My bloat-free STL viewer

[curious aardvark]

Works brilliantly - avg lets me download, runs a quick scan of the msi and says it's fine :-)

And yes please fix the colour change, it does get annoying.

But otherwise: fantastic.

Any chance of integrating it into right mouse click selection menu ?

[Krishty]

Works brilliantly - avg lets me download, runs a quick scan of the msi and says it's fine :-)

And yes please fix the colour change, it does get annoying.

But otherwise: fantastic.

I’m very glad to hear that, thanks! I’ll fix the bug, of course.

Any chance of integrating it into right mouse click selection menu ?

You mean like, if you right-click an STL, you have a “preview” option in the menu, and selecting it opens the viewer? That’s absolutely possible (though I cannot foresee how it interacts with other STL software). It’ll take a little time to program it and integrate it into the installer, but I’ll report back when it’s done

[Krishty]

And yes please fix the colour change, it does get annoying.

Fixed, and the AV suites finally stopped classifying my 32-bit build as malware Here it is:
Setup: http://papas-best.com/downloads/stlv...L%20Viewer.msi
Portable: http://papas-best.com/downloads/stlv...L%20Viewer.exe

Some people didn’t like the scroll wheel direction, so I added an option to customize it. It was also suggested that colors should be remembered – this can now be done via menu.

Any chance of integrating it into right mouse click selection menu ?

I didn’t forget that, but I’m struggling with the Installer creating the correct registry keys. In the meantime, if you’re willing to edit the registry, here’s how you do it:

1. open regedit, go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
2. find the .stl folder
3. the value (Default) has a name like netfabb.STL, papa_stl, or something alike
4. now, still in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, find a folder of that exact name
5. it probably has childs with names like DefaultIcon, shell, ShellEx, etc.
6. in the shell sub-folder, create a Preview folder next to open
7. in Preview, create a sub-folder command
8. in the (Default) value of command, enter
   "XXX" "%1"
   where XXX is the path to Best STL Viewer.exe (for me it’s A:\Program Files\Papa’s Best\STL Viewer\Best STL Viewer.exe)

Snapshot for clarity:
reg97q1v.jpg
It’s papa_stl in this example (because it’s my default program), but you really need to use the value from the .stl key.

Now you should have a Preview context menu which opens my STL Viewer. You might have to log off and on again in order to restart the Explorer.