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Categorizing Question

XandoryXandory Posts: 139
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

Does anyone know how to move items in DS4's Categories without using Categorize? DS3 and prior you could move the files "tree style" without it, and now, I can't find a thing everything's so messy. (I don't like Meta Data since my mind doesn't operate the way that does. It's great for most, just not me.) Honestly, I'm hoping someone says, oh sure. Of course. If not, I'll probably clean sweep and re-install everything slowly so I can find the stuff later. :/

(NOT a complaint, except against myself since I should've categorized to begin with)

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  • adamr001adamr001 Posts: 1,322
    edited December 1969

    Tree view still exists. On the Content Library tab, click the Context Menu at the top and Choose View as List or View as Tree depending on your preference. The "Categorize" window will follow suit to your setting on the Content Library tab. Or maybe I don't understand the issue. ^_^

    You can drag/drop folders to move them, but files drag/add not drag/move.

  • texjonestexjones Posts: 0
    edited January 2013

    What I ended up doing was go into my folders; the Scene, Subscene Sets & Props and create internal folders and move stuff accordingly. Then everything will be grouped to find easier. Such as Basic Daz figures, My characters, Places & buildings, Streets & Traffic props. As I create I move them to those folders while keeping the main Daz folders intact. Inside the Runtime>Textures folder I added another for the ones I've been finding on the internet. If I change a basic Daz figure to a new character, I save it as a subset in my characters folder. Anything created from scratch whether in Daz,Hexagon or Blender is in My Created Objects folder, once imported into Daz.

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  • XandoryXandory Posts: 139
    edited December 1969

    Oh thanks guys. I'll give it a try.

    You can drag/drop folders to move them, but files drag/add not drag/move.

    I can? It won't grab the folders at all for me.

  • adamr001adamr001 Posts: 1,322
    edited January 2013

    It's working for me in the List View, I can't stand Tree View, but give me a bit and I'll try it there.

    Here's a vid of it working in List View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v73t4u36WqU

    NOTE: With the exception of the Unassigned Category, you CANNOT MODIFY the built-in categories inside the Default structure. This may be your whole issue.

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  • adamr001adamr001 Posts: 1,322
    edited December 1969

    Works in Tree View too... In fact, it works *better* in Tree View, since hovering over a twistie will cause it to expand so you can move several categories deep without the multi-drag and drop I did in the video.

  • XandoryXandory Posts: 139
    edited December 1969

    Ah. I see I can do that, but I can't take anything from the DS format or Poser format to bring into my categories area without the categorize button. Should I be saying put all new in unassigned? Right now, all the new stuff go in the two above folders, ( DS format or Poser format) and none in categorize.

  • adamr001adamr001 Posts: 1,322
    edited December 1969

    If you go to the Context menu on the Content Library tab, and select "Scan Known Directories for Files" all content that is not yet categorized will be placed in Unassigned. Then you can categorize it from there. That's how I do it and recommend people do it anyway. :)

  • XandoryXandory Posts: 139
    edited December 1969

    *hugs* that helps a lot. Thank you. I'll still delete than reinstall the 4.5 files, but it's worth it to be able to find stuff and not categorize the traditional way! :D

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