Data Previews¶

File Browser Previews.

The File Browser supports many types of previews. These include:

Data-Blocks¶

Previews can be created and deleted in many ways from Info Editor ‣ File ‣ Data Previews

Refresh Data-Block Previews

Ensures that data-block previews are available and up to date.

Batch-Generate Previews

Generates previews for selected blend-files.

Scenes: Generates previews for scenes.
Groups: Generates previews for groups.
Objects: Generates previews for objects.
Mat/Tex/..: Generates Previews for materials, textures, images, etc.
Trusted Blend Files: Enables Python evaluation for blend-files.
Save Backups: Enables backups in case blend-files become corrupt while generating previews. This can be useful when you are worried about large files or can be disabled to save drive space.

Clear Data-block Previews

Clears data-block previews.

Batch-Clear Previews

Clears previews for selected blend-files.

Scenes: Clears previews for scenes.
Groups: Clears previews for groups.
Objects: Clears previews for objects.
Mat/Tex..: Clears previews for materials, textures, images, etc.
Trusted Blend Files: Enables Python evaluation for blend-files.
Save Backups: Enables backups in case blend-files become corrupt while generating previews.