Item placement and description

MasonicArtist

Good day. Over the years I've acquired a considerable amount of items from DAZ Studio. My issue? There need to be more standards as items are uploaded and placed in categories. I spend way too much time trying to find items I know I have but can't remember how that particular vendor catergorized it. An expansion of search words would also be helpful. Search the word "coach".... nothing. Yet I bought a product having several different coaches available (still haven't found it btw). And vendors show an item such as a cart with a horse with full harness, but don't include the harness nor tell you where it may be acquired.... kinda false advertising in a sense. Sorry to sound so down, but I've spent over an hour searching for something I know I have, but my old butt can't remember where it is. Happy New Year everyone.

Richard Haseltine

Wherea re you looking/searching? Smart Content has a far more flexible search than the Content Library pane, which works only on filenames.

Richard Haseltine

Sorry, the Content Library can use the database - I always forget that - but not as robustly. See

http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/content_library/navigation_search_bar/start#search_type
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/smart_content/products_page/results_view/start#filter_field
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/smart_content/files_page/results_view/start#filter_field)

jjoyner

@MasonicArtist - I agree with you fully.  Don't forget that if you search in the Smart Library, searching under the Files tab may produce results not found using the Products tab.  Also remember that when you find what you are searching for, you can add categories to content files - even if you cannot delete the vendor's categories from a product - and you can add/change metadata and tags that can make finding content easier.