Upload files and manage file versions

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The Autodesk Construction Cloud allows you to easily add files to your project.

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Additionally, you can edit some file types directly in the cloud, as well as view and navigate the version history for your files.

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Begin with your project open in Autodesk Docs, with the Files tool selected.

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When you select a project folder—in this case, Plan Sheets—its contents appear in the file list.

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Here, you see that the folder is empty.

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To upload content, click Upload files.

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Alternatively, open Windows Explorer, select the desired files—in this case, several PDFs—then drag the files into the file list.

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The Upload files window displays progress as the files upload in parallel.

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Click Done to minimize the Upload files window as the upload process continues.

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You do not have to wait for this process to complete to upload additional files.

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Next, open the Photos folder, select the applicable image files in Windows Explorer, then drag them into the file list.

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Click Done.

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Finally, the Documents folder is opened and a Word doc is uploaded.

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When you are done uploading files to your project, Close the Upload window.

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Now, click one of the folders—for example, Plan Sheets—to view the contents of the folder.

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To preview a file, click the file name, which acts as a link to open the file online.

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The ACC platform has the capability of opening more than 100 industry-standard files that you may use with a project,

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such as DWGs, PDFs, DGNs, Navisworks, Revit, and Microsoft Office files, as well as images and video.

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You can find a full list of supported files in the Autodesk Docs help.

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Once you open a file, you can use your mouse controls to pan and zoom.

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This makes it easy for you to review plan sheets or content files.

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There are also tools for measure, markup, and work assignments.

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You can click the arrow button to go directly to the next page, or click the Thumbnail icon to easily select the sheet you want to view.

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To close a file, click the X.

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Next, open the Photo folder to see that you can easily view image files as well.

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Then, in the Documents folder, select a document.

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If you have access to Microsoft 365, then you can easily edit Word documents directly from the cloud by clicking Edit.

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Any changes you make are autosaved.

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When you are finished, click the file name in the top bar, then click Autodesk Docs to close the document and return to the Files tool.

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In the Documents folder, the Version of the agenda document is updated to V2.

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Every version of your document is saved in the cloud.

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Click the version number to view the Version history.

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In the Version history, click the More menu next to a version to make a prior version the current version.

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You can also Download the source file or create a Copy.

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Close the version history.

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Selecting a file always opens the most recent version, but if you open this file again,

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notice that you can expand the version drop-down and select a different version.

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In this case, select V1 to view the prior version, and an icon appears next to the filename indicating that this is not the current version.

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Close the document.

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Now you can begin adding files to your projects in ACC, as well as navigate to and compare the version history of your files.