Vault Office

Autodesk Vault Office is a separate product available for purchase, which provides basic vaulting capabilities for non-CAD users. Autodesk Vault Office delivers single document check-in and checkout via the Vault web client and the add-in, allowing you to manage all of your office data, including word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Using Autodesk Vault Office, you can organize all of your files and keep them in one location for easy access. All file versions are retained, so you never misplace or replace past versions. The vault stores each version of a file, along with any file dependencies, giving you a living history of the project as you work on it. The vault also stores file properties, such as the user name, date, and comments, for rapid searching and retrieving.

Once Autodesk Vault Office is installed, a new ribbon tab and menu items are added to the Office application.
Note: Refer to Install the Vault Add-in for Microsoft Office for more information.

Essential Vault Skills

Command/Function

Short Description

Go to vault

Launch the Autodesk Vault stand-alone client.

Log in to a vault

Log into the vault.

Log out of a vault

Log out of the vault.

Open from vault

Open a file stored in the Vault.

Note: It may not be possible to preview a file when using Open From Vault in Microsoft Office applications.

Go to workspace

Launches the local working folder for Vault files.

Refresh file

Updates the selected file(s) with the properties in the vault.

Check in

Check file in for the first time or check a file back into the vault.

Check out

Checks a file out of the vault.

Note: This command only performs a quick check out, so only the latest version of the latest revision is retrieved. To get a particular revision, click Get Revision on the Vault ribbon.

Undo checkout

Undoes a file checkout.

Vault Options

Launches the Vault Options dialog where you can configure your settings for the Vault add-in.

Update Properties

Updates file properties with the properties in the vault.

Get Revision

Get's a particular revision of a file from the vault.