File Management - DAM

[handrawn]

We are playing semantics here maybe...

I have project/asset folders sure, but xar files are just one component, no different to any other file therein

My reading of the OP is that their situation is the same

asset folders do not, for me, belong to any program, they are just ...asset - to be used for what ever purpose arises

they are named and collated meaningfully

[Acorn]

If all the OP is after is a view similar to Eagle for .XAR files only then use Everything.
It respects the existing folder structure, allows for multi-file previews and has set saved searches.

If you need to include Categories or Tags then some external linked meta-file is needed.
Obsidian does this.

My suggested approach oomphs all this to an integrated asset usage management system at little extra effort and no cost.

Acorn

[handrawn]

I understand what you say - both everything and obsidian look like useful tools