View Files in a Vault

You can preview files or any version of a file listed in Autodesk Vault before getting the files from the vault.

• To preview AutoCAD .dwg files, Autodesk DWG Viewer must be installed. The Autodesk DWG Viewer is included with the installation media.
• Autodesk Inventor View must be installed to preview Autodesk Inventor files (.iam, .ipt and .idw file types). Inventor and AutoCAD .dwg files are displayed using DWG TrueView. All other files are displayed in the viewer associated with that MIME type.

Note: Files that are viewed from inside the vault are downloaded to the local TEMP directory and do not replace the files in your working directory. The files contained in the TEMP directory can be managed using the Microsoft Windows Disk Cleanup utility.

View files in Autodesk Vault

1. Click a folder in the Autodesk Vault folder tree to list the files contained in the folder.
2. Right-click a file, and then select View in Window. The selected file is displayed in the viewer associated with that file type.

By default, the double-click action is to open the file. The default action can be changed to view the file when double-clicked.