Attach from Vault in AutoCAD

Use Attach from Vault to reuse and share files.

Browse through the vault and select a file, or group of files, to attach to the current drawing. The resulting attachment is a library or shared file. A file not attached from the library folder is a shared file. Only image, Inventor models, dwg, dgn, dwf, and dwfx files can be attached. You must check the host file out of the vault to attach a file from the vault.

You must be logged into the vault to attach a file from the vault.

Access:

Use one of the following methods to attach a file to a vault:

In the Autodesk Vault ribbon, click the Attach from Vault button.
At the command line type vltattach and press Enter.

Note: You must be logged into the vault to attach files to the vault.

Look in	Shows path of the active directory.
Find	Displays the Find dialog so you can search for any file in the vault.
Locations	Shows the top-level of the current vault database as the root. Navigate to the file you want to open.
File list	The main window shows folders defined in the active vault. Double-click a folder to show the files it contains, and then navigate to the file you want to open.
File name	Specifies the file to open, enter a file name, or select a file from the listed files.
Files of type	Filters file list to include only files of a specific type. Click the arrow to show list, and then highlight to select a file type.
Revision Note: Available in Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Professional.	Specifies the revision of the file to open.
Released Biased Note: Available in Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Professional.	Indicates that the related files downloaded should be the released versions in the revision.
Open options (AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical)	Click the down arrow next the Open button to select an Open option.
	Open (Check Out) Checks out the file you selected.
	Open (Check Out All) Checks out the file you selected and all xrefs. Note: In Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Professional, the Check Out All option is disabled if any children of the selected files may not be the latest revision.
	Open Read Only Opens the file you selected in read-only mode.
Open options (AutoCAD Mechanical)	Open Automatically attaches the item as a part reference. Open (Attach Primary File) Attaches the file associated with the selected item as an Xref. Open (Create Part Reference) Attaches an item as a Part Reference. When an item is placed as a part reference, the name (number) of the item is used as the name of the Part Reference in the BOM. If the same item is placed multiple times as a Part Reference, as long as the name and GUPI fields have the same values, the item is consolidated and rolled up.
Cancel	Cancels the file open operation and closes the dialog box.

Attach a File from Vault

Note: You cannot have two or more files with the same name in the same folder.

Select Attach from the Autodesk Vault ribbon.
In the Select File dialog box, locate and select one or more files to attach to the active drawing. To select multiple drawing files to attach, select the Files of Type: Drawing (*.dwg) and use the Ctrl or Shift key. Multiple selection is not supported for other file types.
Note: Insertion of Inventor models requires a download of the Inventor project file from the vault. This project file is specified within the Vault Settings dialog in the Vault client.
Select the revision of the file from the Revision drop-down.
Note: The Revision feature is available in Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Professional.
Select whether you want to check out one of the files, all of the files, or attach a read only version from the Open drop-down.
The file is attached to the current open file in the CAD application.

Attach an Item from Vault

Note: This feature is available only in AutoCAD Mechanical.

Attach files associated with items as Xrefs, or attach the item itself as a part reference.

Select Attach from the Autodesk Vault ribbon.
In the Select File dialog box, locate and select an item to attach to the current open file.
Select Open (Attach Primary File) to attach the file associated with the item as an Xref.
Select Open (Create Part Reference) to attach the item itself as a part reference.