Upload Models and Documents to the Cloud Using Autodesk Docs

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BRYSON ANDERSON: Autodesk Accelerators

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Before we get started, let me introduce myself.

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My name is Bryson Anderson.

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I'm based out of Utah, been in the IT industry

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for about 14 years now, the last 10 years in the AEC

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Marketplace, working with firms in all aspects of their IT,

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including data management and collaboration

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for Autodesk workflows.

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Welcome to the Autodesk Accelerator, Upload Models

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and Documents to the cloud using Autodesk Docs.

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The objectives for this session are

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to create folders in Autodesk Docs,

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evaluate where to upload data based on its type

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and requirements, learn how to upload project

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data to the Project Files location,

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learn how to set permissions on those folders,

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as well as doing the same For the Field location.

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The workflow we're going to follow

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is evaluate where to upload the data,

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create a folder structure, upload project

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related documents and work in progress to the Project Files

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location, upload construction related and contract

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documents to the For the Field location,

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and then set folder permissions on everything.

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So let's go ahead and get started with our first task--

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Evaluate where to upload data.

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This is going to be the first step in our workflow.

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By default, there are two folder locations in Docs.

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Each one has its own workflow and purpose.

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They are Project Files and For the Field.

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The For the Field houses the digital equivalent

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of the printed set of contract drawings for the project.

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Specialized workflow capability when

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using Autodesk Build, PlanGrid, et cetera,

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are used inside For the Field.

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Project Files is project-related documents,

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including design data and all other document types.

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All of your work in progress data

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should be stored in Project Files.

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The BIM Collaborate workflows for Civil, Plant, and Revit,

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all require data to be in Project Files.

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The way I look at it is everything

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should be in Project Files, unless you know

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it should be in For the Field.

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We'll talk a little bit more about that For the Field

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folder here in just a little bit.

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So let's start by creating a folder

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structure, the second step in our workflow.

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Folder structures can be manually created

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in Autodesk Docs, on the Files tab,

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by simply clicking the ellipsis on any folder

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and clicking Add subfolder.

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Once you click Add subfolder, it will be added like this.

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You can change that name, hit the check mark,

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and it's created.

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Folders can also be renamed and deleted

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through that same ellipsis button.

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Now, if you have a large folder structure,

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it's easier to upload it, especially if you already

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have it existing, maybe you've got a folder structure

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you use on other projects that you've got in File Explorer,

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maybe it's on your server somewhere

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that you want to just upload to this project,

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you can do that through the Desktop Connector.

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Desktop Connector is a small app that you

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install in Windows, that connects your Windows File

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Explorer to Autodesk Docs.

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You can simply just drag and drop.

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Control-C, Control-V, your shortcuts for copy and paste.

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When you right-click-- the reason

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you do that is when you right-click in the Desktop

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Connector location-- the right click context menu

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doesn't have a paste.

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So simply drag and drop, or just use those shortcuts

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for copy and paste.

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Once you have that uploaded, you can then add more subfolders.

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You can do it here or through the web browser,

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either way you want to do it.

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Our folder structure could also have

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been created from a template.

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You can set templates up that have folder structures,

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permissions, things already added

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so that when you create a new project,

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it save you a ton of work.

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So when you can set up templates and use those,

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it'll save you a lot of creation time on your projects.

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Let's go ahead, jump into the demonstration

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on creating a folder structure.

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Autodesk Docs provides two default locations

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to store data--

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Project Files and For the Field.

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Knowing where to upload your data

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and creating the folder structure

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to support that is key in getting your project set up.

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So let's talk about what data goes where and how to create

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those folders.

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For the Field houses the digital equivalent

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of the printed set of contract drawings for the project.

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It also has specialized workflow capability

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when using Autodesk Build, PlanGrid,

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and some of the other Autodesk Construction Cloud

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applications.

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Files put in For the Field also automatically synced

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to mobile devices.

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Project Files is going to be your storage

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location for everything else.

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So all of your work in progress data,

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design data, things that you're currently working on that

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will all exist inside Project Files.

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When you're working with Revit Cloud Worksharing,

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or with collaboration for Civil 3D or Plant 3D,

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it requires that all those files exist in Project Files as well.

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So the way I typically look at it

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is everything should go on Project Files,

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unless you know it goes in For the Field.

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Once you know which folder you're going to put it in,

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you can start setting yourself up a folder structure.

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It's a couple of different ways to create a folder structure.

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The first way is by simply hovering over

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an existing folder, clicking the three dots and add subfolder.

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Subfolder will be created, with the name of the folder above it

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and a dot--

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You can just delete that, and name it whatever you want.

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So we'll name this one as the test folder.

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You click the checkbox, and there you

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have a subfolder created.

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Your view is customizable, so you

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can grab this and make this larger so that you

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can see folder names better.

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So again, we just click on those three dots, add subfolder.

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A subfolder is created.

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We named it whatever we want.

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We hit the checkbox.

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And we have a folder structure.

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So this is a tedious way to create a folder structure,

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but you can do it this way.

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You just click on a folder, create a subfolder

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underneath that one, so on and so forth,

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and create your folders.

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Not the most efficient way to create

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yourself a folder structure.

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So let's look at a couple of other ways to do that.

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Likely, you're going to have a folder structure in Windows

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that you already use, whether it's on your local server,

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or on your local machine.

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You probably have a set of folders

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that you typically start a project from.

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So what we can do is we can actually use the Autodesk

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Desktop Connector.

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The Desktop Connector is an application

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that connects the Autodesk Docs to Windows

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so you can see the contents of your Autodesk Docs projects

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in the Windows File Explorer.

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So if we open two Windows side by side,

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we've got the folders locally here on our computer.

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And then we are opening here on the right-hand side

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to that Desktop Connector location.

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We're going to put these in Project Files.

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And we'll put the Civil folder, which

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has some subfolders over here by just dragging and dropping.

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So you'll notice if I right-click

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on something in Windows, I'll get a whole bunch of options.

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But if I right-click on something over here

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in Desktop Connector, I have a different set of tools.

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My right-click context menu is a little bit different.

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So I don't want to do a right-click,

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and copy and paste, and either drag and drop or use

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the keyboard shortcuts--

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Control-C for copy, Control-V for paste.

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I'll just drag and drop.

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And you'll see down here this little window

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pop-up saying files are transferring, creating folders.

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And this is going to actually take the folder structure

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that we drug from our local machine

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over to our Desktop Connector.

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And it's going to then upload those,

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and we'll see them on the web browser.

