About Desktop Connector

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Desktop Connector is an application that runs on your desktop

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and creates a virtual drive that serves as a bridge between the local file system and data in the Autodesk cloud.

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You can install Desktop Connector directly through your Autodesk account

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or from the Desktop Connector Help pages.

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Expand Desktop Connector – What’s New, and in Latest Release and Notes,

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click the latest version of Desktop Connector to download and install it.

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Once installed, the Desktop Connector icon appears in the system tray.

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Click Desktop Connector and expand the home screen menu to select Autodesk Docs,

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Autodesk Fusion, or Autodesk Drive as your connector.

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Open File Explorer to view connectors on your local drive.

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Under Quick Access, expand Autodesk Docs to view project hubs and any projects you have chosen to sync.

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Under This PC, expand Drive to access My Data and Shared with Me folders,

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or expand Fusion to access your hubs and projects.

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In this example, notice the cloud icons next to each data file.

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This means the data is only in the cloud.

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However, if you double-click to edit a file, Desktop Connector will download the file to your local workspace

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and changes will automatically be synced to the cloud.

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As far as what is happening in the cloud, you can see that if you open ACC Docs,

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the files, data, and projects mirror what is in the local drive.

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The same is true for Fusion and Drive.

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One difference between the connectors is that, for Autodesk Docs,

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you must choose projects from the cloud to sync to your local drive,

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whereas for Drive and Fusion, all projects created in the cloud are automatically downloaded and available.

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Desktop Connector enables you to easily access and work with cloud files on your local machine,

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and automatically keeps your changes synced to the cloud.