Folder reorganization
Auditing fixes the file names; reorganization fixes where they live. Point CADKeeper at a folder, pick the layout you want, and it moves each file into the right subfolder — every move previewed before it happens, logged, and reversible. It's a CADKeeper Pro feature.
What it does
Reorganization applies a target folder layout to a messy folder. A layout describes the structure you want — for example a subfolder per discipline, per project phase, or per file type — and CADKeeper works out which files need to move to match it. It's the same transactional engine that powers renaming, generalized from “change the name” to “change the name and the folder,” so a move carries all the same safety guarantees.
How it works
1 · Pick a folder and a layout
Choose the folder to tidy, then open Edit layout… to pick or adjust the target structure. The layout is yours to shape — it's just a description of where each kind of file belongs.
2 · Preview the moves
CADKeeper shows every proposed move as an old path → new path list, and flags any collision (two files that would land in the same place) before you commit. Nothing has moved on disk yet.
3 · Approve and apply
When the preview looks right, approve it. Each move is applied through the transactional engine and written to the durable change log with full before-and-after paths — and it's crash-safe, so if the machine dies mid-run no file is lost.
4 · Roll back if you need to
Every reorg batch is recorded in History, right alongside your renames, and any batch can be reverted with one click — restoring files to exactly where they started.
Moving files that have XREFs
Moving a drawing that other drawings reference can break those external reference (XREF) paths, the same way renaming it can. Before a big reorg on a folder full of live XREFs, use the references view to see what depends on what — and remember CADKeeper only reads reference tables — it opens those drawings read-only and never rewrites their contents. Treat a reorg of referenced files as you would a rename: preview first, and keep a backup.
Nothing moves until you approve it
Like every operation in CADKeeper, reorganization is preview → approve → apply → roll back. The move list is a dry run; nothing on disk changes until you say so; and everything is reversible from History. It's still smart to back up an important folder before a large batch — the safeguards lower the risk, they don't replace your backups.