Check Out a File
You can check out the currently opened file. Checking out a file changes the read-only attribute of the local copy to read/write.
Once a vaulted file is checked out, it can be edited. Only one member of a team can check out a file at one time. No one else can modify a checked out file until it has been checked back into the vault. You can launch the Autodesk Vault client application to see who has a file checked out. The person to whom a file is checked out will be listed in the User Name column.
All Autodesk Vault editions have the option of checking out any children of the file as well. Once you are finished editing a file, you can check the file back into the vault to store your changes or Undo Checkout to cancel any changes and return the file to the vault as the version it was before you checked it out.
To check a file out of a vault:
- Click the Vault tab > File Status panel > Check Out
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