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So let's go ahead and jump back over to the web browser,

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and we'll see that Civil folder and its subfolders

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created there.

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You'll notice I hit Refresh there to get it to show up.

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Looks like everything is there on the local side.

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So let's jump back over to the browser.

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All right, we're back here in Autodesk Docs

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on the web browser.

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And there is that Civil folder and all of it subfolders.

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So a much easier way to create a folder structure.

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If you just open it up in File Explorer,

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and use that Desktop Connector to drag and drop,

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or use the keyboard shortcuts to copy

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and paste your folder structure over, it then uploads it,

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and it all appears here in Docs.

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We also have the ability to create a folder structure

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automatically when we create a project.

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We do that through, what's called, Template projects.

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Templates can be set up by admins.

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So you actually have to be an account admin

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to set up a template.

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But what we can do is actually create a folder structure

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with permissions, and there's a few other things

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that you can do with templates as well.

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There is another accelerator on templates.

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So if you take a look at that, there's

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more in-depth information on how to create these.

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But what you can do is you can create yourself a folder

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structure within a template.

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And when you create a new project,

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you tell it to apply that template,

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and the new project is created with that folder

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structure already existing.

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So recap, there's a couple of ways

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to create your folder structure-- manually create it

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through the web browser here in Autodesk Docs,

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drag and drop things inside File Explorer

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through the Desktop Connector, or have those automatically

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generated when you create the project by using a project

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template.

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So now that we have a folder structure,

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let's look at getting files uploading.

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Let's look next at uploading data

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to project files, the third step in our workflow.

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The first way we can upload data is

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by simply going to Autodesk Docs in the web browser

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and clicking either upload files or the ellipsis

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on any folder, and Upload, and Files.

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It will then open a selection window,

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where you can pick the files that you want to upload.

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Once you begin that process, all of your uploads

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will be added to this Upload monitor

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window, where you can come in and see the status of any

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of your uploads.

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You can also drag and drop files from File Explorer

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onto this window.

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One thing to note here, you can only select files.

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You can't select folders or subfolders.

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So if you have a large data set or things that are folded,

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the best way to do that is to bring it in through the Desktop

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Connector.

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So just like we did through the folders,

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we're going to either drag and drop, or use the Control-C,

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Control-V copy-paste shortcuts to move things

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from our local location into that Desktop Connector, where

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they'll begin to upload.

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You can monitor the progress of your uploading

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through the Pending Actions window.

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One thing to keep in mind here is

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you can also bring in files and folders at the same time.

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So if you've got a folder structure with files

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already in it, you could do this in one step

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and bring in your files and folders at once.

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Now, there are some instances where there's some specialized

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uploads.

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For example, Revit central models

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need to be brought in through Revit.

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They can't just be uploaded right through Autodesk Docs

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or through the Desktop Connector.

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Similarly, with Civil 3D, there's

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some setup that needs to happen inside Civil 3D.

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There is also a Data Migration Tool for Civil 3D.

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It's currently a beta product, but it can also

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be used to upload Civil 3D data.

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So all of our work in progress data

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can be brought in through these methods.

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Let's talk next about uploading data

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to the For the Field location, the fourth step

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in our workflow.

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So just like with project files, things

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can be brought into For the Field by either

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doing the Upload files inside the web browser,

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or by using the Desktop Connector.

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One thing you'll notice is when you go to Upload,

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you're going to get this pop-up that says "Files in this folder

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are viewable to all project members

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and are synced to mobile."

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That's the purpose of that For the Field location.

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Everyone has at least View access,

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and all of that contents is synced to mobile devices.

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So just keep that in mind as you're uploading things

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to the For the Field location.

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The For the Field location really

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is meant to give access to things in the field.

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Work in progress data should not exist

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in the For the Field location.

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So let's look at the demonstration on uploading

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files to Autodesk Docs in both Project Files

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and For the Field.

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Now that we've looked at creating folder structures

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and how to upload folder structures,

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let's look at how we upload data.

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Let's start by looking at how to upload data

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through Autodesk Docs.

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So you'll notice there's a big blue Upload files button.

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Also, if we click these three dots,

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we have an Upload and Files here as well.

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So much like the way we created subfolders,

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we can add things this way.

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Or if we drill into the folder we

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want to add something to, we can hit Upload files,

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pick them from our computer, browse to the location

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where we have them.

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So we'll look at uploading a Revit model here.

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We just select the file that we want, and it begins uploading.

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So as we select multiple files, they'll show here in this list,

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and where they're at on uploading.

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So let me grab a couple others here, and let's add these ones.

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You'll see those smaller files upload quickly,

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whereas that large Revit model is still uploading.

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As the upload process finishes on each one,

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you'll see the green check marks.

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Some of these larger files, like Revit models,

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will show processing for quite a while.

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It has uploaded.

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What it's doing is creating the backend files

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it needs for the View.

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So file types can be viewed Revit models, DWGs.

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There's quite a few different file types

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that can be viewed natively in the browser

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through Autodesk Docs.

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It's creating the back end information that needs.

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So even though it says it's processing and has uploaded,

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it's just working on that View stuff in the background.

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We can upload files in the For the Field area in the same way,

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clicking those three dots, or by clicking the Upload files.

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When we do this, we're going to get a pop-up here

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that says we want to release this to the field.

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It's going to give us a warning that files in here

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are viewable to all project members

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and that they're synced to mobile.

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Because For the Field has this specific workflow behind it,

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it's just giving us a message here so

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that we know what's going on.

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We can hit Don't show me again, and then

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continue if we don't want to see that message again.

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So if we're familiar with the process

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and don't need to be seeing this,

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we can just Don't show me again and Continue.

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It'll bring up that same Upload files.

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You'll notice those same files that we uploaded

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before are still here in the list,

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and that Revit model is still processing.

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But we add in the same way, just we pick

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where we want to pull it from.

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And we'll just pick something in here.

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We'll go to a PDF and grab, and upload it,

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and it will begin uploading that.

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So whether we're uploading to Project Files or For the Field,

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we just click that Upload button,

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select the files from where they're at locally.

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This will pop up and show us the process.

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If we close this, we'll see a smaller version of it here.

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We can also collapse it all the way,

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but it just gives us some insight

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into what's happening with our uploads.

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We can also upload files using the Autodesk Desktop Connector

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through Windows File Explorer, just

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like we did folders earlier.

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If you recall from when we were uploading folders this way,

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if we right-click here in the Desktop Connector location,

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the right-click context menu is not there.

