Checking out a file copies the file version in the vault to your local working folder. Once a file is checked out, it can be edited. Only one member of a team can check out a file at one time. No one else can modify a checked out file until it has been checked back into the vault.
Launch the Autodesk Vault client application to see who has a file checked out. The person who checked out the file is listed in the User Name column.
You can check out files for editing when you Open Files from a Vault.
If you have already opened a file from the Vault as Read Only, you can check it out using the Check Out command.
Once you are finished editing a file, you can check the file back into the vault to store your changes or Undo Checkout to cancel any changes and return the file to the Vault as the version it was before you checked it out.
Check out a file that is already open as Read Only
The Vault Status displays in the Alias address bar.