  • Thumbnail Optimization

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    One of the optimizations in Vault 2013 is the use of JPEG as the format for storing thumbnails. Previously, the format used by the CAD file was stored in the database. For example, Inventor uses the metafile format, which is usually much bigger than a JPEG when at thumbnail size. Regardless of what format the…

  • Viewing Thumbnails

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    Updated for Vault 2012: New image types are now supported for thumbnails.  In Vault 2011 and earlier, Metafile was the only image type.  In Vault 2012, anything that can be streamed into System.Drawing.Image is supported.  This post contains the updated code.  The old code can be found here. Basically there are two possible algorithms, and…