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Use the Autodesk Vault project type to manage projects with multiple designers.
In Vault projects, common files are stored in a vault and are never accessed directly. The vault maintains version history of files, as well as additional attributes.
To use the vault project, Autodesk Vault Basic software must be installed. First install Autodesk Vault Basic, and then create a vault project before you start working on any model files.
NoteIn the Project wizard, Semi-isolated and Shared project types are unavailable by default. If you have a requirement to create legacy projects types, click 
General tab. Select the Enable creation of legacy project types check box.
General tab. Select the Enable creation of legacy project types check box. If the check box is not selected, and Autodesk Vault Basic is not installed, only a Single User project can be created with the Project Wizard.
Characteristics of vault projects
- You never view or work directly on the vaulted version of a file.
- Each designer checks out files to view and edit them. When checked out, the files are copied to a workspace defined by a personal project for the designer. When you check edited files back in, they are available to other team members.
If you attempt to edit a file that is checked out by someone else, a warning message alerts you to the file status.
- To get the latest versions of files changed and checked in by other designers, you refresh the files in your workspace.
- Autodesk Vault Basic maintains copies of all of the previously checked-in versions of data files. It maintains a database to store additions about edit history, file properties, and file dependencies.
- To avoid file resolution problems, projects use paths that are relative to the project file location (such as .\ or .\workspace), rather than absolute paths.
- You can set up queries on file properties, track file references, and retrieve past configurations.
- Workgroup search paths are not available. You consolidate all project folders under the single workspace search path. The workspace is the local folder mapped to the corresponding folder in the vault. The workspace can be a single folder, or can include a hierarchy of subfolders to help organize the project.
- Vault projects do not allow the use of an included path. If possible, do not use an included path, but rather use the Vault to manage files.
Create an Autodesk Vault Basic project
Create an Autodesk Vault Basic project
- Click
Manage Projects. - In the Projects dialog box, click Projects, and then click New to start the Project wizard.
- Select New Vault Project, and then click Next.
- Name the vault project and specify the project location. Make sure it is a new folder that does not contain any data. By default, the Project wizard creates a folder for the project file (.ipj), but if you browse to a different location, the located folder name is used. Click Next.
- Select existing libraries, add them to the project, and then click Finish.
- In the Project Editor, double-click the new vault project name to make it the active project.
- Enter the following information:
- Server The name of the computer housing the vault where this project is added. The name can be a computer name or an IP address.
- Database Identifies the database used by the vault project.
- Name The name of the vault where this project is added.
- Vault Project The name of this project preceded by $/. The name should match the name you entered in the Project wizard.
- Virtual Folder Optional. The location of the folder used to publish data to share with customers. This location should be on a common server and mapped with a UNC path (for example, \\Server\\Share\).
- Click Save to save the project file, and then click Cancel to close the dialog box.
- After you create the project, you can open it in the project editor to set further options.