Documentation

Smart Asset Finder is an AI-powered semantic search plugin for Unreal Engine 5.5+ that lets you find assets using natural language descriptions in multiple languages. Instead of searching by filename, search by meaning and visual content.

Quick Start

1. Install the plugin
   Add Smart Asset Finder to your project via the Fab Marketplace or manual installation.
2. Enable in your project
   Go to Edit → Plugins, search for "Smart Asset Finder", and enable it. Restart the editor.
3. Open the tool
   Press Ctrl+Shift+F or go to Tools → Smart Asset Finder.
4. Build your index
   Click the Index Assets button to scan and index your project assets.
5. Search!
   Type a natural language query like "red sword" or "fire effect" and press Enter.

How It Works

CLIP AI Model

Uses OpenCLIP Vision Transformer to understand visual content of assets and XLM-RoBERTa for multilingual text understanding.

Feature Extraction

Each asset's thumbnail is encoded into a 512-dimensional vector that captures its visual semantics.

Semantic Search

Your text query is encoded and matched against asset vectors using cosine similarity.

Auto-Update

Real-time monitoring of asset changes with incremental index updates.

Documentation Sections

Use the sidebar to browse topics. Each section includes practical examples and configuration details.

• Installation - Add the plugin to your project
• Requirements - System requirements and dependencies
• Getting Started - Build your first index and search
• Configuration - Customize settings for your workflow
• Features - Deep dive into all capabilities

Search Examples

Search in multiple languages:

Language	Query	Finds
English	red sword	Red weapon assets
Chinese	火焰特效	Fire effects
Japanese	赤い剣	Red sword assets
Korean	빨간 무기	Red weapons
French	epee rouge	Red sword

Search Tips

Smart Asset Finder searches based on thumbnail appearance, not metadata. Understanding how Unreal Engine displays different asset types will help you craft better queries.

Materials

Materials in Unreal Engine are displayed as spheres (material preview balls). Include "sphere" or "ball" in your query for better material results.

• red metal sphere — Find red metallic materials
• glass ball — Find transparent/glass materials
• gold shiny sphere — Find gold/metallic materials

Textures

Textures are displayed as flat 2D images. Describe the visual pattern directly.

• brick wall — Find brick textures
• grass ground — Find grass/terrain textures
• rust metal — Find rusty metal textures

Static Meshes

Static meshes show 3D previews with default lighting. Describe the shape and object.

• wooden chair — Find chair meshes
• rock stone — Find rock/boulder meshes
• tree plant — Find vegetation meshes

Particle Systems

Particles show effect previews. Describe the visual effect you're looking for.

• fire flames — Find fire effects
• smoke cloud — Find smoke/fog effects
• sparkles magic — Find sparkle/magic effects

General Tips

• Be descriptive: "blue glowing crystal" works better than just "crystal"
• Use colors: Color terms significantly improve search accuracy
• Combine attributes: "dark rusty metal" finds more specific results
• Try synonyms: If "sword" doesn't work, try "blade" or "weapon"