Tag Archive: File dialog

AutoCAD thumbnail preview not working?

Author: rkmcswain October 8, 2013

We’ve been seeing reports of missing thumbnail previews in the AutoCAD OPEN dialog box, usually in AutoCAD 2014 or 2013. This can usually be traced to the registry setting that controls this feature, which is: \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\Rxx.x\ACAD-xxxx:xxx\Profiles\Profile_Name\Dialogs\Select File ;; Set the…
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AutoCAD, File dialog

AutoCAD Places List hard to read?

Author: rkmcswain April 1, 2013 0 Comments

Many Autodesk products including AutoCAD and verticals such as Civil 3D include a proprietary shortcut bar in file selection dialogs, known as the Places List. It’s the leftmost panel shown here. Thanks to Jay_B in the Autodesk Forums, I was…
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AutoCAD, File dialog, Places Bar