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Use the File Exchange Area

The File Exchange Area is secure storage for swapping files with the Bramble team, and for collecting large exports such as volume data. It's hidden until you turn it on in your User Settings.

Before you start

To download files, you need permission to download Parts. If Part Download Control is enabled for your Account, ask an Account admin to tick Part File Download for you.

Show the File Exchange Area

  1. Click Settings (the cog in the header). On User Settings, go to Page Settings.
  2. Untick Hide the File Exchange Area. It's ticked by default.

File Exchange → File Exchange Area now appears in the sidebar. The same setting also adds the file exchange options when you download postpro images and movies and export volume data.

Find your way around

The page has two panels:

  • Explorer: the folder tree, with one top-level folder per Programme in the Account. Space Used shows how much of the Account's storage allowance is used.
  • Uploads: the files you've uploaded, with their Size (MB) and Progress.

Select an item in the tree to use the toolbar buttons (Upload, Download, Rename, Delete), or right-click it for a menu:

Item Right-click menu
Programme folder Upload, New Folder
Sub-folder Upload, New Folder, Rename, Delete
File Download, Rename, Delete

Upload files

  1. Select the folder to upload into.
  2. Click Upload, and choose one or more files.

Progress shows in Uploads. If a file with the same name is already in the folder, Bramble keeps both and adds random letters to the new file's name.

Download a file

  1. Select the file.
  2. Click Download, or right-click it and choose Download.

If Download is disabled, you don't have permission to download Parts on this Account.

Organise files

  • New Folder: right-click a folder, choose New Folder, enter a Folder Name and click Create. Names can use letters, numbers, spaces, _ and -.
  • Rename: select an item, click Rename, enter the new name and click Confirm. File names can also contain ..
  • Delete: select an item, click Delete, and click Delete in the dialog. Deleting a folder deletes everything in it, and it can't be undone. Programme folders can't be renamed or deleted.

Storage allowance

Your Account has a storage allowance for the File Exchange Area, set by Bramble (100 GB by default). Only files in the File Exchange Area count, across all Programmes. The Space Used bar turns amber above 50% and red above 80%.

If an upload would go over the allowance, it's rejected with "Storage limit reached". Delete files you no longer need, or contact support@bramblecfd.com about a larger allowance.

Files stay in the File Exchange Area until someone deletes them.

Related: Export volume data · Export results · User settings