Whats New in Autodesk Vault 2024

March 30, 2023

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What's New in Autodesk Vault 2024

Autodesk Vault 2024 is out with a focus on enforcing standards, delivering intuitive tools and administrative enhancements

Authors: More features for CAD users in Vault 2024 to Focus on the Work

Job Processor: DXF and STEP

Users can export DXF and STEP files for manufacturing, suppliers, and subcontractors as part of the release process.

On-demand DXF/STEP publish
DXF/STEP publish on state transition
Sync LC state and revision on DXF/STEP files
DXF/STEP file getting created in vault to use Design Rep classification and PDF like workflow
DXF/STEP file publish options like PDF publish options

Copy Design Enhancements

Design re-use efficiency by reducing number of clicks to complete the workflow and pre-checks to prevent errors prior to creating a new design variation.

More usability by enabling Copy/Paste in the copy design numbering panel
Use the Copy/Paste functionality to edit multiple row values in and excel spreadsheet and then copy them to the Copy Design with one operation
More guidance through highlight restriction before copy operations start (property: –)
Export File list within the warning dialog

Copy Design BOM Enhancements

Newly copied parts can be assigned to an Item immediately after Copy Design is executed.

Copy Design updates the BOM information in part files without having to open them in Inventor first

Copy Folder Structure

You can setup a new project quickly and start with a known folder structure.

Users can create a project folder from a template or previous folder structure
Copy Folder Structure permissions and Properties

Save up to 20% on Autodesk Vault Deployments

Insert Punch Tool from Vault

Users can select sheet metal punches from Vault when they are not in the local workspace.

Browse for 3D iFeature shapes from Vault to be inserted into the sheet metal face.

Administrators: Enforcing Vault Standards for Gratere Project Compliance

Inventor Design Data & Template Management

CAD Administrator can create and deploy template updates to users easily through Vault. Users remain up-to-date with templates and design data without manual updates.

The focus in 2024 is to create an Inventor\Vault integrated experience for the Template and Design Data Files with automatic updates of Templates and Design Data within specific workflows.

Peer Review

Control the lifecycle process by requiring a different user to transition to the next state.

With this new user requirement, you can configure the Vault State transition to require Four Eyes Check and configure multiple rules for which files require Peer Review based on property values.

Job Processor

Apply retry strategy to visualization and custom jobs to reduce administration and user disruption to re-submit such jobs manually.

Automatic Retry capability for failed Job
Specify retry strategy between 1 and 10 attempts
The Job Processor will retry the failed jobs automatically without manual intervention

Thin Client Admin Settings

Administrators can set default columns for all Thin Client users in Autodesk Vault 2024.

Backup/Restore Enhancements

In Vault 2024, there is more flexibility in the Vault Server backup command to assist with backing up specified data components. This enhancement helps customers with large Vault environments that cannot use the existing backup command in the Vault Server.

Participants: Intuitive Vault Tools in 2024 for Project Collaboration

Thin Client – Enhancements

Select the Vault you need at the time of signing into the Thin Client and the Vault drop-down list shows the available Vault on the Server.

Improve interactions and control within the Thin Client interface with control for Expanding or Collapsing All for Objects with Structure.

Advanced Search capabilities paired with a modern UI for better experience:

Save searches as bookmarks in the browser
Search individual workspaces or multiple workspaces
Search workspaces of choice with search parameters
Search current folders and sub-folders
Find latest version only

Inventor Read-Only Vault Add-in

The Vault Add-in in Autodesk Vault Professional 2024 is available in Inventor Read-only, so users can open files and get access to Vault data directly from Inventor Read-only allowing users to review models efficiently without going between applications.

Learn More about Autodesk Vault 2024

Check out the Autodesk Vault 2024 Help

section for more information regarding the 2024 release.

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Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer – Renaming Files

February 18, 2023

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Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer - Renaming Files

This Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer post looks at the common workflows in both systems when it comes to renaming a file. Typically when a a file is renamed it is either named differently because their is a variation, or perhaps the design intent has changed and there may be a need to modify the filename or it is copied and the requirement to have a unique filename exists.