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It's not the same as when you do it in a regular File Explorer

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window.

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So we're going to either use the Control-C copy, Control-V

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for paste, or just drag and drop things over.

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So let's go ahead and grab some folders and files in them.

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These ones here have some images in them.

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So let's grab those and copy those over,

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highlight the few that we want, and drag and drop them over.

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And that upload process is going to begin.

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So just like on the web browser side how we had that window,

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you've saw down here.

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There's an Upload status window.

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We saw that in Autodesk Docs.

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We'll see a similar thing here.

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But if we wanted to monitor how things are uploading

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for moving a whole bunch of things at once,

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we can use the Pending Actions window here.

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If we just right-click on the Desktop Connector icon

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and go to Pending Actions, it's going to tell us

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that it's adding files.

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It's adding many of them.

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And this is going to give us a good idea of what's happening.

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So as we add more things, we'll see this Pending Actions

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list stack up.

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So let's go ahead and grab like this PDF folder as well,

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and we'll drag and drop it over.

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And we'll see that now being out of the Pending Actions.

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So as I'm uploading data, I'll open this Pending Actions

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window, just keep an eye on where things are at if there's

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an error as it's uploading.

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It will show that here.

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And we'll have a good idea of where our status is at as

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far as our upload goes.

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If you have a large data set with hundreds of files

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or a bunch of very large files, I

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recommend breaking up your transfer into smaller chunks,

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so copy over a few folders at a time, let those process.

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If you throw a whole bunch of stuff, you throw 10 gigs,

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all added at once, it may take a while

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and clog up your Pending Actions.

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So I like to do things in smaller chunks,

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but you can move any amount of data you want this way.

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You can move any type of files you want.

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Anything that you put in that Desktop Connector location

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will then be uploaded.

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There are a couple specialized upload scenarios.

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For example, if we're using Revit Cloud Worksharing to host

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Revit models in the cloud with BIM Collaborate Pro,

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we have to add them a little bit differently.

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We do that through Revit.

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There's another accelerator on how to do that,

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but just note there are a couple specialized upload scenarios

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using collaboration for Civil 3D,

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or Plant 3D, or the Revit Cloud Worksharing.

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Those BIM Collaborate Pro tools can require

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some additional upload methods.

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Jumping back over to Autodesk Docs in our web browser,

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we can see that those files and folders are uploaded,

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that we brought in through Desktop Connector,

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and are available.

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So we can either upload files here

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through the web browser using just the Upload Files button,

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or bring them in through the Desktop Connector,

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also not forgetting about those specialized scenarios

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where we need to bring them in through applications.

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Now that we have a folder structure created

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and files uploaded, let's look at how we set permissions

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on the folders.

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We'll look next at setting folder permissions.

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This will be the final step in our workflow.

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Folder permissions are going to be used to control access

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to folders in Docs.

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Permissions are set by folders, and not by individual files.

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And one thing to keep in mind as project admins

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have full access to all folders in the project, that's

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not something that can be restricted.

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Any project admin is going to have unrestricted access

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to everything within the project.

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To change permissions, we simply click on the ellipsis.

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By hovering over a folder, we'll then see the ellipsis.

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We can then click Permissions, just

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like we did with Add subfolder, Rename, all the other options.

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That will bring up the Permissions window.

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From here, we can go ahead and add permissions

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by simply clicking the Add button,

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and putting in a user, a company, or a role.

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Once we've got them added, we can then

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set the permission level.

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Companies and roles can be used like groups

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to make permission easier.

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So if you've got a folder that an entire company needs access

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to, you could set the access by the company,

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instead of the individual user.

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It also saves you time down the road.

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When you go to Add someone to the company,

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you add someone new to Autodesk Docs.

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You invite them as the member of that company.

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They then have default access to all

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of the folders that are being given access

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through that company name.

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Now, one thing to keep in mind is

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if you've got a mix of those, if you've got companies, roles,

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individual users all added as permissions

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to a folder, the highest access granted wins.

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So, for example, if you have someone added,

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and from the company they have View only permissions,

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but then they're added individually

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where they have Edit permissions,

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they will have that Edit permission.

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It will give them the highest level granted to them.

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There are four different categories for permissions--

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View, Create, Edit, and Manage.

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If a user is not given any permissions

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through either role, or company, or their individual,

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if they have no permission to set it all,

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then they won't even be able to see that the folder exists.

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You set the permission level by simply clicking the dropdown

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and selecting the permission level you want them to have.

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Now, you'll notice a couple of these,

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like View, have multiple View options--

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a View Only, and a View and Download.

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You can set permission level to either one,

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and you can always change permissions at any time

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by coming back in here, and changing it permissions

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on this dropdown.

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So let's go ahead and jump into the demonstration

19:12

on setting folder permissions.

19:14

Now that we have files and folders uploaded,

19:16

let's look at setting permissions on these.

19:18

When you first create a project, nobody

19:20

except project administrators has access to those folders.

19:23

So we need to set access.

19:24

Once we get some access set up, we

19:26

can set it up to be a little bit modular,

19:28

so that as we add people in the future,

19:29

it makes permission easier.

19:31

Also, when you have permissions set

19:32

and you create subfolders underneath them,

19:34

it will inherit their parent folder's permissions.

19:37

But let's look at how we get these permissions set up.

19:41

One thing to note as you get going on setting this up

19:43

is that permissions are set at the folder level,

19:45

not at the individual file.

19:47

So if we go to any one of our folders--

19:49

we click on the three dots and click Permissions--

19:52

it's going to open the Permissions window

19:53

and show us the existing permissions.

19:56

Permissions can be added by individual users,

19:59

by companies, or by roles.

20:03

If you use a mixture of these, a user's access

20:05

is going to be dictated by their highest permission level.

20:07

So, for example, if you add a company and that company

20:10

has read-only permissions, then you

20:12

add a user from that company and give them write permissions,

20:16

that user will end up with write permissions.

20:18

They'll end up with the highest grant to them

20:20

through either the user of the company or the role.

20:23

As you set these up, you'll notice

20:25

that there may be a number of users that are already listed,

20:27

so you see me here listed.

20:29

Over here where there would be a Remove button,

20:31

it says Project Admin.

20:32

That's telling us that this user is a project admin.

20:35

That's important because project admins have access

20:38

to every folder within a project,

20:39

and that is not something that you can change.

20:41

They will always have full access

20:43

to every file and folder within the project.

20:46

This being the case, I recommend keeping your project

20:48

administrators to a minimum, so that you don't have just

20:51

wide open access to everybody.

