I started with an Excel spreadsheet, but I'm a very visual person, so just seeing the list of names didn't mean much to me. So I switched to a solution that's probably not elegant, but it's working well for me.

I have separate .doc files for various categories, depending on how I need to search for things. For example:

props - food/drink
props - decoration
props - furniture
wearables - footwear
wearables - accessories
wearables - dresses
wearables - separates (fantasy)
wearables - separates (modern)
poses - couples
poses - casual
poses - action/combat
poses - expressions
shaders - fabric
shaders - other
.... you get the drift.

and then each asset listed in the file has:

asset name (title)
relevant keywords (subtitle)
file path to find it in Daz (because let's face it, some of those assets get put in places you'd never look for them)
web url
as many pictures as seem necessary 

The files each have a table of contents inserted at the beginning with the asset name and keywords, so I can easily scan

....now, granted, one asset is often in several files, but I was kind of stunned how many rugs I actually had (or apples? why does everyone on the planet include an apple??) and now I can see with minimal effort what's available and where I have gaps.

It hasn't been too bad to keep up with once I got through my backlog, but I'm also on a limited budget, so it's not like I have a lot to input on a regular basis, either.

Hope this helps, either as-is or to inspire you to something more suitable to your own methods. :)

This thread has what I wrote up a while back. I never finished this project, of course.

Trying to make a 3d library database - Daz 3D Forums

Hello!

When I choose certain tools such as the "geometry editor tool", and then go back to a more basic tool such as the "node selection tool", the visibility of the shells of all models in the scene "reset", in a way.
I need to manually make certain areas of the shells invisible again to avoid conflicts.
Is this the expected behavior of DAZ Studio, or am I making an amateur mistake?

Thank you.

Note: I'm sure this question has been asked before, but the forum search is kind of bad and I decided to ask it again, if you don't mind.

EDIT: damn... I posted in the wrong forum...

Does anyone have any experience in developing a spreadsheet or database to track their Daz purchases? And if so, do you have any tips and/or best practices?

I ask because I'm considering creating a database external to Daz itself. The reasons:

1. Search within the app often doesn't turn up what I'm looking for, so I end up going to the store webpage and searching there. And given that I've spent way too much on Daz already over the years and that I'm prone to throwing money at problems (even if it's money I shouldn't be spending), avoiding using the store as my search engine feels like a bad option.
2. I've tried several times to use the tips outlined in the Daz Studio Content Library tutorial by Ice Dragon Art but I always stop because I feel I'm going to do all that work and then lose it the next time I have a computer crash or have to move to a new machine. This method also ends up feeling like it doesn't work as well with Smart Content as I'd like, and I use that a lot (though maybe I shouldn't?). 
3. I've also tried several times to use the tips outlined in Smartening Up the Daz Studio Database, but always stop for similar reasons. I don't have any faith that the work I do will get backed up and survive if I have to re-install. The process also ends up feeling so cumbersome that I end up going back to the Ice Dragon Art tutorial instead.

I guess what it comes down to is that I don't know how to access all 5,000+ items I own in a more efficient manner, especially so that I stop buying stuff and only realizing later that I already own something that would do the trick.

How are you keeping your own Daz content organized? Do you use Smart Content? The content library? Some other organizational setup entirely? What are your best practices?

FSMCDesigns said:

So if there are nude promos now, can we post tasteful nudes in the gallery??? (asking for a friend, LOL)

Currently the gallery and forum ruls are unchanged - and changing them would of course require a way of applying a filter similar to that in the store, which would be two lots of fairly substantial coding since (as far as I am aware) the galeries and forums use different systems..

Charlie Judge said:

Ati said:

PerttiA said:

Noticed yesterday that the price history, gallery and forum links were no longer working on W10 Business+Chrome (124.0.6367.60)+DazDeals 4.1.0 (free version)

Nothing changed on our end, as far as I know. Anyone else notice this? 

They are still working for me in the pro version. 

Ok, I need to dig deeper... 

Bejaymac said:

Carmel has a problem with some of the Mat files but works fine other wise.

I don't have access to Yomi but from what I've seen here it looks like 3 files were copied from Carmel, and thanks to the hex codes it's a lot more complicated than just changing the internal names from Carmel to Yomi.

Not sure what you mean. I just did a search & replace in the file, and Yomi works fine for me now.

I remember that there was a texture being used in some material channel that was causing a crash, but I don't remember which one to remove. I looked for the old forum topic but couldn't find it, so if anyone has a link or remembers the particulars, it would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Ati said:

PerttiA said:

Noticed yesterday that the price history, gallery and forum links were no longer working on W10 Business+Chrome (124.0.6367.60)+DazDeals 4.1.0 (free version)

Nothing changed on our end, as far as I know. Anyone else notice this? 

