Search and Filter Products

Last Updated: 15/09/2026

The Filters panel on the left-hand side of the ARShades Library is how you narrow a library of thousands of assets down to the handful you need. It combines a free-text search with twelve filters, and it works on two levels at once: some filters describe the product (the model family), others describe the individual variants (the SKUs) inside it.

Panel Layout

The panel is laid out top to bottom in four areas:

1. The header, with the Filters title and the Show new assets toggle.
2. The Search product or variant box.
3. The twelve filter dropdowns.
4. The Reset Filters and Apply Filters buttons, pinned to the bottom.

Search

The search box is labelled Search product or variant, with the placeholder “Search by model name, variant name, SKU, EAN or UPC code…”.

It matches on five fields:

• Model name — the product family name.
• Variant name — the name of the individual variant.
• SKU — the model's stock keeping unit.
• EAN and UPC codes.

Because the search runs on variants as well as on products, a match inside a variant brings up its parent product in the results, and the matching variants are highlighted when you expand the row.

Filters

All twelve dropdowns accept multiple values, and each one has its own type-ahead: start typing inside the dropdown to find an entry without scrolling. When more than two values are selected, the field collapses them into a + N counter.

Product-level filters

These narrow the list by characteristics of the product family:

Filter	What it does
Select Brand	Restricts results to one or more brands.
Select Manufacturer	Filters by the parent company that owns one or more brands. Choosing a Manufacturer automatically restricts the Brand dropdown to that group's brands, and clears any Brand and Line already selected.
Select Line	Collection within a brand. The dropdown is automatically restricted to the lines that exist for the brands you have selected.
Select Type	Model type, for example sunglasses or optical frames.
Select Gender	Target audience.
Select Frame Shape	Geometric shape of the front — round, square, aviator, and so on.

Variant-level filters

These look inside each product's variants and return only the products that have at least one variant matching your selection. When you expand a result row, the same filters apply to the variant list you see inside it.

Filter	What it does
Select Size	Filters by size. A toggle above the dropdown switches between the two size systems — Calibre (the numeric lens width, for example 52) and Simple (S/M/L).
Select Frame Color	Colour of the front, as classified by ARShades.
Select Lenses Color	Colour of the lenses, as classified by ARShades.
Select Material	Material of the frame.
Select Treatment	Surface treatment applied to the lenses.
Select Hinge Type	Type of hinge.

The dropdowns adapt to what you have already chosen

The panel hides the options that would return no result given your current selection. After picking a Manufacturer, for instance, you only see the Brands, Lines, sizes and colours that exist inside that group's catalogue. Values you have already selected stay visible even when they fall outside the available set, so you can always remove them.

Show new assets

The toggle in the panel header shows only the products and variants published in the last 30 days. Its tooltip states this explicitly: “Show products and variants published in the last 30 days.” New items also carry a badge in the results table, whether or not the toggle is on.

Applying and resetting

• Apply Filters confirms your selections and refreshes the table. Until you click it, the filters are pending and the table keeps the previous result. The button stays disabled until you have either typed something in the search box or changed at least one dropdown.
• Reset Filters clears every selection, the search box included, in one click.

Results

The result table lists one row per product:

Column	Description
Image	Thumbnail of the product.
Product Name	The model name. Click it to open the product detail page. Recently published products carry a “new” badge.
Variants	Number of variants available for that product.
Brand	The associated eyewear brand.
Publication Date	The date the product was published in the ARShades Library.
Add To Catalog	Quick action button (+) that starts adding the product to one of your catalogues.

Above the table, a counter reports how much you are looking at: N products (M SKUs). With filters applied it also shows the unfiltered totals, so you can see at a glance how much the filters have cut: N products (M SKUs) / 1,240 (8,902).

The table does not paginate. Scrolling to the bottom loads the next batch automatically.

Expanding a row to see the variants

Click the arrow at the start of a product row to expand it. The row opens into the list of that product's published variants:

Column	Description
Image	Thumbnail of the variant.
Product Name	Name of the variant. New variants carry the same “new” badge.
SKU	SKU of the model.
UPC	UPC code of the variant, or - when it is not set.
Size	The two size systems side by side, in the form Calibre / Simple. A missing value shows as -.
Frame Color	The manufacturer's frame colour.
Lenses Color	The manufacturer's lens colour. Transparent lenses show as TRANSPARENT.

When variant-level filters are active, the expanded list shows only the variants that match them, not every variant of the product.

On Tablet and Phone

On narrow screens the panel is not displayed alongside the table. It opens as a drawer from a button in the header, which carries a badge with the number of filters currently applied, so you can tell the list is filtered without opening the panel.

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Once you have found the product you need, you can open its detail page, check a whole list of SKUs at once, or order a new 3D asset if the product is missing.