File Management

Renaming Files in Windows Explorer

When renaming within a Windows Explorer environment, as long as the file is not opened, you can simply left click or right-click > rename and change the filename as long as the same filename does not exist in the same file path.

There are 3rd party tools to batch rename as well of you need to change a filename in bulk.

Windows Explorer File Renaming Challenges

Using Windows, users experience the following challenges:

Reference management may fail as the filename in the reference file path has changed
Changing multiple files can be time consuming
Updating the part number or other metadata, properties or attributes within the file. While we can rename the file, if we need to also rename the metadata within that file, we need to go into each file that needs to be modified, make the changes, save, exit and repeat for each file that needs a similar metadata change.

Renaming in Vault

With Vault, you can rename files and metadata within the file a couple ways:

Rename Wizard
Edit Properties
Copy Design

Rename Wizard

By selecting a file or files, then right-clicking the mouse button, you can select the rename command to launch the rename wizard.

Autodesk Vault’s Rename Wizard gives you the following options:

Add more files to rename
Add a Prefix and/or Suffix or Increment
Modify the filename
Update the Part Number
Numbering Scheme (for Vault Professional environments)

Edit Properties

Like the Rename Wizard in Autodesk Vault, you can bulk update properties through the Vault Explorer without needing to open files individually.

Opening Files That Have Been Renamed

Windows Explorer

The issue with opening referenced files that have been renamed is matching the file reference. No big deal when it’s one, but if there are hundreds or more, the process can be mind numbing and time consuming.

Autodesk Vault

When files are renamed in Vault and opened in CAD, Vault tracks the change and ensures the reference to any other files are maintained, giving users more time to focus on design rather than file administration.

Autodesk Vault Vs Windows - File Renaming Video

Watch the video below to compare file remaming in Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer.

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Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer – File Management

January 12, 2023

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Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer - File Management

In the first post of the Autodesk Vault vs Windows Explorer Blog Series, we take a look at the differences between Autodesk Vault and Windows Explorer when it comes to file management and how users store, find files, create files and folders.

File Management

Windows Explorer File Management Processes and Techniques

When managing CAD or BIM data using AutoCAD, Inventor or Revit in a Windows Explorer, Network Server or even Cloud Storage environment, users typically:

Store data in folders
Sort data or projects by folder
Descriptive filenames that are complex and long are used to understand what the file is and what it contains
Find files by clicking through folders and sub-folders or searching by file name
Have a centralised library of content center files, xrefs, blocks, templates, etc.
Create multiple ipj files (for Inventor) to manage projects or isolate project specific files
Updating files and the file metadata on a batch scale using 3rd party tools, such as Inventor task scheduler

Windows Explorer File Management Challenges

Using Windows, users experience the following challenges:

Complex folder and sub-folder structures based on agreed upon rules or company standards
Understanding what a filename means to know what the file contains
Having to open the file or multiple files to find the right file/s.
Managing folder and filenames characters when the 255 character folder/filename limitation becomes an issue
Wasting time looking through folder structures to find the ‘correct’ file
Understanding which files reference the file you want to modify.
If there are duplicates, which file is the right file.
Using files across projects. In an Inventor environment, doing this while managing ipj files and reference errors can also become challenging.
Renaming or updating files on a batch scale can be laborious
The time it takes windows to search and find the files is time consuming
Windows finds other files that may not be related
You can’t see the metadata or file properties that are stored within the CAD file
Unless the filename includes the version or revision, it’s difficult to understand if it’s the latest file

Vault File Management

Using a SQL database, Vault managing folder and file entries, queries and file attributes, changing the way files are managed from relying on manual standards, file naming and folder structure procedures to leveraging file metadata and visualisation.

Using Vault, users can still use traditional folder and file naming methods to find files or by using advanced searching criteria, metadata and visualisation, users can the right file.

In the scenario below, we know the file name contains 558, it’s an ipt file and who created it, so by using this criteria, we can filter through the folder structure very quickly to isolate which file/s we are looking for. Search results can also be saved for future use too.

