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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS
I believe that Inventor Vault was created for file sharing, but I'm not entirely certain.
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
Autodesk Vault is a file-management system, but you need a dedicated Windows server for it to work properly.
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The vault is used for file sharing, but within Inventor it can do so much more. It will provide updates to CAD users of what in their assembly is checked out by other users. Allows them to see which of their local parts are out of date. And, most importantly, allows a right click update within an open assembly that swaps out the out-of-date parts with the current versions located in the vault.
You do need to pick a specific machine to run the vault, but for small CAD teams (<10 simultaneous users) it doesn't need to be anything more special than that one of the machines that can run Inventor. In fact, during previous seasons, I have had the teams vault installed on a laptop that was simultaneously being used by a CAD users. The key element is that you need administrator access to the computer to be able to start the IIS services on the machine. This component of windows is not always included in the windows install and you may need to explicitly add it from the Windows Components dialog.
The base version of Vault was included in the Autodesk package that was in the 2011 KoP. I would not be surprised to see a similar package in the 2012 KoP.