Why Should We Implement Autodesk Vault with Autodesk Inventor?

• Improved Data Security – Ensure that the right users can access the right files in the right way. Vault also improves file sharing in multi-user environments and helps prevent inadvertent changes.
  • Organize and manage all related files – Vault lets you consolidate all product data in one place. You can attach PDF files, Microsoft Office Documents, Digital Pictures, etc. to your design data so they are easily accessible and kept safe. You can also quickly find them with Vault’s powerful search features.
   
• Revision Management – Vault will keep as many previous revisions as you choose and allow you to re-use those revisions. Never again will you have to dig desperately through your Old Versions folder, or keep dozens of extra files around for previous versions ‘just in case’. In a Multi-User environment, Revision Management will also let the rest of the design team know when files they reference, but don’t currently control, have been changed. All members will have access to the latest information, ensuring fewer mistakes from miscommunication.
   
• Powerful Search Capabilities – Autodesk Vault has the ability to search on any available property of any document placed in the vault, allowing for easy re-use of existing design data. For Inventor files, you can even add custom property fields (such as ECN numbers, customer information, etc). When a file with a new custom property is added to the vault, Autodesk Vault will automatically update the list of available search properties.
   
• Integration With Other Applications – Autodesk Vault is designed with the ability to communicate with other Autodesk products as well as custom-designed third party applications. Some of these applications include Autodesk Streamline, which is used to share design information with remote locations, and Autodesk Productstream (coming soon) which will allow you to manage your project beyond the design phase. Hagerman & Company also offers two applications that work directly with Autodesk Vault – QVP Connection and AutoPlot 6. For non-Inventor using consumers of design data, QVP Connection allows read-only access to the vault for viewing and printing operations while AutoPlot 6 allows batch printing and plotting directly from the vault.
   
• Automatic DWF file generation – Autodesk Vault 3 adds the ability to automatically update DWF files when Inventor data in the vault changes. You can also specify a folder outside the vault for the updated DWF to be published to, ensuring that information consumers without vault access have the most up-to-date information.
   
• Assembly Management – Autodesk Vault keeps track of all children of a given file. It also keeps track of all files a given file is a child of. This gives you the power to quickly and easily see how and where your design information is used. As an added bonus, you can rename an Inventor file in the vault, and all relationships will be updated. No more fear of the dreaded File Resolution dialog box!
   
• Modern Architecture and Interface – Autodesk Vault uses the familiar Windows user interface, and is intended to look very much like Microsoft Outlook. The database itself is built upon the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) or optionally the full powered SQL Server 2000 and its web services are built upon the industry standard .Net framework.
   
• Ease of Use – The worst part about data management is the actual management. Autodesk Vault eliminates the headaches by working inside Inventor and AutoCAD with a simple flyout menu. This ensures it is easy to use and requires very little end-user training. Afraid of implementation? No problem – Hagerman & Company offers very reasonable implementation packages that include complete Vault implementation, existing data import and user training.
   

It Just Makes Sense
With the power Autodesk Vault gives you to manage and safeguard your design data, implementation simply makes sense. Vault takes all of the worries and headaches out of data management. In exchange, Vault actually gives you some great tools to leverage and share your existing design information, leaving you more time to figure out how to solve your real design problems.