Folder Management

Like Windows, using the Project Explorer interface, users can create folders, sub-folders and (also new files) also use numbering schemes, Vault properties, datasheet, categories, version controls and lifecycles to manage the folder and its contents.

Tools to find the right file in Vault

Now that we have found what files have met the search criteria, amongst other tools in Vault, we can use these tabs to give us more insight into the file:

Search Results – view the results, file category, stage, compliance and any other associated metadata you want to view
Properties – displays all the properties associated with the file
History – provides an thumbnail, it’s version, revision, historical state and other meta data
Where Used – Lets you know which files are referencing the selected file before you start editing it and making changes to the file.
View – without needing to open the file, a user can view a 3D model (pan, rotate & zoom) or 2D drawing, measure, see markups, create cross sections and utilise all the other tools available in the Autodesk Viewer that is used in other Autodesk management tools such as Fusion Teams and Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Autodesk Vault File Management Video

Watch the video below to see how easy it is to find files in Autodesk Vault.

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Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer

January 11, 2023

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Autodesk Vault Vs Windows Explorer

When using CAD software such as Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor, the natural choice is to use the Windows Explorer environment and store files and manage projects and data in Windows folders.

User who use Windows folders can experience limitations and need to do more manual operations compared to using Autodesk Vault to manage their data, however, what are the differences between these two ways of working and is the time and money spent on implementing a new system less than the time spent working in Windows folders?

The answer an overwhelming yes from Vault users, and this blog series will demonstrate the differences, so if you are unsure of why you should stop how you are managing your CAD data in Windows, this blog should answer those questions.

What's the Difference?

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

File Management – How do you store and find files and metadata
Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed
Concurrent Design – How do you work on the same project and files
Collaboration – How do you collaborate with other team members

File Management

Windows Explorer File Management Processes and Techniques

When managing CAD or BIM data using AutoCAD, Inventor or Revit in a Windows Explorer, Network Server or even Cloud Storage environment, users typically:

Store data in folders
Sort data or projects by folder
Descriptive filenames that are complex and long are used to understand what the file is and what it contains
Find files by clicking through folders and sub-folders or searching by file name
Have a centralised library of content center files, xrefs, blocks, templates, etc.
Create multiple ipj files (for Inventor) to manage projects or isolate project specific files
Updating files and the file metadata on a batch scale using 3rd party tools, such as Inventor task scheduler

Vault File Management

Using Vault, users can still use traditional folder and file naming methods to find files or by using advanced searching criteria, metadata and visualisation, users can the right file.

Autodesk Vault vs Windows Explorer - File Management Blog Post

Click the button below to learn more about how Autodesk Vault manages files compared to using Windows Explorer

Reference Management

Windows Reference Management

When files are referenced within a file such as an xref in AutoCAD and Revit or iam, ipt and idw in an Inventor iam

Windows Vs Vault

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed

Renaming Files

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed

Copying Files

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed

IPJ File Management

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed

Attributes/Properties

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed

Version Control

Here’s the main differences when working in Autodesk Vault and Windows:

Reference management – How the systems manage file references such as when files like dwg xrefs are linked into a dwg in an AutoCAD project or with Inventor Assemblies, how sub-assemblies, parts and drawings are managed.
Renaming Files – How do you rename a file or a batch of files and how it affects other files that reference the renamed file.
Copying Files – Copying existing files from existing projects and re-using designs.
IPJ file management (Autodesk Inventor) – Inventor uses IPJ project files and the way they are used in both systems differ.
Attributes/Properties – How users modify the attributes/properties of files
Version Control – How versions are managed

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Save Time and Money with Autodesk Vault for AutoCAD

November 16, 2022

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Save Time and Money with Autodesk Vault for AutoCAD

If you are wondering if Autodesk Vault can help you manage your AutoCAD projects and collaborate with team members, then check out these top reasons for Autodesk Vault for AutoCAD.

Benefits of Using Autodesk Vault

Autodesk Vault comes in two version, Vault Basic and Vault Professional and Design Consulting can deploy these systems on-premise or in the cloud.