20:53

To add permissions, we just click the Add button.

20:56

First thing we need to do is add whether we

20:58

want to add a user, a role, or a company.

21:00

And if we're doing a user, we can do it either by their name

21:03

or by their email address.

21:05

So in this example, we'll just add a user.

21:09

So we will select the member we want

21:10

to add permissions to, and then select the permission level.

21:17

There are four different permission levels--

21:19

View, Create, Edit, and Manage.

21:22

And View and Create have two different types,

21:24

whether we want the ability for people to view and download,

21:27

or just view, and then on the Create side

21:29

if we want them to also be able to upload.

21:31

So we'll select the permission level that we want.

21:33

In this scenario, we will give Edit permissions and Add.

21:41

Now, we'll see all of our existing users,

21:43

companies, or roles that have permissions,

21:45

what their permission level is.

21:47

If we want to remove that permission,

21:48

we can simply just click the Remove button.

21:51

Let's go ahead and add a company here as well.

21:53

So we will add access for Architectural Company.

21:57

We do it the same way we did to user.

21:59

We select it.

21:60

We select the permission level that we want them to have.

22:02

In this case, we'll give them View, and we'll click Add.

22:06

Again, they'll be added to the list

22:07

up here at the top as a tally of how many users, companies,

22:11

or roles you have set.

22:13

Changing permissions as simply is easily as

22:15

dropping down here, picking the level that you want.

22:18

Removing is this simple.

22:20

One of the great tools too is you

22:22

can click on this little arrow next to a company or a role,

22:25

and it will show you the users who

22:27

have access through that company or that role.

22:29

It's a really good way to see, as you're

22:31

trying to figure out permissions issue who is having access

22:34

via what role or what company.

22:37

It's a good idea to be strategic about how you add permissions,

22:40

adding by a group, so whether by a company or by a role,

22:43

makes things a little easier down the road.

22:45

If you add people to the project,

22:47

and you add them to a company and their company already

22:49

has access to folders, you don't have

22:51

to remember to go give that individual file

22:53

access to folders.

22:55

They'll have them by simply being a member

22:57

of that company or that role.

22:58

So typically I like to, as much as I can,

23:01

add permissions based on companies, roles.

23:04

If I need to, they can be used as a secondary,

23:07

but really I rely on the company to set my primary permissions.

23:11

And then I can add based on user if I

23:13

have specific users that needs some specific folder

23:17

permissions.

23:18

Now, if we click on this Architecture folder--

23:20

so we are changing permissions here on the project files.

23:23

Let's go to one of the subfolders, the Architecture

23:25

folder because it already had some permissions set.

23:27

Let's look at a couple of things.

23:28

So we'll notice here is an administrator,

23:31

tells us a Project Admin.

23:33

So we already know that they have default access.

23:35

But you'll notice this one here says inherited.

23:37

And if we hover over it, it's telling us

23:39

that this permission was inherited from a parent folder.

23:41

That's because we set for Shawn to have that Edit

23:44

access at the Project Files level, that was then passed

23:47

down through the subfolders.

23:48

And if we want to remove that access,

23:50

we need to go to the top level folder and remove that access.

23:54

Same thing goes for a company here.

23:55

We'll notice that company has inherited access,

23:57

but then we have another company who did not inherit it

23:60

from the Project Files folder.

24:01

Structural Company already had View permissions

24:04

on this folder.

24:05

We can remove it if we want to.

24:07

So you've got to remember as you're

24:08

going through permissions that if you're setting it

24:10

on a folder that has subfolders, it's

24:12

going to push those whatever folder permissions

24:15

that you set.

24:15

It's going to push them down the line.

24:17

If you want to modify those, you need

24:19

to go back up to that top level folder to do so.

24:22

Now that we have a folder structure created,

24:24

files uploaded, and permissions set on those folders,

24:27

you've completed some of the key, crucial first steps

24:30

to get in Autodesk Docs configured.

24:31

And with that, thank you for joining this Autodesk

24:34

Accelerator.

24:34

There's some additional resources available to you.

24:37

On the Customer Success Hub, customersuccess.autodesk.com,

24:40

there's more courses, learning paths,

24:42

recorded coaching sessions, some more live coaching topics.

24:46

There's similar topics to this, as well as

24:48

topics across the entire Autodesk platform.

24:50

That's all available to you on the Customer Success Hub.

24:53

So go check it out.

24:54

And with that, thanks for joining this session,

24:56

and have a fantastic day.

Video transcript

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BRYSON ANDERSON: Autodesk Accelerators

00:12

are designed to help your team stay ahead

00:14

of the curve with the latest workflows.

00:16

These include on-demand courses, pre-recorded coaching,

00:19

as well as live coaching.

00:20

To see the full list of topics, visit the Customer Success Hub.

00:26

Take a moment to read over the safe harbor statement.

00:28

This is a reminder that we may make statements

00:30

about future developments.

00:31

These are not intended to be a guarantee,

00:33

but reflect our current expectations and assumptions.

00:38

Before we get started, let me introduce myself.

00:40

My name is Bryson Anderson.

00:41

I'm based out of Utah, been in the IT industry

00:44

for about 14 years now, the last 10 years in the AEC

00:47

Marketplace, working with firms in all aspects of their IT,

00:50

including data management and collaboration

00:52

for Autodesk workflows.

00:57

Welcome to the Autodesk Accelerator, Upload Models

00:59

and Documents to the cloud using Autodesk Docs.

01:02

The objectives for this session are

01:04

to create folders in Autodesk Docs,

01:06

evaluate where to upload data based on its type

01:08

and requirements, learn how to upload project

01:10

data to the Project Files location,

01:12

learn how to set permissions on those folders,

01:14

as well as doing the same For the Field location.

01:17

The workflow we're going to follow

01:18

is evaluate where to upload the data,

01:20

create a folder structure, upload project

01:23

related documents and work in progress to the Project Files

01:26

location, upload construction related and contract

01:28

documents to the For the Field location,

01:31

and then set folder permissions on everything.

01:34

So let's go ahead and get started with our first task--

01:36

Evaluate where to upload data.

01:39

This is going to be the first step in our workflow.

01:42

By default, there are two folder locations in Docs.

01:44

Each one has its own workflow and purpose.

01:46

They are Project Files and For the Field.

01:48

The For the Field houses the digital equivalent

01:51

of the printed set of contract drawings for the project.

01:53

Specialized workflow capability when

01:55

using Autodesk Build, PlanGrid, et cetera,

01:57

are used inside For the Field.

