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KeithHKeithH Posts: 338
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Many people have items that are not under the smart content tab.

I there an easier way to browse for waht I want each time than clicking on each directory trying to remember what each thing is?

Thanks

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  • QuasarQuasar Posts: 681

    I wish there were. It would be nice if the regular content directory would at least show everything in a selected folder and its subfolders so we don't have to open every subfolder to find out whats in them. If I know what I'm looking for, I'll usually try a search first. Although, I rarely ever use anything but smart content now if I can help it.

  • NathNath Posts: 2,978

    If you don't mind using an external application, you could give P3DO (the free version) a go: http://www.senosoft.com/softp3do.php It has a pretty good search function and you can open subfolders. And it's free, so nothing lost if you don't like it.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,441
    edited April 2020

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    Really, the best solution for now is to create your own custom categories or to completely re-do your runtimes manually in a way that makes more sense to you.  Both of those options, though, take a lot of work. 

    Post edited by Cybersox on
  • KeithHKeithH Posts: 338

    I was hoping for something better LOL - Thank you 

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,285
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,441
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

  • DripDrip Posts: 1,249

    If you still have the installation files, then you can try to run them through RiversoftArt's Content Wizard. It won't do everything perfectly, but may help getting things added to your Smart Content (it's automated, so it generally works by the rules, but not all products play by those same rules). It also has a long thread on the Commercial Products subforum with more information about what it can and can't do.

  • KeithHKeithH Posts: 338
    Drip said:

    If you still have the installation files, then you can try to run them through RiversoftArt's Content Wizard. It won't do everything perfectly, but may help getting things added to your Smart Content (it's automated, so it generally works by the rules, but not all products play by those same rules). It also has a long thread on the Commercial Products subforum with more information about what it can and can't do.

    Thanks 

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,285
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users.  

  • KeithHKeithH Posts: 338

    THat sounds cool - cannot wait till you have that feature.

  • KeithHKeithH Posts: 338

    I am new to this product - Do you have a link? And it works for all things DAZ?

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,285
    KeithH said:

    I am new to this product - Do you have a link? And it works for all things DAZ?

    Click my signature link.  It's free for up to 250 products with no other limitations.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,958
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users.  

    I think that sharing the metadata, withut obtaining permission, would be against the EULA.

  • Gusf1Gusf1 Posts: 258
    KeithH said:

    Many people have items that are not under the smart content tab.

    I there an easier way to browse for waht I want each time than clicking on each directory trying to remember what each thing is?

    Thanks

         You do know that you can create your own catagories and stuff?  You then only have to find it once.

                                    Gus

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,285
    edited April 2020
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users.  

    I think that sharing the metadata, withut obtaining permission, would be against the EULA.

    Is a partial library path for a product (like "Environments" or "People/Genesis 8 Female" metadata?  That's all that would be shared.  It would also be useless for anyone who doesn't already own the product.

    Post edited by Taoz on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,958
    Taoz said:
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users.  

    I think that sharing the metadata, withut obtaining permission, would be against the EULA.

    Is a partial library path for a product (like "Environments" or "People/Genesis 8 Female" metadata?  That's all that would be shared.  It would also be useless for anyone who doesn't already own the product.

    You'd need to check that with Daz, I'm not sure without checking and don't want to guess.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,441
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users. 

    It wouldn't be optimal, no, but entering the data wouldn't be horrible if you boiled it down to single or double symbol recognition - say "!" equals a character set, with a G8 figure being "!8", then @" equals a set, "#" equals a clothing item, "&" equals a pose, "<" equals a light,etc. .  Even with a stupidly large library, it wouldn't take that long to just roll down the list only filling in the "!"s, then another pass to do do all the "@"s, etc,, and these days there's probably a lot of people who'd be happy to do it for a reasonable price.         

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,285
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Taoz said:
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users.  

    I think that sharing the metadata, withut obtaining permission, would be against the EULA.

    Is a partial library path for a product (like "Environments" or "People/Genesis 8 Female" metadata?  That's all that would be shared.  It would also be useless for anyone who doesn't already own the product.

    You'd need to check that with Daz, I'm not sure without checking and don't want to guess.

    OK, will do if I take that route. Thanks.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,285
    edited April 2020
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:
    Taoz said:
    Cybersox said:

    P3DO is great, but you still have to know what everyting is since DAZ product names often don't really tell you much.  Taosoft's DAZ Product manager is better than DAZ's own store library, but it needs to have a couple of extra search colums added to add specific product type categories like Figure, Envoronment, etc.

    I'm working on it... 

    Oh, I'm not nagging.  Though, actually, if there was just an option to add enough letters onto the product names to add qualifiers like Set, Chara, Clothing, G8F Fig, etc., the existing serach function could do the job for those willing to take on the task of labeling the products themselves. 

    It's a lot of work labeling them manually though.  The solution I'm working on is scanning the DSX files to get the main categories for the products (Environments, People, Props etc. and subcategories if relevant).  For the same reason it will only work for already downloaded products though.  But I could make an option for sharing the scanned data between users. 

    It wouldn't be optimal, no, but entering the data wouldn't be horrible if you boiled it down to single or double symbol recognition - say "!" equals a character set, with a G8 figure being "!8", then @" equals a set, "#" equals a clothing item, "&" equals a pose, "<" equals a light,etc. .  Even with a stupidly large library, it wouldn't take that long to just roll down the list only filling in the "!"s, then another pass to do do all the "@"s, etc,, and these days there's probably a lot of people who'd be happy to do it for a reasonable price.         

    It will be possible to edit the data in any case, but the advantage of scanning the DSX files is that you also get the DS library path which can be used to select the product in the DS líbrary directly from the Product Manager.  Since I'm going to add that feature anyway (most of the code is written already) I can just as well use the data for also creating categories based on library paths.  A search/replace option can be added if anyone wants to use their own category names.

    Post edited by Taoz on
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