@Kelso thanks for the compliments! I’ve been using this convention for a while in my personal files.
I made one slight change in my model though. I removed the space following dashes in folders and file names. This seems to make it easier to visually find things as well as easier to search.
For instance searching for -Model will return all of the model files, where as just searching for Model would also return one of the reference articles. In this case it’s not a big deal, but it’s been really helpful when searching through larger parts of my system. I think this is actually in the JD Workbook.
I’m on a PC and us OneCommander as my file browser which lets me sort files and folders together which helps more and conceptually fits with the way I want to organize things.
Here is an example from my personal projects folder:
p35.154 Stirling Engine -Machining
p35.154 -BOM.gsheet
p35.154 -Model -HSM TCross -v14.20250202-144101.FCBak
p35.154 -Model -HSM TCross -v14.FCStd
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Isometric -t.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Isometric.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Side 1 -t.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Side 1.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Side 2 -t.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Side 2.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Top Transparent -t.svg
p35.154 -Model Image -Assembly Top Transparent.svg
p35.154 -Notes -Drawing Standards -v01.md
p35.154 -Prints -Sterling Engine -rev01.pdf
p35.154 -Prints -Sterling Engine -rev02.pdf
p35.154 -Reference -3d Model.pdf
p35.154 -Reference -Alternative Model Stirling_60.pdf
p35.154 -Reference -Horizontal Stirling Engine -Terry Cross -HSM 2005-12.pdf
p35.154 Ω Obsolete [DIR]
It’s hard for me to always take the time to do it right, but when I do it’s super helpful. (I’m always better at designing systems than following rules 
) In an ideal world I could set file naming structures and limitations in the OS to ensure that I follow the rules.