Data Centralisation
Versioning
Search
Change Management
Revision Tables
Sheet Set Manager
Copy Design
Rename
View and Markup

Data Centralisation

Whether it’s Vault Basic or Vault Professional, your engineering data and related documents are stored centrally.

Files are stored on the Vault Server and users check them out which creates a local copy on their computer and when they are ready, they can check the file/s back into Vault and the latest version is stored on the Server.

Versioning

Managers can audit and track the revision history of data files from a single location. This helps reduce the chance of design and construction errors by enabling the proactive release and tracking of files throughout the project lifecycle.

Team members access only the correct revision of data. As the project evolves, Autodesk® Vault Professional software captures predefined milestones in the project lifecycle, making it easier for users to revert back to a previous state and keep track of design
changes.

Search

Vault users can use a range of methods, such as saved searches and shortcuts, to find and organize data. A user can search for a file name or search on attributes and custom properties to find the right file/s.

Change Management

Control design data access with revision management. Audit and track the revision history of your data files from a single location. Reduce the chance of design and manufacturing errors by securely releasing and tracking files throughout the design cycle, helping make sure that team members access only the correct revision of data.

Revision Tables

The process of manually updating the revision tables on drawings can be time-consuming, especially for changes that require simple property updates throughout the drawing’s lifecycle. The Vault Revision Table feature enables you to automatically update a drawing’s revision table data. Since multiple revision tables may exist in the same drawing, the Vault Revision Table feature tracks and updates all tables.

Sheet Set Manager

Sets of drawings are the primary deliverable for most design groups. Sets of drawings communicate the overall design intent of a project and provide the documentation and specifications for the project. However, managing sets of drawings manually can be complicated and time-consuming. The Sheet Set Manager integration enables you to store your sheets in a vault. You can also work on vaulted sheet sets online of offline.

Copy Design

Stop manually recreating or duplicating complex models and drawing sets, saving hours of design time. Using Autodesk data management software, you can copy a digital prototype—including all related files and documentation—for use in a new design. It’s easy to configure the files you want to replace, reuse, or copy.

Rename

Drawing files containing external references or links can be renamed and reorganized without breaking links between parent and child documents. Users are able to specify a new name and new numbering scheme based on a configurable set of tables.

View and Markup

Vault enables easy sharing and collaborating. Multisheet drawings are supported in the markup environment, which provides a rich feature set of tools. Once a markup is created, it can be shared and managed by Vault.

Summary

Vault provides a number of benefits for Autodesk AutoCAD users and all features except change management are found in Autodesk Vault Basic. Vault Professional offers revision control, lifecycle management, automatic numbering schemes a job processor to automate publishing of PDF, DWG and other file typ.es plus many other features with support for AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Mechanical, Electrical, Civil 3D and Factory Design Utilities.

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Hire a full time CAD Manager for $325 pw

June 24, 2022

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Hire a full time CAD Manager for $325 pw

Based in Australia, duties Include:

Managing revisions
Publishing PDF, DXF, DWG, STEP files, etc.
Batch update properties/attributes
Managing file references
Finds latest files
Change Orders
Exports Bill of Materials
Finds Duplicates
Copies projects and files for new projects
Works 7 days per week, available 24 hours per day

Yes, it is too good to be true...

But time is money and in these inflationary times, you need to automate mundane repetitive tasks...

Get Vault Professional from $325 per week to automate and manage AutoCAD and Inventor Projects plus more.

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Autodesk Vault Migration Best Practices

May 18, 2022

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Autodesk Vault Migration Best Practices

A Vault migration occurs where the Vault environment is being migrated from one release to a later release (e.g. 2022 to 2023).

Migrations need to be planned out and not left too long between releases and from the current release to avoid issues with data and config migrations which ultimately leads an increase in the time and cost to migrate Vault to the designated release.

