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Bryce F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Nov 08 7:02 am)
Subject: cataloging 3d models
Attached Link: Deep Exploration
Right Hemisphere has a browser/modeler called Deep Exploration that might fill your needs....it also converts tween an awesome number of formats.. ...
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bobbystahr - Thanks for the quick reply, but I checked it out & you & I must have a different definition of "reasonably priced". The cheapest version of Deep Exploration is $498/year with a 5 year subscription or $1495 for a perpetual license. It's a also a full-scale, enterprise level CAD program, which I have no need for. I'm just looking for a simple cataloging or database application, hopefully for under $100...
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tom271 - Thanks, I checked out the online manual for Deep View. Though the price is right, this seems to be geared to viewing of models & facilitating their use in documents & presentations, rather than cataloging, which is what I'm after. It also sounds like it inserts itself into contextual menus within MS Office, which would be ok if I needed that functionality, but which I'm reluctant to allow it to do when I have no need for that.
I have tried one product in the past called P3dO Explorer, which seemed to be designed to catalog & organize 3d files, but it misbehaved & actually messed up my Poser content libraries. I ended up uninstalling it & spending several hours getting things back to where I could access the libraries.
"Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
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Picasso
*" tom271 - Thanks, I checked out the online manual for Deep View. Though the price is right, this seems to be geared to viewing of models & facilitating their use in documents & presentations, rather than cataloging, "
Yes.. it is a browser, instead of viewing your images you can view your models... That can help in cataloging them.. Never herd of P3do explorer...
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I have P3do, and it's great for seeing things you have (a lot more help with Poser than models in general).
I think Irfanview is possibly what you need. If you have Office, you could possibly use Access (it's what I use, but even with all the thumbnails, the @#$ database is almost a gig at this point...;)
If you don't have Office, you might look at Open Office or Star Office (I think it goes by both names). It's a 'clone' of Office, but free. There's an Excel equivalent in there, if you want.
If you're really crazy, there's an old 'Dbase lite' called Rapid file - so old, it runs under Dos. Since the company went under, it's out there as 'orphanware' and also free
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pakled - I checked the Irfanview site & it doesn't support 3d files. I know there are several 3d file viewers out there that are helpful, but not exactly what I'm looking for. I suspect there must be some high end programs that can do this, but I've done a bunch of searches & haven't found anything that meets my needs. P3dO seems like the closest fit, but as I mentioned, it somehow messed up my content libraries & I'm not prepared to risk that again. Seems to me this could be a niche that somebody could fill. 10 or 20 years ago, I might have attempted to build my own program, but I'm just not into programming anymore - I' prefer to spend my time creating art rather than software...
"Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
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Picasso
Works very nicely & I think this will be very useful for me. Only two things I've noticed so far that are minor issues. For some reason, it can't view 3dsmax files unless you actually have 3ds max installed (not a big issue for me, as I have very few 3ds max models) & you can't rotate objects without opening a new window - it would be a lot more convenient to be able to rotate them in the main view.
Also, it's not free - there's a 30-day trial, then you have to pay $20 - which is very reasonable & which I'll be happy to pay.
"Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
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Picasso
Sorry about the free part not being right. I forgot that they discontinued that a while back.
As far as 3ds max files are concerned I haven't found any software that will read the proprietary .max files yet. 3D Browser Light should read .3ds models, though. I've never had a problem viewing them myself.
Hope it works for you, Mark
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Can anyone recommend a free or reasonably priced software package that can help me keep track of my 3d models? Over the years, I've accumulated quite a few models in varying formats - some I created myself, some were free, some were purchased. I've been pretty consistent about filing them in specific locations on my hard drive, but there are now just too many to keep track of. What I'm hoping to find is software that can locate 3d models on my hard drive, generate thumbnails & allow me to assign categories to them. Anybody have any suggestions?
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Picasso