Hi everyone, I've just created this video going through the AI search and asset organisation features in Project Manager for 3ds Max. I thought it might be useful to share here because one of the biggest problems with large 3D libraries is that conventional searching depends heavily on somebody having named and organised everything properly in the first place. The interesting part of this system is that you can search based on what the model actually looks like. For example, you can type something like “dancing woman” or “futuristic car” without needing to know the original filename. The system searches using the visual previews associated with the assets. A few of the workflows I go through in the video: Natural Language Search Describe the object you're looking for in normal language and search your 3D model library using its visual appearance rather than just filenames. It also supports searches in multiple languages. Automatic AI Categorisation The system can analyse your library and organise assets into category trees such as furniture, vehicles, beds, coffee tables, aircraft and so on. This reduces the need to manually tag every asset. Find Similar Select an existing 3D model and search the rest of your library for visually similar assets. There's also a similarity threshold so you can control how strict the visual match needs to be. Search Using a Sketch or Mood Board You can drag in a sketch, render, reference image or mood board and use that image to search for similar 3D models already in your library. Preview and Thumbnail Management Because the AI uses visual previews, I also go through the Auto-Assign Previews workflow. If your rendered images share the same filenames as your 3D files they can be linked automatically, and smart matching can help with partially matching names. You can also batch-render thumbnails for assets that don't already have previews. Local AI Processing The AI processing runs locally on your own hardware rather than requiring your asset library to be uploaded to a cloud service. That also means there isn't a credit-based AI system involved every time you perform a search. I'd be interested to hear how people here with large 3D model libraries are currently handling asset management.   submitted by   /u/jamiecardoso   to   r/3dsmax [link]   [comments]