01:59

Project Files is project-related documents,

02:01

including design data and all other document types.

02:04

All of your work in progress data

02:06

should be stored in Project Files.

02:07

The BIM Collaborate workflows for Civil, Plant, and Revit,

02:10

all require data to be in Project Files.

02:13

The way I look at it is everything

02:14

should be in Project Files, unless you know

02:16

it should be in For the Field.

02:18

We'll talk a little bit more about that For the Field

02:20

folder here in just a little bit.

02:22

So let's start by creating a folder

02:23

structure, the second step in our workflow.

02:27

Folder structures can be manually created

02:29

in Autodesk Docs, on the Files tab,

02:32

by simply clicking the ellipsis on any folder

02:34

and clicking Add subfolder.

02:36

Once you click Add subfolder, it will be added like this.

02:38

You can change that name, hit the check mark,

02:41

and it's created.

02:43

Folders can also be renamed and deleted

02:45

through that same ellipsis button.

02:48

Now, if you have a large folder structure,

02:50

it's easier to upload it, especially if you already

02:53

have it existing, maybe you've got a folder structure

02:54

you use on other projects that you've got in File Explorer,

02:57

maybe it's on your server somewhere

02:58

that you want to just upload to this project,

03:00

you can do that through the Desktop Connector.

03:02

Desktop Connector is a small app that you

03:04

install in Windows, that connects your Windows File

03:06

Explorer to Autodesk Docs.

03:08

You can simply just drag and drop.

03:10

Control-C, Control-V, your shortcuts for copy and paste.

03:13

When you right-click-- the reason

03:15

you do that is when you right-click in the Desktop

03:18

Connector location-- the right click context menu

03:20

doesn't have a paste.

03:22

So simply drag and drop, or just use those shortcuts

03:26

for copy and paste.

03:27

Once you have that uploaded, you can then add more subfolders.

03:30

You can do it here or through the web browser,

03:32

either way you want to do it.

03:34

Our folder structure could also have

03:35

been created from a template.

03:37

You can set templates up that have folder structures,

03:40

permissions, things already added

03:42

so that when you create a new project,

03:44

it save you a ton of work.

03:45

So when you can set up templates and use those,

03:48

it'll save you a lot of creation time on your projects.

03:51

Let's go ahead, jump into the demonstration

03:53

on creating a folder structure.

03:56

Autodesk Docs provides two default locations

03:58

to store data--

03:59

Project Files and For the Field.

04:01

Knowing where to upload your data

04:03

and creating the folder structure

04:04

to support that is key in getting your project set up.

04:07

So let's talk about what data goes where and how to create

04:10

those folders.

04:11

For the Field houses the digital equivalent

04:13

of the printed set of contract drawings for the project.

04:16

It also has specialized workflow capability

04:18

when using Autodesk Build, PlanGrid,

04:20

and some of the other Autodesk Construction Cloud

04:22

applications.

04:23

Files put in For the Field also automatically synced

04:26

to mobile devices.

04:28

Project Files is going to be your storage

04:29

location for everything else.

04:31

So all of your work in progress data,

04:32

design data, things that you're currently working on that

04:35

will all exist inside Project Files.

04:37

When you're working with Revit Cloud Worksharing,

04:39

or with collaboration for Civil 3D or Plant 3D,

04:42

it requires that all those files exist in Project Files as well.

04:45

So the way I typically look at it

04:47

is everything should go on Project Files,

04:49

unless you know it goes in For the Field.

04:51

Once you know which folder you're going to put it in,

04:53

you can start setting yourself up a folder structure.

04:55

It's a couple of different ways to create a folder structure.

04:58

The first way is by simply hovering over

05:00

an existing folder, clicking the three dots and add subfolder.

05:04

Subfolder will be created, with the name of the folder above it

05:09

and a dot--

05:12

You can just delete that, and name it whatever you want.

05:15

So we'll name this one as the test folder.

05:17

You click the checkbox, and there you

05:20

have a subfolder created.

05:21

Your view is customizable, so you

05:23

can grab this and make this larger so that you

05:26

can see folder names better.

05:28

So again, we just click on those three dots, add subfolder.

05:32

A subfolder is created.

05:33

We named it whatever we want.

05:36

We hit the checkbox.

05:38

And we have a folder structure.

05:39

So this is a tedious way to create a folder structure,

05:41

but you can do it this way.

05:43

You just click on a folder, create a subfolder

05:45

underneath that one, so on and so forth,

05:46

and create your folders.

05:47

Not the most efficient way to create

05:50

yourself a folder structure.

05:51

So let's look at a couple of other ways to do that.

05:53

Likely, you're going to have a folder structure in Windows

05:56

that you already use, whether it's on your local server,

05:58

or on your local machine.

05:59

You probably have a set of folders

06:01

that you typically start a project from.

06:03

So what we can do is we can actually use the Autodesk

06:05

Desktop Connector.

06:06

The Desktop Connector is an application

06:08

that connects the Autodesk Docs to Windows

06:11

so you can see the contents of your Autodesk Docs projects

06:14

in the Windows File Explorer.

06:16

So if we open two Windows side by side,

06:18

we've got the folders locally here on our computer.

06:21

And then we are opening here on the right-hand side

06:24

to that Desktop Connector location.

06:27

We're going to put these in Project Files.

06:29

And we'll put the Civil folder, which

06:31

has some subfolders over here by just dragging and dropping.

06:36

So you'll notice if I right-click

06:38

on something in Windows, I'll get a whole bunch of options.

06:42

But if I right-click on something over here

06:44

in Desktop Connector, I have a different set of tools.

06:47

My right-click context menu is a little bit different.

06:50

So I don't want to do a right-click,

06:52

and copy and paste, and either drag and drop or use

06:55

the keyboard shortcuts--

06:56

Control-C for copy, Control-V for paste.

07:00

I'll just drag and drop.

07:02

And you'll see down here this little window

07:05

pop-up saying files are transferring, creating folders.

07:08

And this is going to actually take the folder structure

07:11

that we drug from our local machine

07:13

over to our Desktop Connector.

07:15

And it's going to then upload those,

07:17

and we'll see them on the web browser.

07:20

So let's go ahead and jump back over to the web browser,

07:23

and we'll see that Civil folder and its subfolders

07:26

created there.

07:27

You'll notice I hit Refresh there to get it to show up.

07:30

Looks like everything is there on the local side.

07:33

So let's jump back over to the browser.

