Reply To: Filename length

  • Vince

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    March 2, 2023 at 12:42 am
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    I come across this problem all the time @Doug.

    Architects and Engineers have started adding all sorts of additional details to the titles of their drawings like “Tender Issue Only”. Or if a file is downloaded from something like DocHosting then additional details are sometimes added to the name.

    I’ve created a temporary folder in my Dropbox literally called “a” where I save the files to and then either combine then into a new file or start renaming them.

    I think I’ve seen a couple of posts online recently about renaming files en masse but this really isn’t an option if you are then getting revisions later on.

    I’ve asked the client to get the designers to adjust the length of their filenames but nothing happens.