# File organization inside Shapr3d

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719 "2020-11-11T05:13:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![lhenderson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lhenderson/32/8027_2.png) [@lhenderson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lhenderson)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/1 "2020-11-11T05:13:21Z")

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I’m wondering if there’s any plan to implement the organization of files within the opening screen. It’s great that my 2 most recent designs are highlighted when I open the app, but scrolling through about a hundred designs, which are automatically/forcibly sorted by the date of their most recent open (i.e. one at the middle last time isn’t reliably at the middle this time), means finding designs is a substantial pain. Especially if I’ve had to make several models which look very similar but are for different purposes.

A simple folder structure would help the user experience a ton, and for some reason I assume it would be relatively easy to implement. Is this on the horizon? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![stringboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@stringboy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/stringboy)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/2 "2020-11-11T09:41:40Z")

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I agree completely.  
A folder structure would allow different versions to grouped. At the moment they appear scattered around.

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**Author:** ![aubij](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/aubij/32/2626_2.png) [@aubij](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/aubij)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/3 "2020-11-16T13:28:12Z")

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Yes please!

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**Author:** ![lindebladm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@lindebladm](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lindebladm)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/4 "2020-11-16T14:26:20Z")

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I also agree to this issue of latest access sorting as annoying when number of designs have increased and you just want to browse your library.

However, what would be a better solution is not self evident in my view. Let the developers innovate by giving us what we need rather than the solution we ask for :).

I didn’t see Shapr3D coming when I earlier was messing with 3D modelling in SketchUp!..

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**Author:** ![drifkind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@drifkind](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/drifkind)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/5 "2020-12-07T18:23:17Z")

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Yes, please, with a side of “how hard can it be, _every_ other iOS app has it”. How long have you been hearing this?

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**Author:** ![lhenderson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lhenderson/32/8027_2.png) [@lhenderson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lhenderson)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/6 "2020-12-23T01:56:27Z")

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I can think of many better options, actually—you don’t have to look far, because many of them are built in to the device/OS you’re using Shapr on. They’re the same ones you use elsewhere when the alternative would be to look at a seemingly endless list of files. These include:  
-nested folders  
-“sort by” (name, date created, date modified, size, filetype, etc.)  
-colour tagging  
-search function

Any one of these would be extremely useful.

The file organization part of a program doesn’t _need_ to be innovative, it just needs to be logical.

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**Author:** ![lhenderson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lhenderson/32/8027_2.png) [@lhenderson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lhenderson)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/7 "2021-05-12T19:52:20Z")

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Still no movement on this, hey? I realize it may not be top priority—it’s not as flashy as AR—but it feels like pretty baseline functionality and can’t be that hard to implement…

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**Author:** ![Filip\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d07c76/32.png) [@Filip\_G](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Filip_G)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/8 "2021-10-08T14:27:34Z")

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I hope they improve it soon!

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**Author:** ![lhenderson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lhenderson/32/8027_2.png) [@lhenderson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lhenderson)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/9 "2022-04-11T03:41:42Z")

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Still nothing in the way of an organizational structure, hey? The absence of any way to organize designs is a major hindrance to usability, and I‘m astonished this still hasn’t been addressed in even a rudimentary form. This can’t be a complicated thing to fix…

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**Author:** ![Justinwasnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Justinwasnot](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Justinwasnot)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/10 "2022-04-11T04:05:51Z")

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This question gets asked so much. Folders and color organization would make things SO much better.

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**Author:** ![lhenderson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lhenderson/32/8027_2.png) [@lhenderson](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/lhenderson)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/file-organization-inside-shapr3d/9719/11 "2022-08-22T00:15:35Z")

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Time for my twice-yearly (!) “bump” of this topic…