I’ve collected quite a number of STL files for 3D printing, and realized I need some better way to catalogue them, because the default Windows explorer is starting to become burdensome. I’m looking for something that:

  • Shows a 3D preview I can rotate around to see the model
  • Allows me to sort into folders
  • Allows tagging with keywords for later searching
  • Snappy search

Maybe Windows already does this and I’m just not seeing it, but I feel like my collection is at the point where I need something dedicated, similar to a photo cataloguing tool (e.g. Google Photos) or a reference manager (e.g. Zotero/Mendeley).

Any good FOSS tool that does something like this? Or a generic “better file explorer”?

  • calculuschild@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    Oh interesting. Do you know if there is a way to get Windows Explorer to support tags for files so they can be searched? I know there’s a roundabout way to do it through the properties menu for specific file types but perhaps there is a better way?