To Check a Drawing Out

You can check out a project drawing to edit it.

To check a drawing out from the vault

Checking out a drawing prevents others from changing the drawing while you are working on it. When you have completed your changes, check in the drawing.

Check out a drawing only if you intend to change it. If you do not need to change the drawing, get a read-only copy using Get Latest Version.

You can check out files that the drawing is dependent on when you check out the drawing. However, you should only check out dependent files if you intend to change them.

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

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, under the Projects collection, expand the project collection and the project Drawings collection that contains the drawing you want to check out.
   Note: If a drawing is open under the Open Drawings collection, all right-click functions are transferred to that location.
2. Right-click the drawing and click Check Out.
3. In the Check Out Drawing dialog box, specify whether dependent files should also be checked out.
4. Specify whether you want the latest version of the file.

   Getting the latest version overwrites your local copy of the file with the most recent version of the master copy of the file. Most of the time, you should get the latest version of the file. However, if you want to create a new version of the file from your existing local copy, do not get the latest version.

5. If Include File Dependencies is selected, specify which project files should be checked out.
6. Click OK.

To undo the checkout of a drawing

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, under the Projects collection, expand the project collection and the project Drawings collection that contains the drawing you want to reset.
   Note: If a drawing is open under the Open Drawings collection, all right-click functions are transferred to that location.
2. Right-click the checked-out drawing.
3. Click Undo Check Out.
4. In the Undo Check Out dialog box, select Include File Dependencies to display dependent files.
5. If dependent files are displayed, clear the check boxes next to files that should remain checked-out.
6. Click OK.