07:36

All right, we're back here in Autodesk Docs

07:38

on the web browser.

07:39

And there is that Civil folder and all of it subfolders.

07:43

So a much easier way to create a folder structure.

07:46

If you just open it up in File Explorer,

07:48

and use that Desktop Connector to drag and drop,

07:50

or use the keyboard shortcuts to copy

07:53

and paste your folder structure over, it then uploads it,

07:56

and it all appears here in Docs.

07:59

We also have the ability to create a folder structure

08:01

automatically when we create a project.

08:03

We do that through, what's called, Template projects.

08:06

Templates can be set up by admins.

08:08

So you actually have to be an account admin

08:10

to set up a template.

08:11

But what we can do is actually create a folder structure

08:15

with permissions, and there's a few other things

08:17

that you can do with templates as well.

08:18

There is another accelerator on templates.

08:21

So if you take a look at that, there's

08:23

more in-depth information on how to create these.

08:25

But what you can do is you can create yourself a folder

08:27

structure within a template.

08:29

And when you create a new project,

08:31

you tell it to apply that template,

08:33

and the new project is created with that folder

08:35

structure already existing.

08:37

So recap, there's a couple of ways

08:39

to create your folder structure-- manually create it

08:42

through the web browser here in Autodesk Docs,

08:44

drag and drop things inside File Explorer

08:46

through the Desktop Connector, or have those automatically

08:49

generated when you create the project by using a project

08:52

template.

08:54

So now that we have a folder structure,

08:56

let's look at getting files uploading.

08:59

Let's look next at uploading data

09:01

to project files, the third step in our workflow.

09:04

The first way we can upload data is

09:06

by simply going to Autodesk Docs in the web browser

09:08

and clicking either upload files or the ellipsis

09:10

on any folder, and Upload, and Files.

09:13

It will then open a selection window,

09:14

where you can pick the files that you want to upload.

09:18

Once you begin that process, all of your uploads

09:20

will be added to this Upload monitor

09:22

window, where you can come in and see the status of any

09:24

of your uploads.

09:26

You can also drag and drop files from File Explorer

09:29

onto this window.

09:30

One thing to note here, you can only select files.

09:32

You can't select folders or subfolders.

09:35

So if you have a large data set or things that are folded,

09:38

the best way to do that is to bring it in through the Desktop

09:41

Connector.

09:42

So just like we did through the folders,

09:44

we're going to either drag and drop, or use the Control-C,

09:46

Control-V copy-paste shortcuts to move things

09:50

from our local location into that Desktop Connector, where

09:53

they'll begin to upload.

09:54

You can monitor the progress of your uploading

09:56

through the Pending Actions window.

09:58

One thing to keep in mind here is

09:59

you can also bring in files and folders at the same time.

10:02

So if you've got a folder structure with files

10:04

already in it, you could do this in one step

10:06

and bring in your files and folders at once.

10:08

Now, there are some instances where there's some specialized

10:10

uploads.

10:11

For example, Revit central models

10:13

need to be brought in through Revit.

10:14

They can't just be uploaded right through Autodesk Docs

10:17

or through the Desktop Connector.

10:18

Similarly, with Civil 3D, there's

10:20

some setup that needs to happen inside Civil 3D.

10:22

There is also a Data Migration Tool for Civil 3D.

10:25

It's currently a beta product, but it can also

10:27

be used to upload Civil 3D data.

10:29

So all of our work in progress data

10:31

can be brought in through these methods.

10:33

Let's talk next about uploading data

10:34

to the For the Field location, the fourth step

10:37

in our workflow.

10:38

So just like with project files, things

10:40

can be brought into For the Field by either

10:43

doing the Upload files inside the web browser,

10:46

or by using the Desktop Connector.

10:48

One thing you'll notice is when you go to Upload,

10:50

you're going to get this pop-up that says "Files in this folder

10:52

are viewable to all project members

10:53

and are synced to mobile."

10:55

That's the purpose of that For the Field location.

10:58

Everyone has at least View access,

11:00

and all of that contents is synced to mobile devices.

11:03

So just keep that in mind as you're uploading things

11:06

to the For the Field location.

11:07

The For the Field location really

11:09

is meant to give access to things in the field.

11:12

Work in progress data should not exist

11:14

in the For the Field location.

11:16

So let's look at the demonstration on uploading

11:18

files to Autodesk Docs in both Project Files

11:20

and For the Field.

11:23

Now that we've looked at creating folder structures

11:25

and how to upload folder structures,

11:27

let's look at how we upload data.

11:30

Let's start by looking at how to upload data

11:32

through Autodesk Docs.

11:33

So you'll notice there's a big blue Upload files button.

11:36

Also, if we click these three dots,

11:38

we have an Upload and Files here as well.

11:41

So much like the way we created subfolders,

11:43

we can add things this way.

11:45

Or if we drill into the folder we

11:47

want to add something to, we can hit Upload files,

11:50

pick them from our computer, browse to the location

11:54

where we have them.

11:56

So we'll look at uploading a Revit model here.

11:58

We just select the file that we want, and it begins uploading.

12:02

So as we select multiple files, they'll show here in this list,

12:07

and where they're at on uploading.

12:08

So let me grab a couple others here, and let's add these ones.

12:13

You'll see those smaller files upload quickly,

12:16

whereas that large Revit model is still uploading.

12:19

As the upload process finishes on each one,

12:22

you'll see the green check marks.

12:23

Some of these larger files, like Revit models,

12:26

will show processing for quite a while.

12:27

It has uploaded.

12:29

What it's doing is creating the backend files

12:31

it needs for the View.

12:33

So file types can be viewed Revit models, DWGs.

12:38

There's quite a few different file types

12:40

that can be viewed natively in the browser

12:42

through Autodesk Docs.

12:44

It's creating the back end information that needs.

12:46

So even though it says it's processing and has uploaded,

12:49

it's just working on that View stuff in the background.

12:52

We can upload files in the For the Field area in the same way,

12:56

clicking those three dots, or by clicking the Upload files.

12:59

When we do this, we're going to get a pop-up here

13:01

that says we want to release this to the field.

13:03

It's going to give us a warning that files in here

13:05

are viewable to all project members

13:07

and that they're synced to mobile.

13:08

Because For the Field has this specific workflow behind it,

13:11

it's just giving us a message here so

13:13

that we know what's going on.

13:14

We can hit Don't show me again, and then

13:16

continue if we don't want to see that message again.

