Checking in files into the vault transfers files from your local working folder into the vault.
Note: You must be assigned the role of either Editor or Administrator to perform this action. Contact your Vault administrator to verify your role.
Before checking any files to the vault for the first time, make sure they conform to the rules for adding files to the vault.
- The workspace and all library folders which are referenced in the Autodesk Inventor model must be mapped to corresponding vault folders before files can be added to the vault. Mapping the local folders referenced in the project to folders in the vault is necessary to maintain the project structure and the parent/child relationships.
- A file that is outside either the workspace or the library search paths and is dependent on an Autodesk Inventor model cannot be added to the vault.
When attempting to check in an Autodesk Inventor file that breaks one or more of these rules, an error is displayed indicating which rule is being broken.
Autodesk .dwf files can be created and attached automatically when files are added to the vault. The .dwf attachments are only created for files that have changed or for files that do not have .dwf files published already. The paper clip icon is not displayed for automatically published .dwf files.
Attention: If you are using express mode, Inventor requires that you load all of the parts required for .dwf publishing before checking in an assembly.
Overview of the Check In Files for the First Time Process
- Files are added to the vault folders specified in the Map Folder dialog. The folder mappings are stored in the Autodesk Inventor project file so you do not have to select where files are to be stored in the vault during each time you add files.
- If exact copies of the files being added already exist elsewhere in the vault, you are warned that the files will be duplicated.
- Before files are added to the vault, they are checked for conformity with the folder structure of the vault to make sure the relationships resolve correctly.
- Files are copied from your local workspace and libraries into the vault. It is important to note that they are copied to the server and not removed from your local working folders.
- After files have been added to the vault, your local files are flagged as read-only. From this point on, the files must be checked out before editing.
- When adding Autodesk Inventor files using the Vault Check In for Autodesk Inventor, all parent/child relationships are maintained on the server. Having the vault store these relationships makes it easy for you to find where files are used and what the children of the files look like at any time.