Catalog View will be your main view. This is where you choose the folders to be searched and set the desired file formats to search for. The found designs will be placed into the special container "Unsorted". Sorting the files is done by dragging and dropping the thumbnails into the desired categories. You can rename, delete and/or add categories. You can sort the design thumbnails into multiple categories.

Mouse over the purple frames in the image below for more information.

Also scroll down this page to see a catalog showing .PRE files (made with Pre-Design (Studio)

Using Filters >>

You can create multiple catalogs, for example one for your artwork files, "work in progress". In the example below you can see that QE-Pattern Finder can show .PRE files, made with Pre-Design (Studio):

Tab Catalog

 

After the program has found your designs, they are placed in the special container "Unsorted". The links to the designs on your computer show as thumbnails in the Preview Window. From there you drag and drop them into the desired category on the left.

 

You can add, delete, rename categories to fit the type of designs on your computer.

Menu File

 

Once the designs are sorted, you can print (e.g. as a PDF) and/or export your catalog as HTML to view on another computer. Or transfer the PDF to a tablet or iPad.

 

You can create multiple catalogs if you wish, for example one for embroidery designs and another for quilting patterns, or for artwork in progress.

Using name filter %heart will show all files in your catalog with "heart" somewhere in their file name.

View your designs as small thumbnails

View your designs as medium thumbnails

View your designs in List View: small icon with design information

This is the button to start the Batch Converter: convert multiple designs from one format (source) into another format (Target)

Selecting a design will open its Properties panel.

Double-clicking will open the design in Design Editor (see screenshots Design Editor)