Yes, I am talking about CAD files.

I completely agree with you. Moving files is inefficient and not needed. Using relative pathing for xref’s makes the transition from folder to folder slightly less complicated. It is still a whole process of work that I think is not required.

I find the danger of having several active files really impacts the flow of a project, especially when you have enlisted newer hires or junior staff to assist. The potential of working on the wrong files is too costly and time consuming.

I am hoping that I can get a good explanation from them soon. So far, I am hearing the old “This is how we have been doing it for 20 years and never learned anything else” reasoning.

Thanks,

Dan

I have seen small teams use “bundled” files, but I do not think it works for larger teams.

I am not sure why they move the files from one folder to another. I encourage never moving the files once XREFs are attached.

In your experience, how often have you seen a design team just use working drawings and not use sheets saved in another folder?

I am used to having working drawings and sheets in separate folders that can be archived easily.

The team that I am working with moves their working files to each issue folder and works on them as the project develops. The sheets are just the layout in each file. This seems very inefficient to me and I am just looking for your thoughts.

Thanks,

Dan