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Title: Vault 3 Locks up Drawing Management: Free tool provides basic...

Author: Fane, Bill Article Type: Review
Source: CADalyst, v22 n1 p35(2) Publication Date: Jan 2005
  ISSN: 0820-5450
  Illustrations: Screen Layouts, Charts
URL of Publication: http://www.cadonline.com

Autodesk's Vault 3 excellent is a powerful file control tool that is provided free with each copy of Autodesk Inventor and can perform basic document management tasks. Vault 3 works only with Autodesk products, but can manage any file. Vault is a condensed document management product that will appeal mostly to the mechanical design user. The two basic components of Vault 3 are a server that holds the vault and the client. Vault's primary purpose is to enforce sign-out and sign-in rights. Only the user to whom a file or group of files is signed out can edit a file. Other useful functions include maintenance of a version history and the ability to generate where-used data for a part. Users can also select one existing part or subassembly and move it to the Vault. All related upstream and downstream files are moved to the Vault as well. Vault also has a facility that searches Inventor iProperties for particular values, and more support is provided for Organization for other Autodesk products. AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical and Mechanical Desktop files are managed from within those applications. Vault 3 allows Administrators full control over the server, and Editors can gain access to their specific fault folders to sign files in and out. Guests can view files.

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