Especially when you work with Makehuman 2 very often and use a lot of user assets or assets out of asset-packs filtering will be very helpful. If the assets are made with a later version of Makeclothes, there are some standard tags, which should be used. But since each creator can add own tags and is not urged to use existent ones, filtering of assets can be a problem.

This can be solved by using the Information editor.

The Repository

When started, information about your assets is placed in a SQLite database which then is used as a repository. The database file can be found in your user folder according to the mesh. Information gathered will populate the table “filecache” in the database.

<userfolder>/data/dbcache/<mesh>/repository.db

The information editor can create a new thumbnail and new tags. While the existing thumbnail will be overwritten, the tags will be saved in the same SQLite database using the table “userinformation”.

Both tables are connected by the same uuid. Rescanning your assets will not destroy the table “userinformation”. Deleting the repository will do that. You can, however, backup the user information to a file and load it worst case.

Information Editor

The information editor will be opened by selecting an assets and pressing the button    

Thumbnail can be changed with a screenshot. Click on        . The new image will appear in the view. Best to switch off skybox (the globe) and use a one-colored background. Under “Settings” change light and scene and select a background color with contrast.

If you want to use own tags, you can either copy original tags to tag editor with         and change these tags or you can create new ones by using the standard tags (recommended for filtering).

A standard tag can be inserted by selecting it from the list and press the         icon. You can also delete a tag row or delete all tags by pressing the         icon.

Save the information with save button or cancel the tool.

When you select another asset while editor is open, this selected asset will populate the information editor

Filtering

As long as tags are provided, assets can be filtered in numerous ways. Assets with no tags are always shown. The filtering panel is displayed on left side:

These are the methods used (clothes example):

• By expanding the items, like Slot, then Top-Torso, then Layer 1. The more it gets detailed, the less icons will be on right side. The top-level items (Gender-Age, Era, Occasion, Slot) work like ‘and’, so you can select Layer 2 clothes like Sweater only for females. Sublayers are combined with ‘or’, so clicking on Tanktop in Layer 1 and Shirt in Layer 2 will present shirts and tanktops.
• By clicking on an icon below the selection. These icons create a combined filter. So the lingerie item activates gender Female and Bra from Top-Torso Layer 1 with additional Panties from Bottom Layer 1
• By using a text filter, the text filter works on all tags presented in the Tags field after a piece of clothing is selected.

Hint: If the program shows too many items on right side, it is possible to supply all clothes with extra tags, these tags are then used instead of the tags provided in the clothes files. (see above)

In the end it is individual how one deals with filtering. My current collection looks like this, when I click on “dress”: