# Improved Thumbnails Situation for 3D Files

**URL:** <https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/improved-thumbnails-situation-for-3d-files/645>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [August 17, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/improved-thumbnails-situation-for-3d-files/645 "2026-08-17T14:06:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/improved-thumbnails-situation-for-3d-files/645/1 "2026-08-17T14:06:47Z")

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I’m using TagSpaces specifically to manage my library of 3D .stl files of my D&D miniatures, and it still seems to be the best thing out there for the final state of organization, but it’s a little clunky in some ways, especially when getting started.

- It would be nice if there could be a **button to auto-generate thumbnails**  **for an entire folder or selection**. I think you’re totally right to not auto-generate thumbnails for 3D files by _default_, but clicking the button to auto-generate a bunch of thumbnails and then walking away to microwave my lunch would be a much better use of my time than clicking through all my models, rotating the renderings, and clicking two more buttons to set the image as my thumbnail.
- On that front, I’d love the ability to **edit default rotation and zoom for 3D files previews/thumbnails** , possibly with different settings per file extension. As it is right now, all of the thumbnails seem to generate a top-down view of my miniatures, which is to say that they are all just a circle. This lovely Obsidian plugin has settings like this available when opening 3D files, so perhaps it could serve as inspiration. [GitHub - ElmoNeedsArson/Obsidian-3D-embed: An Obsidian Plugin for embedding 3D models in your notes. And manipulating the scenes to look the best you want · GitHub](https://github.com/elmoneedsarson/Obsidian-3D-embed)
- In the meantime, could you **add a keyboard shortcut for the “Set as Thumbnail” function**? Keyboard is always faster than clicking, especially if I need to open up a menu to find the button at all. If I must manually rotate every miniature in order to get useful thumbnails for now, at least this would be an impactful band-aid until custom auto-rotation can hopefully be implemented.