Within Vault Professional, you have the option when using ‘Copy Design’ to set action rules. These rules will run during the copy design process and allows you to specify a Vault property and set a rule condition i.e. write a value or leave blank to remove populate fields from the existing files. The procedure to… Read More
Copying AutoCAD Electrical Project
This article looks at different methods for copying an AutoCAD Electrical project, which can be very benefical when working on projects that are similar with minor changes being made to drawings. The video below shows how to copying an AutoCAD Electrical project with Vault integration:
LMTools – Replacing License File
If you have either generated a new license file from your Autodesk Management page or recieved a license file from Micro Concepts. You will need to replace the existing license file that is being used in LMTools Utility. To do this, you will need to follow the instructions below: **Note: Before making any changes in the… Read More
Autodesk Vault Autoloader
Autodesk Autoloader bulk uploads data to a vault. Autoloader does not affect the original source files. The source files are copied to a temporary location on the local computer prior to being uploaded. If you are uploading Autodesk Inventor files, once any file resolution issues have been addressed and the copied files have been organized… Read More
Vault – Item and Lifecycle Settings
The following video shows some of the Vault settings to be aware of when using item’s and lifecycle’s within Vault Workgroup or Professional:
Mapping Custom iProperties in Vault Workgroup/Professional
Within Vault Workgroup and Professional you have the ability to map custom iProperties from a file into Vault. This allows the user to edit custom iProperty fields within Vault and/or the related file and it will synchronise the value between the Vault property and file property (depending the mapping setup). You can also select the mapping… Read More
Mapping AutoCAD Block Attributes into Vault
In Vault, when you want to map properties from an Inventor file into Vault, it is a simple case of selecting that file at the mapping stage and choosing from the list of properties which are then populated in the Import Properties dialogue. With AutoCAD block attributes, it’s not so straightforward. For these, you have… Read More
Installations and You, 2018
It is that time of year again! The 2018 product releases are starting to trickle out on the subscription site, and many of you will be taking advantage and adopting early. Whether you are keen to try out the new features, or just to take comfort in being at the latest version, it will pay… Read More
Vault Transmittal – need only the dwfs but the transmittal doesn’t give the required information
There’s a pack and go tool in Vault that is great for sharing files outside of vault, that gives options for a complete pack and go of assemblies, and all required parts or just the dwfs and sending these directly to an email. It even includes a tool for automatically creating a transmittal report and attaching… Read More