You can only check in a drawing that you have checked out. Checking in the drawing returns the file to its original project database and folder, and updates the version. If the drawing is opened and has been changed, it is automatically saved before it is checked in.
When checking in a project drawing, you can specify which objects in the drawing (if any) you want to share with others. You can also specify whether a .dwf file is created, as a preview of the source drawing, for display in drawing item views and the Autodesk Vault Client.
Tutorial Exercise: Checking In a Project Object
After you check out a project drawing and change it, check in the drawing to make it available to others and to update the version in the project database.
To check a drawing in to the vault
- 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 in.
Note: If a drawing is open under the Open Drawings collection, all right-click functions are transferred to that location.
- Right-click the drawing and click .
- On the Drawing File Dependencies page of the Check In Drawing wizard, specify any file dependencies, .dwf creations options, and comments.
- Click Next.
- On the
Share Data page of the Check In Drawing wizard, specify which objects in the drawing you want to share with others.
Note: If the drawing does not contain objects that can be shared, this dialog box is not displayed. Objects that were shared during the Add to Project command or a previous Check In command are not listed.
- Click Finish.