To Check Out a Vault Project Object’s Source Drawing

You can check out a project object’s source drawing at the project object level in the Prospector tree.

When you check out a drawing, a local copy of the drawing is placed in your working folder, and the drawing is opened.

Note: If you have workgroup replication enabled in Autodesk Vault, your workgroup must have ownership of a drawing before you can check it out.

Tutorial Exercise: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object

To check out a project object’s source drawing

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Projects collection.
2. Expand the project collection that contains the project object.
3. Expand the object collection that contains the project object.
4. Right-click the project object and click Check Out Source Drawing.
5. In the Check Out Drawing dialog box, specify whether file dependencies should be included.
6. Specify whether the latest version of the file is desired.
7. If Include File Dependencies is selected, specify which project files should be checked out with the drawing file by selecting the check boxes next to them.
8. Click OK.

To undo the checkout of a project object’s source drawing

You can undo the checkout of a project object’s source drawing at the project object level in the Prospector tree.

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Projects collection.
2. Expand the project collection that contains the project object.
3. Expand the object collection that contains the project object.
4. Right-click the project object and click Undo Check Out Source Drawing.
5. In the Undo Check Out dialog box, select Include File Dependencies to display dependent files.
6. If dependent files are displayed, clear the check boxes next to files that should remain checked out.
7. Click OK.