They are still working for me in the pro version. 

PerttiA said:

Noticed yesterday that the price history, gallery and forum links were no longer working on W10 Business+Chrome (124.0.6367.60)+DazDeals 4.1.0 (free version)

Nothing changed on our end, as far as I know. Anyone else notice this? 

Are yiou intending to write it yourself? If so, see below - if not, please edit your opening post and chnage the forum to Product Suggestions.

Getting the location of the current viewpoint is fairly simple - you just need to chug through the MainWindow global object to getViewportMgr(), then from that getActiveViewport(), then from that get3DViewport(), then from that getCamera(). Once you have the camera you can get its location from the general DzNode getXPosControl() etc., and getValue() on those. For the billboard(s) you shoudl be able to use Scene.getSelectedNodeList() and plod through them getting their positions as you got the camera position, then you need to do a bit of maths to figure out which way they should face, then use getXRotControl() to get the rotations controls and setValue( number ) on those to set the rotations.

PerttiA said:

I think this should be Mature filtered...

I wasn't trying to foretell the future when I mentioned this. Check out the throat morph.

@SilverGirl Here's another one! It doesn't come up on a "piano" search either, even though "piano" is in the text of the promo page four times.

Richard Haseltine said:

Fesoul Team said:

If anyone needs Nisa's repair and upgrade package, please talk to me directly for the forum. It brings everyone inconvenience, and I will post a repair package for everyone who buys. Thanks!

If you submit an update to PASS the base item can be fixed, which will reach everyone ragardless of whether or not they see this thread.

Thanks I will update it in pass system

Wonderland said:

Every time I open any page now, I get a cookie notice. Each time I click preferences and Do Not Sell My Information and Save. Then as soon as I open another page, there it is again. The site is supposed to ask ONCE. Not every time you open a page! This is not conducive to checking out products and purchasing. Why does everything keep get worse here rather than better? Instead of wasting time and money on all these failed promotions for NFTs, Season Passes, and now AI, they need to fix their own website, marketing issues, Genesis 9 and DS. I'm just going to stop shopping if I have to click a cookie notice on every page I open!  How can we complain to someone who actually has power to fix this? 

Yeah... Quite annoying... And I don't even use anything Apple so this is not a Safari exclusive issue.

Also, newest items I bought are not considered owned on the main site. It's OK on DIM and the product library page, so I'm not having issues using them, but it's annoying the fact they keep showing up when I search stuff even if the "Hide Items I Own" is checked.

Hope they solve those site issues promptly...

Fesoul Team said:

If anyone needs Nisa's repair and upgrade package, please talk to me directly for the forum. It brings everyone inconvenience, and I will post a repair package for everyone who buys. Thanks!

If you submit an update to PASS the base item can be fixed, which will reach everyone ragardless of whether or not they see this thread.

Originally, I intended to make some significant purchases from your platform again. I already had items worth around $200 in my cart. However, while browsing, I stumbled upon your AI feature, which immediately extinguished any joy I had in shopping. Are you now contributing to the destruction of our shared hobby? Over time, I've already spent A LOT OF Money on your platform, honing my rendering skills for over a decade, and I take pride in posting a picture in a forum after working on it for an entire day.

But why should I continue doing so when someone with no skills can generate comparable or even better images in seconds for just $3.99 a month and later spam the forums I frequent?

You're aiding in the destruction of creativity and the enjoyment of the rendering hobby! I genuinely cannot understand why you support this.

For my part, I've now saved $200. I hope you're satisfied with that.

If anyone needs Nisa's repair and upgrade package, please talk to me directly for the forum. It brings everyone inconvenience, and I will post a repair package for everyone who buys. Thanks!

Richard Haseltine said:

 

We have bluebells in the garden, which feels early though a search of the web suggests not.

Depends where you are, they are out here in south yorkshire.....  

Noticed yesterday that the price history, gallery and forum links were no longer working on W10 Business+Chrome (124.0.6367.60)+DazDeals 4.1.0 (free version)

Okay. Ajuzarn has not been assigned to a Product, and is in limbo. I get this when an asset in a product is not included for some reason, usually left out of the metadata file, or has the wrong filename.

Okay, edit the metadata file in the Runtime/Support folder (DAZ_3D_4939938107523997-1_Ajuzam_DR_Test1.dsx). (Now you can use the DIM Show Installed Files list to get to it quickly). It is just a text file in XML format, but is human readable. Search for Ajuzarn DR.cr2. If it is there, it should be in the "Ajuzarn DR Test1" product.

Re-importing the metadata usually sets it straight. I do not know why it is not working. All I can suggest at this point is to re-install it and check (after a refresh in the folder) if you see a Product entry in that pane. Once you do, it will surely show up in Smart Content.