There are several ways to make folder structures in the documents section.
Depending on your type of project different document structures might work better for you than others.
Type of document
In this document structure you structure your files after what type of document it is.
All floorplans go in the floorplans folder, all meeting summaries go in the summaries folder etc.
This file structure is more suited towards smaller projects where a smaller team is working together to produce a set of drawings
Example of file structure
An example of this type of document structure can be:
001_Admin
002_Photos-and-presentations
001_Presentations
YYMMDD_Presentation-title.ppt
002_Site-visits
YYMMDD_Site-visit-title.jpg
003_Drawings
001_2D
001_Plan
001_Floor
001_DWG
YYMMDD_Drawing-title.dwg
002_PDF
002_Ceiling
002_Fire-escape
002_Section
002_3D
001_Models
001_Archicad
001_PLN
002_IFC
YYMMDD_Drawing-title.ifc
002_Navisworks
003_Revit
001_RVT
002_IFC
004_Rhinoceros
005_Solibri
006_Point-clouds
002_Visualization
001_Renderings
002_High-resolution-images
004_Contracts
Type of field
In this document structure you first separate out the different fields of study that participate in your project.
This type of folder structure can be good if you want to give your users full access to their own are where they are free to move files around as they wish.
Example of file structure
001_Admin
002_Field-of-study
001_ARC
001_2D
002_3D
001_Archicad
001_PLN
002_IFC
YYMMDD_Drawing-title.ifc
002_Navisworks
003_Revit
001_RVT
002_IFC
004_Rhinoceros
005_Solibri
006_Point-clouds
003_Contracts
002_ELE
001_2D
002_3D
003_Contracts
003_MEP
004_STR
Models folder
With models as documents enabled it is possible to connect models from the models section with documents in the documents section.
If new models are made in the models section they will appear in a folder called the models folder. Models can be moved out of the models folder and moved to where you want them to be in the document structure.
Similar to the above examples you can either structure your models by type:
001_Models -> 001_ARC -> YYMMDD_Model-title.ifc
Or you can structure your models by field of study:
001_Field-of-study -> 001_ARC -> 001_Models -> YYMMDD_Model-title.ifc
The best option to choose here depends on if you think your users will be using the models filter. If you separate models per field of study it might be hard for users to find the 3D models that are mixed in with the other documents of each field of study.
If you are confident your users will find the models filter you can use this option.
If you do not believe your users will use this filter it is better to have all your models in their own models folder so that the user is aware that this folder contains models that can be opened in 3D.