ACC: Naming Standard - Mandatory vs. Optional Fields

Summary:
Autodesk Docs allows administrators to apply a naming standard to project folders, ensuring that file names are in compliance with strict requirements for document control, such as for government projects. 

For example, one of the most common file naming conventions is based on the ISO 19650 international standard, which combines several fields typically separated by a hyphen (-) as in:

Format:  [Project]-[Originator]-[Volume]-[Level]-[Type]-[Role]-[Number]

Example:   25313-IMGT-ZZ-01-DR-A-0001

Future blogs will address this feature in more detail.  The purpose of this blog is to which of the above fields/attributes in this naming standard are required and which, if any, are optional when applied to a folder in Docs.

Issue:
User attempts to set some naming standard fields as required and some as optional, but all of them remain required.  For example, when they attempt to set the setting "Required" to No for any of these fields, the setting remains set to Yes.

Cause:
All of the fields/attributes in a naming convention are required.  It is not possible to set some of the naming convention fields as optional.

Solution:
Whether using the ISO 19650 international standard naming convention or another format, users should be aware that any field that makes up the naming convention applied to a folder will be required when determining if a file name is compliant.

Stay tuned for future posts regarding the use of Naming Standards.

About the Author

Sr. Technical Support Specialist, AEC<br><br>Jeremy has been delivering service and technical support to customers in the AEC industry for over 25 years. He gained much of his AutoCAD/Revit experience serving as CAD Manager at multiple MEP/FP engineering firms in the Greater Boston Area. He then worked at Autodesk as a Technical Support Specialist, eventually becoming a manager overseeing the Revit and Vault support teams. Jeremy is excited to be in his current role as Sr. Technical Support Specialist at IMAGINiT, as it allows him the opportunity to work directly with customers every day and help them successfully leverage Autodesk’s solutions to achieve their business goals.

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