How to use Maya's project folders efficiently?

[amaterasu-qbb]

Hi! everyone,

As for the title, I would like to know how everyone uses Maya's project folders.

Let me briefly explain the intent of my question. Let's say you have a parent folder called ( project-name ) on the drive you plan to work on, and let's say ( project-folder ) is the project folder. Do you include the type of work in the scenes folder? (layout, lighting, modeling, rigging, animation, effect, rendering, check, etc.)

<your-drive>:
└───  example
        └─── ( project-name )
                      └─── ( project-folder )
                                └─── scenes
                                       ├─── project-name_layout_v01_2000-01-01
                                       ├─── project-name_lighting_v01_2000-01-01
                                       ├─── project-name_modeling_v01_2000-01-01
                                       ├─── project-name_rigging_v01_2000-01-01
                                       ├─── project-name_animation_v01_2000-01-01
                                       ├─── project-name_effect_v01_2000-01-01
                                       ├─── project-name_rendering_v01_2000-01-01
                                       └─── project-name_check_v01_2000-01-01

Or create a folder for all types of work in the scenes folder and then put the data in there?

<your-drive>:
└─── example
        └─── ( project-name )
                      └─── ( project-folder )
                                └─── scenes
                                        ├─── ( layout )
                                        │         └───  project-name_layout_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( lighting )
                                        │         └───  project-name_lighting_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( modeling )
                                        │         └───  project-name_modeling_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( rigging )
                                        │         └───  project-name_rigging_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( animation )
                                        │         └───  project-name_animationn_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( effect )
                                        │         └───  project-name_effect_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( rendering )
                                        │         └───  project-name_rendering_v01_2000-01-01
                                        ├─── ( check )
                                        │         └───  project-name_check_v01_2000-01-01
                                        └─── ( other )
                                                  └───  project-name_other_v01_2000-01-01

 Or do you create a project folder for each of all types of work and put the data in the scenes folder?

<your-drive>:
└─── example
        └─── ( project-name )
                      ├───  ( project-folder_layout )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_layout_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_lighting )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_lighting_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_modeling )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_modeling_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_rigging )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_rigging_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_animation )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_animation_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_effect )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_effect_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_rendering )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_rendering_v01_2000-01-01
                      ├───  ( project-folder_check )
                      │          └─── scenes
                      │                 └───  project-name_check_v01_2000-01-01
                      └───  ( project-folder_other )
                                 └─── scenes
                                        └───  project-name_other_v01_2000-01-01

What is everyone doing with their project folders?

Thanks.

[damaggio]

This is a very personal choice, you should set it up in a way that makes sense for you to keep everything organized .