CADD Engineering Standards - Ohio Department of Transportation

300 FILE MANAGEMENT
301 General
301.1 General
January 18, 2013
File management refers to how documents are organized and stored. Its primary purpose is to provide a
safe repository for information and to minimize the possibility of that information being lost.
302 Project Directory Structure
302.1 Standard Directory Structure
A standard project directory structure should consist of a main directory on the server named “projects”.
Under the projects directory a sub-directory will be created with the three (3)-letter character of the
County (County codes are defined in the Location and Design Manual, Volume 3, Section 1302.2.2.1).
Under the County sub-directory, another sub-directory will be created using the five (5) digit ODOT
Project Identification Number (PID) and will contain all project related information.
Two directory structure options are provided to contain project related information:
• Minor project directory structure, shown in Figure 302-1, lists the required discipline directories
under the project directory name (PID number). This directory structure is intended for use on
Minor Projects as defined by the Project Development Process manual.
• Major project directory structure will be used on larger projects involving multiple design teams.
On larger projects, it is sometimes desirable to use an expanded directory structure to split the
Roadway design information into separate discipline specific sub-directories. This project
directory structure, shown in Figure 302-2, is provided for these types of projects. This directory
structure will allow each design team to set file permissions to restrict access to their data as
needed. This directory structure is intended for use on Major Projects as defined by the Project
Development Process manual.
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