TOOL · MATRIX-WIZARD / Free · Folder tree

Design a project folder matrix in under 60 seconds.

Pick your parties, phases and segmentation. Download a ready-to-use folder tree you can hand to the team — or import into a CDE.

Parties · Phases · Segmentation

Parties

3 / 5

Phases

RIBA Plan of Work (0–7)

0 Strategic Definition · 1 Preparation & Briefing · 2 Concept Design · 3 Spatial Coordination · 4 Technical Design · 5 Manufacturing & Construction · 6 Handover · 7 Use

AIA Phases

Pre-Design · Schematic Design · Design Development · Construction Documents · Bidding · Construction Admin

CDE States (ISO 19650)

WIP · Shared · Published · Archived

Simple (Design / Construction / Handover)

Design · Construction · Handover

Custom

Segmentation

Flat — by discipline

One top-level folder per party. Everything inside is flat.

By discipline, then phase

Each party gets its own phase tree underneath.

By phase, then discipline

Each phase is a top-level folder; disciplines sit inside.

Live folder tree

Updates as you edit.

15 folders

Project Root/
├── ARC — Architect/
│   ├── WIP
│   ├── Shared
│   ├── Published
│   └── Archived
├── STR — Structural Engineer/
│   ├── WIP
│   ├── Shared
│   ├── Published
│   └── Archived
└── MEP — MEP Consultant/
    ├── WIP
    ├── Shared
    ├── Published
    └── Archived

Why matrix-based folders beat copy-paste

The traditional way to start a construction project is to open last project's folder tree, duplicate it, and rename things. Three weeks later somebody finds that one discipline is missing, one phase is duplicated, and three folders have permissions copied over from the old job.

A matrix approach separates what you have (parties, phases, work types) from how it's combined (flat, nested, phased). You describe the project once; the structure is generated deterministically. When a party is added or a phase changes, you regenerate instead of renaming.

What this tool doesn't do (yet)

Permissions. You won't find role assignments here — the real product does this automatically, but on a public page it's too easy to ship a structure that exposes the wrong things.
Deployment. This tool hands you a CSV/tree. Foreman's deployment engine actually creates the folders in your Autodesk Construction Cloud hub, complete with nested permissions, in a single pass.
Template reuse. The full product saves matrices as templates shared across your team so that every new project starts from the same correct structure.

Pro tip: copy the ASCII tree and paste it into your project kick-off minutes or team chat. Visual alignment catches missing phases faster than a spreadsheet.

Next step: in Foreman, deploy this structure directly to Forma (ACC), apply permissions by role, and pair it with metadata and QA checks from day one. Get started free.

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