Working on an Offline Vaulted Sheet Set

The VLTSAVETODST command allows you to continue working on a vaulted sheet set after logging out from a vault. When you are logged out of the vault, you are considered to be working in offline mode. This command will:

As well as during a manual save, the Vault add-in will automatically save an offline DST copy of the active sheet set when you:

Export to DST File

Use the VLTSAVETODST command to create a DST file. When youa re not logged into the vault, you can use the DST file to work on your sheet set offline.

  1. Type VLTSAVETODST in the command line and press Enter.
  2. Navigate to the working folder of your vaulted sheet set, and locate the newly converted DST file in that folder.
    Note: A DST file created by VLTSAVETODST command will always overwrite the local copy prior to backing up the local copy as *.dst.bak.

Release Availability

This feature is available in certain editions of Autodesk Vault. Refer to the table below to see if your edition has this feature. 

  2012 2013 2014
Autodesk Vault Basic    
Autodesk Vault Workgroup
Autodesk Vault Collaboration
Autodesk Vault Professional