Docs - Manage Files and Folders
The latest release of Desktop Connector includes many more options to manage your files and folders. Subject to your folder permissions, you can:
- Drag and drop
- Use the File Explorer ribbon commands
- Right-click to use:
- Always keep on this device
- Free up space
- Native Windows commands
- Installed applications commands.
- Search
- Upload and Move
- Files with References
- Open and Download
- Always Keep on this Device
- Delete
- Delete in Work Offline Mode
- Ribbon Commands
- Other Right-Click Commands
- Free up space
- Search
Upload and Move
Drag and drop actions are supported in your connector.
- Upload: Drag a file or folder into your connector to upload and sync it to your cloud data source.
- Move: Drag and drop files and folders within your connector to move them.
Windows® users must select a project file when adding Inventor files. Refer to Inventor Troubleshooting for more information about customizing your Inventor Project file.
Files with References
In the latest release of Desktop Connector, you can choose how to handle references in design files.
Drag a single design file into your connector and only the individual design file will upload.
Drag a design file and its referenced files in one selection set, and those reference files will upload as well.
To upload all referenced files including those outside the selection set, use the Upload Files and References Tool.
Host design files can only be linked to files in the same project. Relationships to files outside the current project are not supported in Autodesk Docs. Attempting to create or resolve references to files in another project may result in an error Folder hierarchy produced invalid project.
Open and Download
Double-click a file to open. This will also make a one-time download of the file to your connector.
Always Keep on this Device
Right-click a file or folder and click Always keep on this device to automatically update your connector with the latest file versions from the cloud.
Delete
Right-click a file or folder and select Delete to delete the relevant file or folder from your connector and the cloud data source as well.
If you only want to delete files locally, right-click and use Free up space
Delete in Work Offline Mode
Files deleted in Work Offline mode are only removed from the connector. The file or folder deletion will not sync and they will remain in the cloud data source.
Right-click on the file or folder that you want to remove from your connector and select Delete Local. The file or folder is removed from your local connector but remains in the data source.
Ribbon Commands
You can work with the File Explorer ribbon within the Autodesk Docs connector. Select files or folders to enable more commands.
Other Right-Click Commands
The right-click a file or folder to view all the commands available in Windows. These include:
- Open with: Select the application that you want to use to open the file.
- Cut
- Copy
- Delete
- Rename
- Properties
If you have installed any other programs that add actions to files and folders in Windows, you can also find these options in the right-click shortcut menu.
Free up space
You can remove files manually or automatically from your connector using Free up space without affecting files in the cloud data source. For full instructions on how to use Free up space, see Docs - Free Up Space.
Search
You can use keywords to search across all projects or in specific projects or folders.
Select:
- The Autodesk Docs connector to search all projects
- A specific project to limit your search to that project's folders.
- A specific folder to refine your search to that parent folder and all subfolders.
Click the search box in the top right of File Explorer.
Enter your keyword and press enter.
Your search results will display with the keyword highlighted in the files, folder, project, or path where relevant.
Related Concepts: