Create Multiple Sub-Folders Template

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Hi, say I have 50 client folders (parent folders) I need to create, 10 of same sub-folders that go nested in each client's folder. How can I do this?

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CreateFolder (Ctrl-N) can create multiple folder at once. Text editors and spreadsheets can create the folder list.

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If it's something you need to do regularly, which I do, you can create button for it.

@Confirm You are about to create a set of Project Folders for 3ds Max. Would you like to Continue?|Yes|No
CreateFolder archives
CreateFolder autoback
CreateFolder downloads
CreateFolder export
CreateFolder express
CreateFolder import
CreateFolder materiallibraries
CreateFolder previews
CreateFolder proxies
CreateFolder renderoutput/images
CreateFolder renderoutput/videos
CreateFolder renderpresets
CreateFolder sceneassets/animations
CreateFolder sceneassets/animations
CreateFolder sceneassets/images
CreateFolder sceneassets/photometric
CreateFolder sceneassets/renderassets
CreateFolder sceneassets/sounds
CreateFolder scenes/xrefs
CreateFolder vpost
@nodeselect

Create 3ds Max Folders.dcf (1.5 KB)

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If you create new client folders regularly, it might make sense to make a button where you can select new client folders and click the button to create all the sub-folders in each one.

That way you can create all the new clients by just typing their names into the Create Folder dialog, then select them and click the button to create the child folders.

You could automate it further so everything happens in one step, but that'd be more work, and only save a click. (Might be worth it if you do it a lot.)

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Note that you can create multiple sub-folders in one hit, e.g.
CreateFolder sceneassets/animations|images|photometric|renderassets|sounds

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Thanks Jon, didn't know that.

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Thank you! this was helpful!

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Here's another example incorporating the comments added by Leo and Jon.

CreateFolder FROMCLIPBOARD NOUPDATESETTINGS NAME="{dlgstring|Please enter the Clients Name:}" READAUTO
CreateFolder Folder1/SubFolder1|SubFolder2
CreateFolder Folder2
CreateFolder Folder3/SubFolder1|SubFolder2|SubFolder3\SubFolder1
CreateFolder Folder4
CreateFolder Folder5/SubFolder1
@nodeselect

Create Client Folders.dcf (815 Bytes)

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