Hurricane for AutoCAD
Hurricane for AutoCAD
The Hurricane Preview window allows you to preview the drawing before adding it to the filequeue, or opening it.
Hurricane displays the same drawing preview that Windows itself shows in File Explorer, so there is no separate preview component to install or register.
More information on the Drawing Preview Window
If the preview window is blank, one of the following is usually the cause:
1) The drawing is AutoCAD R12 or older, or was saved without a preview image (such files contain no thumbnail for Windows to display).
If you regularly work with these files, you can disable preview in Hurricane Options (Prefs tab).2) Windows has no DWG thumbnail provider installed. AutoCAD — and the free Autodesk DWG TrueView — registers one automatically; if neither is present, Windows cannot generate DWG previews.
To check / fix it:
1) In Windows File Explorer, browse to the same drawing and switch the view to Large icons (or Extra large icons).
2) If Explorer shows the drawing thumbnail, Hurricane will show it too — reopen the Preview window and select the file again.
3) If Explorer also shows only a generic icon, install or repair AutoCAD or Autodesk DWG TrueView to register the DWG thumbnail handler, then restart Hurricane.