Hope it’s fast. I’m using a similar plugin which really is fast, but so many others are not!
can you share which fast plugin are you using?
Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
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Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#12Entering a new era when something written in rust can be on HN without saying "written in Rust".
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#13Oh nice. Sometimes when I'm iterating on a model really fast I'll have a whole list of model(1), model(2), etc files and having thumbnails would be a great help in differentiating them.
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#14Entering a new era when something written in rust can be on HN without saying "written in Rust".
I’m glad you commented so I can know it’s written in Rust :D
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#15It’s nice ! I don’t do 3D but I miss all those little life enhancements I feel we have lost during the past decades.
The nowadays version of this would be an explorer dedicated to 3D projects.
Well done !
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#16Looks great. It would be great if you could continue to develop this project.
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#17Looks great. It would be great if you could continue to develop this project.
Yes, there is a roadmap here https://github.com/EYHN/space-thumbnails/issues/1
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#18Entering a new era when something written in rust can be on HN without saying "written in Rust".
You're not wrong, but every time someone omits "written in Rust", someone comments about how great it is that people don't add that to the title anymore.
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#19I don't really have a lot of 3D models to view, but I did find it interesting to see how well the Windows API crate for Rust integrates with the COM stuff that Microsoft likes to use for these APIs. It's farf from trivial, but it's quite clear code to read and doesn't require too much language hacking. I've never thought it would be this easy to extend the Windows shell with anything other than C(++)!
Re: Show HN: 3D model file thumbnails for Windows Explorer
#20FWIW it would be nice for the README to link to both Filament and Assimp, since they're doing quite a bit of the heavy lifting here.
Also because, in the case of Assimp, it supports a lot more formats than you list. However even for the listed formats, it has several issues. Especially for reverse engineered formats, which might not be an intuitive thought for many users who don't know what's backing this.