
Image files and video previewing
Showing natively previews for popular image files: HDRI, EXR, PSD, animated GIF, TIFF, TGA, and others. Play videos conveniently with Connecter’s built-in player.

Native thumbnails
Natively showing embedded previews for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Revit, Rhino, Blender, SketchUp and Autocad assets.

Interactive previewing of 3d assets
OpenGL viewer for interactive exploration of popular 3d formats: Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Blender, Collada, FBX with animation, OBJ, 3DS, DXF and STL.

Custom previews with auto-assign
Add a custom-generated custom preview or a gallery of previews to any asset. Use auto-assign tools to automate the assigning of custom previews to assets.

3ds Max material libraries
Previewing the content of .mat library assets. View, rename, copy, or move materials from one library to another in Connecter.

Revit families
Previewing family types within a Revit family asset with thumbnails and type parameters.
Substance assets
Real-time interactive previewing of Substance assets.
IES photometric data
Visual previewing of IES photometric assets.
BVH motion capture data
Previewing of animated data in BVH assets.
PBR textures
Real-time interactive visualization of custom sets of PBR textures.
Only what’s relevant
Connecter shows you only what’s relevant to your work. You choose which file formats to see and which irrelevant asset types to hide.

Powerful filters
Quickly narrow searches to smaller subsets of assets with advanced filtering by asset type, file format, version and render engine, tags, and more.

Colour coding
Colour code folders and tags for more visual browsing.

Tags with custom icons
Choose from 70+ awesome predefined icons or install your own custom icons sets with Connecter Server.

Show subfolders
Option to show assets in subfolders to quickly get a full view of what’s in a selected folder’s tree.

Stacking
Option to combine similar or related assets in “Stacks” for a more clean and compact browsing experience.

Fast search
Multiple searching options for folders, tags, and assets plus flexible search with wildcards.

Quick filter
Fast filter the assets view by typing an asset’s name.

Folders filtering
Conveniently hide irrelevant folders or apply a global filter by adding folder names in the Ignore Folders list.
Tags
Move away from the tedious browsing of assets buried deep in hierarchical file folders with a powerful tags system with hierarchy, color coding, custom icons, quick filter, and more.
Operations with assets
Copy, move, rename, and delete assets conveniently within Connecter as you’d do it in Explorer.
Operations with folders
Copy, move, rename, create new, or delete folders conveniently within Connecter.
Starring assets
Starring your favorite assets to quickly find what matters most.
Hiding assets
Hide assets you don’t need to have a clearer view on what matters most.
Asset descriptions
Add explanatory searchable assets’ descriptions.
Find duplicate assets
Get rid of duplicates and variations of assets with a powerful tool to search, review/compare, and quickly remove unwanted or outdated content.
Manage missing assets
Relocate files that have changed their paths.
Shared
Workspaces
All assets metadata is stored in a locally-hosted workspace shared with all team members*.
Synchronization
All changes on assets metadata are instantly synced with the shared workspace and across all Connecter’s running instances.
Team management (Server)
Manage team member accounts with flexible custom permissions.
Notifications (Server)
Getting notified when someone makes changes in the shared assets catalog.
Rating assets (Server)
Team-contributed assets ratings.
Usage stats (Server)
See per-user activity reports.
Web Catalogs (Server)
Browse assets’ previews and metadata on the web and share curated catalogs with clients, contractors, and stakeholders.
Connecter paths
Share direct links to any subset of assets with other team members.
designconnected.com
Linking your Design Connected account to sync downloaded product assets and metadata.
PDF catalogs
Export assets PDF catalogs to share with clients and contractors.
Workspace backup
Set it to create automatic backups or save the workspace in a safe location every time you close the app.
Compare image files
Compare up to 4 images in a tool that’s perfect for checking for output images or exploring references.
Tile image files
See if a texture is seamlessly tileable without leaving Connecter.
Manage external files (MEF) for *.max and *.mat assets
Control the external resources of your 3ds Max files without the need to open them in Max.