13:18

So if we're familiar with the process

13:20

and don't need to be seeing this,

13:21

we can just Don't show me again and Continue.

13:24

It'll bring up that same Upload files.

13:26

You'll notice those same files that we uploaded

13:28

before are still here in the list,

13:29

and that Revit model is still processing.

13:31

But we add in the same way, just we pick

13:33

where we want to pull it from.

13:35

And we'll just pick something in here.

13:37

We'll go to a PDF and grab, and upload it,

13:41

and it will begin uploading that.

13:42

So whether we're uploading to Project Files or For the Field,

13:45

we just click that Upload button,

13:47

select the files from where they're at locally.

13:50

This will pop up and show us the process.

13:52

If we close this, we'll see a smaller version of it here.

13:56

We can also collapse it all the way,

13:58

but it just gives us some insight

13:59

into what's happening with our uploads.

14:02

We can also upload files using the Autodesk Desktop Connector

14:05

through Windows File Explorer, just

14:07

like we did folders earlier.

14:09

If you recall from when we were uploading folders this way,

14:12

if we right-click here in the Desktop Connector location,

14:14

the right-click context menu is not there.

14:17

It's not the same as when you do it in a regular File Explorer

14:19

window.

14:20

So we're going to either use the Control-C copy, Control-V

14:23

for paste, or just drag and drop things over.

14:27

So let's go ahead and grab some folders and files in them.

14:30

These ones here have some images in them.

14:33

So let's grab those and copy those over,

14:37

highlight the few that we want, and drag and drop them over.

14:41

And that upload process is going to begin.

14:44

So just like on the web browser side how we had that window,

14:46

you've saw down here.

14:47

There's an Upload status window.

14:50

We saw that in Autodesk Docs.

14:51

We'll see a similar thing here.

14:53

But if we wanted to monitor how things are uploading

14:56

for moving a whole bunch of things at once,

14:58

we can use the Pending Actions window here.

15:02

If we just right-click on the Desktop Connector icon

15:05

and go to Pending Actions, it's going to tell us

15:08

that it's adding files.

15:10

It's adding many of them.

15:11

And this is going to give us a good idea of what's happening.

15:14

So as we add more things, we'll see this Pending Actions

15:17

list stack up.

15:19

So let's go ahead and grab like this PDF folder as well,

15:22

and we'll drag and drop it over.

15:25

And we'll see that now being out of the Pending Actions.

15:27

So as I'm uploading data, I'll open this Pending Actions

15:30

window, just keep an eye on where things are at if there's

15:33

an error as it's uploading.

15:35

It will show that here.

15:36

And we'll have a good idea of where our status is at as

15:39

far as our upload goes.

15:41

If you have a large data set with hundreds of files

15:43

or a bunch of very large files, I

15:45

recommend breaking up your transfer into smaller chunks,

15:48

so copy over a few folders at a time, let those process.

15:51

If you throw a whole bunch of stuff, you throw 10 gigs,

15:54

all added at once, it may take a while

15:56

and clog up your Pending Actions.

15:58

So I like to do things in smaller chunks,

16:00

but you can move any amount of data you want this way.

16:03

You can move any type of files you want.

16:05

Anything that you put in that Desktop Connector location

16:08

will then be uploaded.

16:11

There are a couple specialized upload scenarios.

16:14

For example, if we're using Revit Cloud Worksharing to host

16:16

Revit models in the cloud with BIM Collaborate Pro,

16:19

we have to add them a little bit differently.

16:21

We do that through Revit.

16:22

There's another accelerator on how to do that,

16:24

but just note there are a couple specialized upload scenarios

16:28

using collaboration for Civil 3D,

16:29

or Plant 3D, or the Revit Cloud Worksharing.

16:32

Those BIM Collaborate Pro tools can require

16:34

some additional upload methods.

16:39

Jumping back over to Autodesk Docs in our web browser,

16:42

we can see that those files and folders are uploaded,

16:44

that we brought in through Desktop Connector,

16:46

and are available.

16:49

So we can either upload files here

16:51

through the web browser using just the Upload Files button,

16:54

or bring them in through the Desktop Connector,

16:57

also not forgetting about those specialized scenarios

16:59

where we need to bring them in through applications.

17:02

Now that we have a folder structure created

17:04

and files uploaded, let's look at how we set permissions

17:06

on the folders.

17:09

We'll look next at setting folder permissions.

17:13

This will be the final step in our workflow.

17:15

Folder permissions are going to be used to control access

17:18

to folders in Docs.

17:19

Permissions are set by folders, and not by individual files.

17:22

And one thing to keep in mind as project admins

17:24

have full access to all folders in the project, that's

17:26

not something that can be restricted.

17:28

Any project admin is going to have unrestricted access

17:31

to everything within the project.

17:33

To change permissions, we simply click on the ellipsis.

17:35

By hovering over a folder, we'll then see the ellipsis.

17:38

We can then click Permissions, just

17:40

like we did with Add subfolder, Rename, all the other options.

17:43

That will bring up the Permissions window.

17:45

From here, we can go ahead and add permissions

17:47

by simply clicking the Add button,

17:48

and putting in a user, a company, or a role.

17:51

Once we've got them added, we can then

17:53

set the permission level.

17:54

Companies and roles can be used like groups

17:56

to make permission easier.

17:57

So if you've got a folder that an entire company needs access

17:60

to, you could set the access by the company,

18:02

instead of the individual user.

18:04

It also saves you time down the road.

18:05

When you go to Add someone to the company,

18:07

you add someone new to Autodesk Docs.

18:09

You invite them as the member of that company.

18:11

They then have default access to all

18:14

of the folders that are being given access

18:16

through that company name.

18:17

Now, one thing to keep in mind is

18:18

if you've got a mix of those, if you've got companies, roles,

18:21

individual users all added as permissions

18:23

to a folder, the highest access granted wins.

18:26

So, for example, if you have someone added,

18:28

and from the company they have View only permissions,

18:31

but then they're added individually

18:33

where they have Edit permissions,

18:34

they will have that Edit permission.

18:36

It will give them the highest level granted to them.

18:38

There are four different categories for permissions--

18:41

View, Create, Edit, and Manage.

18:43

If a user is not given any permissions

18:45

through either role, or company, or their individual,

18:48

if they have no permission to set it all,

18:49

then they won't even be able to see that the folder exists.

18:51

You set the permission level by simply clicking the dropdown

18:54

and selecting the permission level you want them to have.

18:56

Now, you'll notice a couple of these,

18:58

like View, have multiple View options--

19:00

a View Only, and a View and Download.

