Model preview is very faint

[thetraveller333@yahoo.com]

When I look at the model preview, the lights on the model appear extremely small.  I can barely see them go on and off.

Is there a setting that increases the size of each light in the model preview?

The same thing happens in the whole house preview.

[K-State Fan]

The pixel size setting in the appearance menu on the layout page

[thetraveller333@yahoo.com]

Thanks K, I found the appearance section and tried different settings.

I was at a pixel size of 2.  Pixel size 1 gives me the largest size light, but it is still extremely difficult to see.  The bigger the pixel size the smaller the light.  Seems backwards.

Is there anything else I could try?

I have seen tutorials that show the lights in the model preview, 20 times the size of mine.

Thanks for the help.

[sean]

Thanks K, I found the appearance section and tried different settings.

I was at a pixel size of 2.  Pixel size 1 gives me the largest size light, but it is still extremely difficult to see.  The bigger the pixel size the smaller the light.  Seems backwards.

Is there anything else I could try?

I have seen tutorials that show the lights in the model preview, 20 times the size of mine.

Thanks for the help.

not sure why you are seeing this. The larger the pixel, the brighter. here are some models and i am varying the pixel size in Appearance

[thetraveller333@yahoo.com]

Thanks for replying Sean,

This is what I see for my mega tree at pixel sizes 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Pixel size 4 is practically invisible and pixel size 1 is the most visible.

Also, when I click on the model preview icon, nothing happens.  I believe there should be a window pop up which shows just the model by itself.

Under the "settings" drop down menu, there is a line called "grid spacing".  It is set to extra small.  I tried the other selections, but it didn't make any difference to the pixel size.

I'm running Ver. 2017-40, 64 bit.

I also went back to the 2016 version I ran last year and I get the same thing.

I was able to see the model preview with much larger pixels last year.  I must have changed something, but I don't know what.

[dkulp]

This is likely a video driver issue.   First thing I would check is to make sure you have the most recent video drivers for your card.  If it's an NVIDIA or ATI card, get the latest drivers from them and don't use the drivers that come as part of Windows.    If you upgrades Windows lately, it may have switch you back to it's default drivers which tend to suck.

The next step would be to force the OpenGL level down to 1.x.   Try the above first though.

[thetraveller333@yahoo.com]

Excellent suggestion.  I didn't think of that and yes there has been a major update to Windows 10 recently.

I'll check the video drivers and report back.

[thetraveller333@yahoo.com]

I updated the video drivers and the previews are working as they should now.

Thank you all for the help.