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Good STL/3D model archival software? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by calculuschild@lemm.ee to c/foss@beehaw.org

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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"?

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft powertoys can show a 3d thumbnail in windows explorer

[–] calculuschild@lemm.ee 1 points 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?