19:02

You can set permission level to either one,

19:04

and you can always change permissions at any time

19:06

by coming back in here, and changing it permissions

19:08

on this dropdown.

19:09

So let's go ahead and jump into the demonstration

19:12

on setting folder permissions.

19:14

Now that we have files and folders uploaded,

19:16

let's look at setting permissions on these.

19:18

When you first create a project, nobody

19:20

except project administrators has access to those folders.

19:23

So we need to set access.

19:24

Once we get some access set up, we

19:26

can set it up to be a little bit modular,

19:28

so that as we add people in the future,

19:29

it makes permission easier.

19:31

Also, when you have permissions set

19:32

and you create subfolders underneath them,

19:34

it will inherit their parent folder's permissions.

19:37

But let's look at how we get these permissions set up.

19:41

One thing to note as you get going on setting this up

19:43

is that permissions are set at the folder level,

19:45

not at the individual file.

19:47

So if we go to any one of our folders--

19:49

we click on the three dots and click Permissions--

19:52

it's going to open the Permissions window

19:53

and show us the existing permissions.

19:56

Permissions can be added by individual users,

19:59

by companies, or by roles.

20:03

If you use a mixture of these, a user's access

20:05

is going to be dictated by their highest permission level.

20:07

So, for example, if you add a company and that company

20:10

has read-only permissions, then you

20:12

add a user from that company and give them write permissions,

20:16

that user will end up with write permissions.

20:18

They'll end up with the highest grant to them

20:20

through either the user of the company or the role.

20:23

As you set these up, you'll notice

20:25

that there may be a number of users that are already listed,

20:27

so you see me here listed.

20:29

Over here where there would be a Remove button,

20:31

it says Project Admin.

20:32

That's telling us that this user is a project admin.

20:35

That's important because project admins have access

20:38

to every folder within a project,

20:39

and that is not something that you can change.

20:41

They will always have full access

20:43

to every file and folder within the project.

20:46

This being the case, I recommend keeping your project

20:48

administrators to a minimum, so that you don't have just

20:51

wide open access to everybody.

20:53

To add permissions, we just click the Add button.

20:56

First thing we need to do is add whether we

20:58

want to add a user, a role, or a company.

21:00

And if we're doing a user, we can do it either by their name

21:03

or by their email address.

21:05

So in this example, we'll just add a user.

21:09

So we will select the member we want

21:10

to add permissions to, and then select the permission level.

21:17

There are four different permission levels--

21:19

View, Create, Edit, and Manage.

21:22

And View and Create have two different types,

21:24

whether we want the ability for people to view and download,

21:27

or just view, and then on the Create side

21:29

if we want them to also be able to upload.

21:31

So we'll select the permission level that we want.

21:33

In this scenario, we will give Edit permissions and Add.

21:41

Now, we'll see all of our existing users,

21:43

companies, or roles that have permissions,

21:45

what their permission level is.

21:47

If we want to remove that permission,

21:48

we can simply just click the Remove button.

21:51

Let's go ahead and add a company here as well.

21:53

So we will add access for Architectural Company.

21:57

We do it the same way we did to user.

21:59

We select it.

21:60

We select the permission level that we want them to have.

22:02

In this case, we'll give them View, and we'll click Add.

22:06

Again, they'll be added to the list

22:07

up here at the top as a tally of how many users, companies,

22:11

or roles you have set.

22:13

Changing permissions as simply is easily as

22:15

dropping down here, picking the level that you want.

22:18

Removing is this simple.

22:20

One of the great tools too is you

22:22

can click on this little arrow next to a company or a role,

22:25

and it will show you the users who

22:27

have access through that company or that role.

22:29

It's a really good way to see, as you're

22:31

trying to figure out permissions issue who is having access

22:34

via what role or what company.

22:37

It's a good idea to be strategic about how you add permissions,

22:40

adding by a group, so whether by a company or by a role,

22:43

makes things a little easier down the road.

22:45

If you add people to the project,

22:47

and you add them to a company and their company already

22:49

has access to folders, you don't have

22:51

to remember to go give that individual file

22:53

access to folders.

22:55

They'll have them by simply being a member

22:57

of that company or that role.

22:58

So typically I like to, as much as I can,

23:01

add permissions based on companies, roles.

23:04

If I need to, they can be used as a secondary,

23:07

but really I rely on the company to set my primary permissions.

23:11

And then I can add based on user if I

23:13

have specific users that needs some specific folder

23:17

permissions.

23:18

Now, if we click on this Architecture folder--

23:20

so we are changing permissions here on the project files.

23:23

Let's go to one of the subfolders, the Architecture

23:25

folder because it already had some permissions set.

23:27

Let's look at a couple of things.

23:28

So we'll notice here is an administrator,

23:31

tells us a Project Admin.

23:33

So we already know that they have default access.

23:35

But you'll notice this one here says inherited.

23:37

And if we hover over it, it's telling us

23:39

that this permission was inherited from a parent folder.

23:41

That's because we set for Shawn to have that Edit

23:44

access at the Project Files level, that was then passed

23:47

down through the subfolders.

23:48

And if we want to remove that access,

23:50

we need to go to the top level folder and remove that access.

23:54

Same thing goes for a company here.

23:55

We'll notice that company has inherited access,

23:57

but then we have another company who did not inherit it

23:60

from the Project Files folder.

24:01

Structural Company already had View permissions

24:04

on this folder.

24:05

We can remove it if we want to.

24:07

So you've got to remember as you're

24:08

going through permissions that if you're setting it

24:10

on a folder that has subfolders, it's

24:12

going to push those whatever folder permissions

24:15

that you set.

24:15

It's going to push them down the line.

24:17

If you want to modify those, you need

24:19

to go back up to that top level folder to do so.

24:22

Now that we have a folder structure created,

24:24

files uploaded, and permissions set on those folders,

24:27

you've completed some of the key, crucial first steps

24:30

to get in Autodesk Docs configured.

24:31

And with that, thank you for joining this Autodesk

24:34

Accelerator.

24:34

There's some additional resources available to you.

24:37

On the Customer Success Hub, customersuccess.autodesk.com,

24:40

there's more courses, learning paths,

24:42

recorded coaching sessions, some more live coaching topics.

24:46

There's similar topics to this, as well as

24:48

topics across the entire Autodesk platform.

24:50

That's all available to you on the Customer Success Hub.

24:53

So go check it out.

24:54

And with that, thanks for joining this session,

24:56

and have a fantastic day.

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