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Allow Project Templates to Include Bridge Settings Between Specific Projects

Allow Project Templates to Include Bridge Settings Between Specific Projects

Currently, it is not possible to create a project template that already includes Bridge settings linked to a specific project.
 

According to Autodesk Support, Bridge is designed to operate only between existing individual projects, and project templates do not support any Bridge-related configuration at this time.
 

This limitation creates operational challenges, especially for organizations that:
- Repeatedly create similar projects (e.g., per client, per site, or per phase)
- Always need to connect new projects to a common reference or master project via Bridge
- Want to standardize project setup and reduce manual configuration work
 

At present, every time a new project is created from a template, Bridge must be manually configured after project creation. This increases setup time and introduces the risk of configuration mistakes or inconsistencies across projects.
 

Requested improvement:
Please consider enhancing project templates so that Bridge settings can be pre-configured, for example:
- Allowing a template to define a Bridge connection to a designated master or hub project
- Or allowing Bridge relationships to be automatically created when a project is generated from a template
 

This feature would significantly improve scalability, consistency, and efficiency for teams managing multiple ACC projects.
 

Thank you for considering this request.

2 Comments
giancarlopatiernogcp
Contributor

Hi @ishimoto_yu ,

  I agree with your proposal: we currently work our Standards and Protocols in a "Digital Transformation" AFDM Project, because we need to constantly rework and update them as .docx files; however, our colleagues need to acces just to the .pdf version, so it was quite natural for me to Auto-Sync the .pdf throught Bridge , from the "Protocols" folder in "Digital Transformation" project to the "Protocols" Folder inside the "DOCS_2026" Template.

Some guy could ask "Why you cannot actually work the .docx AND the .pdf directly inside the "DOCS_2026" Template?", and I could think about it as Plan B; the problem for me is that in our company too many people are already Project Admin, and so they could potentially modify the original .docx, no matter the Folder Permission ; I would really prefer to activate Bridge Functionalities among several Projects and Project Templates

ishimoto_yu
Participant

@giancarlopatiernogcp 
 Thank you for your agreement.

I agree that Bridge functionality between projects and project templates would be the ideal solution for us in the future.

Hopefully, this capability will become available as the platform continues to evolve.

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