About Working with File Naming Standards in Autodesk Docs

This topic covers key points regarding name conversions in Autodesk Docs projects

For information about naming conversions in Autodesk Docs, see File Naming Standards

In some cases when Naming Conventions is enabled for a directory in Autodesk Docs, stability issues occur when MMS files begin to synchronise with the Autodesk Desktop Connector Non-compliant names are placed in a holding area, which leads to broken dataset links and potential data loss

If this occurs, consider trying either of the following in Autodesk Docs

Option 1

1. On the problematic directory, select the Settings drop-down
2. Select More Remove naming standard
3. Attempt to synchronise again

Option 2

1. Click Files.
2. On the Settings page, select the Naming Standards tab
3. In the “Applied to folders” column, click Select folders
4. In the Select Folders dialog box, deselect all folders
5. Click Save.

Files from the Holding area will be pulled to avoid broken links