Autodesk Vault Services & Support

White Papers

Speed collaboration using Autodesk Vault and Riverbed WAN Optimization

The combination of Autodesk® Vault and Riverbed® WAN optimization technology provides an effective solution to help maintain fast and efficient design data access over high-latency wide-area networks.

Speed collaboration using Autodesk Vault and Riverbed WAN Optimization (pdf - 619Kb)

Autodesk Vault Integration with Microsoft SharePoint

With the integration between Autodesk® Vault 2012 and Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, even non-designers can use familiar SharePoint capabilities to find and securely work with engineering and design data stored in Autodesk Vault.

Autodesk Vault Integration with Microsoft SharePoint (pdf - 82Kb)

Advancing Mainstream Workgroup Data Management

Ora Research studied three small to medium-size manufacturers that successfully implemented workgroup data management using Autodesk Vault Workgroup.

Advancing Mainstream Workgroup Data Management (pdf - 3010Kb)

Vault Collaboration and Vault Manufacturing Report Template Authoring

Generate formatted reports representing data contained in a vault and display the data in a variety of ways, including charts, tables and data sheets.

Vault Collaboration and Vault Manufacturing Report Template Authoring (pdf - 514Kb)

Vault and Productstream Background Process

Autodesk Vault and Productstream 2009 uses several background processes to perform many common housekeeping chores to keep the system running optimally. This document will describe the way these processes behave, and methods to modify their behavior.

Vault Background Processes (pdf - 336Kb)

Publishing Options for Autodesk Vault 2009

Learn how Autodesk Vault 2009 creates an XML file the first time it publishes a DWF. The XML file contains performance-friendly default settings for publishing DWFs of files checked in from Autodesk Inventor or any of the AutoCAD® verticals. You can then customize the settings in the XML file to optimize publishing performance for your environment.

Publishing Options for Autodesk Vault 2009 (pdf - 399Kb)

Migrating Autodesk Inventor Data into Autodesk Vault

Autodesk® Inventor™ file migration can be performed either on a per file basis or with a batch process. Learn how to analyze, prepare, migrate, and validate the Inventor files to ensure proper migration to Autodesk® Vault software.

Migrating Autodesk Inventor Data into Autodesk Vault (pdf - 147Kb)

Best Practices for Loading Autodesk Inventor Data into Autodesk Vault

The most important item to address during the implementation of Autodesk® Vault software is the cleaning and loading of data. This white paper outlines steps and tools to facilitate this process.

Best Practices for Loading Autodesk Inventor Data into Autodesk Vault (pdf - 1686Kb)

DWF Settings in Autodesk Vault

The Vault Client in Autodesk Vault 2008 creates an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file the first time a DWF file is created using Autodesk Inventor. This XML file stores the settings that are used for the creation of DWF files by Autodesk Vault using Autodesk Inventor. This document describes the XML file used and settings in the XML file.

DWF Settings in Autodesk Vault (pdf - 157Kb)

Best Practices for Implementing Autodesk Vault

This white paper will guide you through the best practices for implementing Autodesk® Vault software. The document details standard installation methods, deployment, and best practices for maintaining the database.

Best Practices for Implementing Autodesk Vault (pdf - 485Kb)

Practical Data Management

Learn how Autodesk is taking a practical approach to deliver the benefits of product lifecycle management to manufacturers of all sizes.

Practical Data Management (pdf - 76Kb)

Are You Ready for Practical Data Management?

Read how three small- to medium-size manufacturers successfully implemented data management using Autodesk® Vault.

Data Management Case Studies (pdf - 562Kb)

Justifying and Implementing Practical Data Management

Read how three small- to medium-size manufacturers managed data before Autodesk Vault, what justified their move, and what it took to implement and get their engineers proficient and productive.

Justifying and Implementing Practical Data Management (pdf - 64Kb)

Remote Vault Access: WAN versus LAN Performance

Read this whitepaper to learn how performance is affected when accessing a remote vault in a Wide Area Network (WAN) versus a Local Area Network (LAN) environment.

Vault Remote Access: WAN versus LAN Performance (pdf - 56Kb)