Have I got an app for you. This is one of those utilities that Vault Admins cherish, as its benefits go beyond time saving, and onto company standardization. I’m talking about Clone Structure. The premise is simple, you have a folder structure, a hierarchy that you adhere to and you want everyone to use. This could be a familiar structure to all of your users, or a new one that you want to enforce. Either way, the Clone Structure allows you to copy a top level folder, change the name, and place it in another location in Vault.
Start by selecting a folder with some subfolders. In the example below, a right click on the folder displays Clone Structure in the context menu.
When the dialog box launches, you have options to enter a new name in the Clone As field, a destination field, and an example destination path. In addition, two options are provided to copy folder properties and folder permissions.
Click ok to complete the command. The new folder and subfolder structure is copied with subfolders, permissions (Access Control Lists), and properties intact.
As an added bonus, there is an option to include ( in an .xml file) files of your choice from the subfolders. This is ideal if you have an application that needs to copy system files as part of the structure. Finally, this utility was created by and is available though Autodesk Consulting.
-Brian Schanen
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Is the source code available for download?
Thanks
Posted by: Cos Marchy | 10/21/2011 at 03:45
Hi Brian, very good application, it is possible to test it ??
where can i donwload tiìhis app ??
Posted by: Fabio | 10/20/2011 at 03:00
@McConnell, you can email me at robert.stein@autodesk.com and I will get you in touch with the right people regarding this tool.
@Scott Moyse, I have talked with the developer a few weeks back about a "find/replace" function for sub folders and they have taken note. I can't say if it will be in a future release of this clone tool however it has been noted. One thing that you could do is with 2012 you have the ability to put properties on folders. You could put the part number as a property which would allow you to search on it. I hope this helps.
Posted by: Robert Stein | 10/13/2011 at 09:07
How does one go about contacting Autodesk Consulting? I have requested follow-up several times from their site, but I haven't ever received a response. I do not see a phone number or e-mail address on their site either. Maybe they should hire a marketing consultant....
Posted by: Cory McConnell | 10/04/2011 at 14:26
Hi Brian, good idea. But we never know if it's a good idea to propose this to a customer or not (does this tool will be available for future release??)
Posted by: XD | 09/27/2011 at 10:07
It would be great if there was a find/replace function, so subfolders could be subtly renamed to suit the new project as well.
All of our folder names include a part number which is essentially a location within our boat. So from one project to the next the contract number on all those folders change and some new folders would appears & others would disappear. We can deal with the last part, but a find/replace would be extremely handy
Posted by: Scott Moyse | 09/22/2011 at 17:59