Planning the Migration

If Vault migrations are left too long between releases or is migrated to a release that is more than 3 releases from the current, issues can arise in a migration where there are errors in configurations and database relationships due to:

Double and triple migrations
Autodesk integrating too many changes between releases and the old configuration not being supported in the new release.
Users may miss issues during testing and handover phase, etc.
Release is end of life and no longer support from Autodesk
Forced to do a double migration
Cyclical problem of too many changes between releases (being too far apart) and errors, can’t go forward until issues are resolved.

What is a Double Migration?

Vault can only be migrated within 3 releases. A Vault environment on 2020 can only be migrated to 2022. If the current release in this scenario is 2023, then another migration is required to go from 2022 to 2023.

A triple migration is basically when the Vault release is far back from the desired release. In one example, Design Consulting migrated Vault from 2015 to 2017, 2017 to 2019 and then 2019 to 2021.

The time taken and steps involved to migrate are virtually replicated, resulting in a duplication in costs every time a migration is required, so planning your Vault migration is important to get the best value for money when migrating and also have users take advantage of the additional productivity features in the new releases of Vault and CAD software.

On one hand IT may want to delay the inevitable for as long as possible to reduce their workload on a 1, 2 or 3 year interval, however, the user base can lose out on new features that makes the business more productive and if there are issues with the migration due to unforseen errors in data and configuration, any time savings in IT may be minimal compared to these aforementioned factors.

Vault Migration Best Practices

While things get busy and there may be budgetary constraints, however, if possible, the best practice for Vault to optimise the migrations are:

To ensure backups are scheduled, not failing and up to date
Vault Server and CAD System Requirements are being met
Try migrating within 3 releases to avoid a double migration (2019 to 2021, 2021 to 2022 double migration costs the same as 2019 to 2021, 2021 to 2023)
Stay 1 release behind the latest or wait for the major service pack release to avoid any unforeseen issues.
Test environment – Have a compatible server, job processor (if required), CAD-level workstation, etc. as a test environment for the migration that users can connect to, before rolling it out the migrated Vault release into production.
For larger environments of 50x users or more, having in place a more formal ITIL framework or similar.

Get in Touch

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Automate Revision Control with Vault Professional

May 18, 2022

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Change Management Slowing Down Engineering?

Focus on design and less on admin with Autodesk Vault Professional.

Automate Revisions, Lifecycles and Change Management with Autodesk Vault Professional

Revision Schemes

Setup schemes and rules

Automated Revisions

Work on the latest revision

Lifecycle Management

Automate workflows

Compliance

Lock files when released

BOM's

Manage bills of materials

Job Processor

Automate PDF, DXF, STEP, files and more

Autodesk Vault Professional

Vault Professional offers data security, compliance, audit trails and many automated data and file administration tools to speed up the design and engineering process

Get in Touch

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Export Bills of Materials with JP-Pro for Autodesk Vault

November 8, 2021

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Export Bills of Materials with JP-Pro for Autodesk Vault

Using the JP-Pro plug-in for Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Vault Professional, users can automatically export Bills of Materials from Autodesk Inventor assemblies through Vault.

JP-Pro is an advanced Job Processor for Autodesk Vault that automates jobs for Autodesk AutoCAD products and Inventor Professional and Microsoft products and one of the functions of JP-Pro for Autodesk Vault is the ability to export bills of materials from Autodesk Inventor assemblies through Vault Workgroup and Professional by using the Job Processor.

One of the unique features of JP-Pro is the ability to export a bill of materials from an Autodesk Inventor assembly (iam) file to either excel, csv or xml file through Vault so users can then use that data in other systems.

It does that by configuring the Job Processor to initiate a bill of material export on lifecycle change state or by manual trigger.

When the user changes the lifecylce for example to released, JP-Pro will send the instruction to the Vault Job Processor to export the Bill of Materials in the configured format.

Users can also initiate an export on maual trigger by selecting or multi-selecting a range of Autodesk Inventor assembly files (iam), RMB (right mouse button) click and selecting BOM export.

Not only does JP-Pro export bills of materials but also exports many other formats, connects meta data between files and sends user notifications.

Click here to learn more about JP-Pro