Exercise 1: Exporting a Vault Project

In this exercise, you will export a Vault project into a portable ZIP file.

Project export is useful for archiving a project, or packaging it for transmission to another vault.

Export a project

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, Projects collection, right-click Tutorial Vault ProjectExport To ZIP file.
   Note:

   The Event Viewer might indicate that project drawings must be closed before the project can be exported. Make sure that all project drawings are closed, and then repeat Step 1.

2. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the My Civil 3D Tutorial Data folder. Click OK.

   While the operation continues, you see a progress bar, then a message about successful export with the complete path to the ZIP file.

3. In the message dialog that reports the successful export, note the complete path to the ZIP file, then click OK.
4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the My Civil 3D Tutorial Data folder.
5. Extract the ZIP file with WinZip or another file compression utility.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Importing a Data Shortcut Project into Vault.