Essential Vault Skills

Essential Vault skills are shared across many different add-ins as well as the Vault Client. Click on the link for the Command/Function in the list to go to that topic in the help.

Command/Function	Short Description
Go to vault	Launch the Autodesk Vault stand-alone client.
Log in to a vault	Log into the vault.
Log out of a vault	Log out of the vault.
Open from vault	Open a file stored in the Vault.
Place from vault	Places a file from the Vault into the open file.
Go to workspace	Launches the local working folder for Vault files.
Refresh file	Updates the selected file(s) with the properties in the vault.
Check in	Check file in for the first time or check a file back into the vault.
Check out	Checks a file out of the vault. Note: This command only performs a quick check out, so only the latest version of the latest revision is retrieved. To get a particular revision, click Get Revision on the Vault ribbon.
Undo checkout	Undoes a file checkout.
Revert to Latest	Checks out a historical version of a file to modify and make it the current version.
Vault Options	Launches the Vault Options dialog where you can configure your settings for the Vault add-in.
Update Properties	Updates file properties with the properties in the vault.
Change State	Changes the lifecycle state of the file to another valid state in the lifecycle. Note: This command is available in Vault Professional.
Revise File	Changes the file's revision to the next appropriate increment in the revision scheme. Note: This command is available in Vault Professional.
change category	Changes the category assigned to a file. Note: This command is available in Vault Professional.