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”?
Yeah that’s fair. I’ve been running it since about 2018 and never found it too difficult, but messing around with Linux is my hobby so I admit that I enjoy the problem solving aspect. It’s certainly not something you set and forget.
I suggested it here mostly because this particular plugin is both actively developed and quite good in my opinion but it would only be a viable solution if you already use Nextcloud. I’m in no way suggesting OP should install it just for this.