Upload files to a stage
How to upload files to a stage folder or a free-form folder: size limits, new versions as submissions, and what to do when an upload fails.
Choose a stage
Open the project and go to the Files tab. There you'll find a folder for each of the project type's stages, plus any free-form folders you create. Pick the stage folder you want to upload to. If the project has no type it has no stage folders — use a free-form folder, or pick a project type.
Click "Upload File" and drag or pick files from your computer: up to 100 per submission, up to 500 MB each.
Where files go
Files live in Vellum's storage, linked to the project:
- Stage folders. Each stage's deliverables. In review stages, every file comes in as Pending Review until someone reviews it.
- Free-form folders. Created with "New Folder", for engineering disciplines, studies or client documents.
Storage counts towards your plan's limit. When you reach it, new uploads are blocked until you free up space or add a 50 GB pack (Core and Professional).
Tips
- Name files clearly — the name is what reviewers see in the list.
- A new version of a deliverable comes in as a new file, in a new submission ("Submission #2"…); earlier ones stay in the list with their history. In free-form folders, two files can't share a name.
- If an upload fails halfway, refresh the page and try again — incomplete uploads aren't resumed automatically.