# Basic Folder Duplication Option within item menu

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/basic-folder-duplication-option-within-item-menu/36948>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [March 10, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/basic-folder-duplication-option-within-item-menu/36948 "2025-03-10T16:14:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bru\_swayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bru_swayne/32/31261_2.png) [@Bru\_swayne](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bru_swayne)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/basic-folder-duplication-option-within-item-menu/36948/1 "2025-03-10T16:14:41Z")

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**The problem that this feature will solve:**  
The idea is to give a simpler/approachable option for speeding up folder organization for bodies/sketches etc, without having to fine tune your workflow first.

1. I design cabinets, additions, furniture, etc, so to help wrap my brain around all of the components I need to create and categorize, I sometimes like to create folders in advance and name them too. So if I am making a frameless base cabinet for example, I will create the following folders

- 18B-SD|↓
  - Panels
  - Structural Components|→
  - Drawer Components|→
  - Shelf Components|→
  - Exterior Components|→
  - Hardware|→
  - Specialty Elements|→  
(When it makes sense to do, I will also add a couple of additional folders within the above folders e.g.,

- 18B-SD|↓
  - Hardware |↓  
- Decorative Hardware|→  
- Functional Hardware|↓  
- Drawer Slide  
- Drawer Slide  
- Door Hinge  
- Door Hinge  
")

I will do this for every single cabinet, too.

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**  
3. While I’m sure there’s a more efficient way to go about it, just having a simple feature to duplicate folders will help speed up the process of having to create all of those folders, until I can fine tune my workflow to come up with a more efficient way to go about it. For example, if I have 20 cabinets in total that I need to make, the amount of folders I would need to create would easily range from 80 to 160+ just for the cabinets alone. Eventually I will make all of the standard dimension cabinets I can so I can import them and not have to redo it every time, but even then, i still have to make cabinets with custom dimensions and custom features that I have to make from scratch, so just having some sort of super basic back up option to speed things up would be really helpful in times like that.

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**  
4. This doesn’t prevent me from doing anything, but it would be a nice simple feature to have if possible.

1. Having to type out/copy paste folder names over and over does slow me down quite a bit, at least relative to the simple nature of the task, but it doesn’t affect me enough to make me dislike shapr or anything else.