Autodesk® Vault

What’s new in 2015

Lieven Grauls Technical Manager Manufacturing - Autodesk

Digital Prototyping

with Vault

Autodesk Vault 2015 | What’s new

Improved integration

Updates to CAD add-ins

Data standardization

Tools to drive user compliance

and project requirements

Item & Bom’s

New item enhancements and

thin client

Improved integrations

Inventor integration

Better identify

downloaded version

after system or user

edits are made

User can make more

informed choices

Vault enables

appropriate commands

based on Vault status

Checked out

by other user

Released

file Quick Change

Inventor integration

Alternate method to display

when files have been

modified by the system or

user (+ property)

Less intrusive to help reduce

user anxiety

Improved filtering to locate

all modified files

Inventor integration

Support item-oriented workflows

AutoCAD and Inventor add-ins recognize item

search and records within Open/ Place dialog box

Create virtual components based on Vault item

information

Revit integration

Capture and manage

project properties

Revit model properties mapped

to Vault UDP

Shared parameter support

Point to a shared parameters

file stored in the vault

New mapping

User interface on the Vault

Options dialog box

Revit integration

Load group

Load model, detail, and

attached detail groups from

Vault

Load family

Retrieve all of the family

types needed for a project at

once

Revit Integration

Import from Vault

Import CAD files from

Vault

Link more file types

Extended to include

.dgn, .sat, and .skp files

Revit Integration

Interface changes

New login interface and connection status

Improved tooltips

Manage model

Control category, state, and revision of model

Maintain link to DWF during check out and check

back of Revit file

Data Standardization

Data Standardization Challenges

How to drive design standards and processes

Manage users save locations

Control and share templates

Enforce property policies early in the design process

Provide consistent approach to file numbering and data

entry

Autodesk Vault Data Standard

Integrate with Inventor and AutoCAD

Custom forms to capture data on save

Enforce file detail and behavior

Auto-generated Vault file numbers and save location

Required properties

Menu options to edit data sheet and copy files

Data Standard Vault | Example 1 Vault Explorer Folder / Projects / and more…

Data Standard Vault | Example 2 - Vault Explorer

Data Standard Vault | Example 3 - Vault Explorer

Data Standard Vault | Example 4 – CAD BOM

Data Standard Inventor | Example 5 – Create New…

Data Standard Components

Item & BOM’s

Item & BOM usability

Simplified item create

Single click create

Item numbering

Edit numbering scheme

values on creation

Drag-drop & copy-

paste support

File/item link

Item/item link

Component/item link

Item & BOM usability

Enhanced item editing

Open Item directly from project explorer

Open multiple read only items

Enter and exit edit mode from open item

Item & BOM usability

Long lead time support

Assign item to parent only

Assign item to entire structure

Ability to turn rows ON/OFF on-demand

Add rows

Create BOM row from new item

Item and BOM Usability

Edit nested items

Modify nested BOM

Row Order

Drag and Drop or enter new row order to

rearrange BOM

Item & BOM Usability

Position number in the

BOM grid

Mapped to CAD BOM

Editing – Manual as well as

CAD rows

Duplicates – visual

indication

Save As command

Copy with properties, BOM, and attachments

Thin client

New interface

Project Explorer

View files, items, and folders

Aligns with Vault Explorer

Configurable views

Planks

Tiles

Grid

Configurable properties

Full document details

Thin client

Command banner

Common user actions

Preview

Download

Viewing support for multiple

browsers

IE, Chrome, Firefox

New web service

http://<servername>/AutodeskTC

Vault office client

Update extends to

Vault office client

View, download

files as well as

single document:

Check in

Check out

Undo check out

Add file

Replication improvements

Autodesk® Vault File

Server

Local file store

No local ADMS

Reduce ADMS chatter

Improve replication

performance

Reduced install

complexity and

maintenance

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