drawing management

In a big firm I set up something like ...

98055\draw\filename.dwg

where 98055 was the job number

draw was the current draw directory ... everything was archived to a directory within draw when we moved from design development to construction documents ... so there would be a DD, and even WSD directory within draw, and CD was created after we went to construction.

filenames were simple ... MP-01, MP-02 ... Model Plan 01, etc.

Now as I work by myself, it is

Dallas\Elmwood\draw\filename.dwg

With Dallas being the town and Elmwood being the project ... the rest remains the same.

Now I do plot everything to pdf and save it as you never know what might happen when you change a model.

On my day job on a engineering company I basically work with a tiny application called Folder Scout. It saves a lot of time and gives instant access on any folder organization scheme, no matter how deep or complex the folder structure is. Very useful to jump from project to project just based on project number or name.

You can also find some Tips & Tricks about folder organization strategies at Folderscout web site.