Get or Check a File Out of a Vault with the Inventor Vault Add-in

Check out a file or get a specific revision of a file from a vault using the Inventor Vault add-in.

The following options are available when checking out a file with the Inventor Vault Add-in:

Get Revision allows you to specify which revision is retrieved from the server.

Note: The Revision feature is available in Autodesk Vault Professional.
Check Out, also known as a Quick Checkout, allows you to check out the latest version of the latest revision of files or files that have been edited out of turn. Files that do not meet these requirements are not displayed as options for checkout with this command.

You also have the options to apply the vault operation to any children, or parents of the file.

Perform a Quick Checkout

In the Vault browser, select the file that you want to check out. You can also select multiple files by pressing the Control or Shift keys.
Right-click the selection, and then select Check Out or select Check Out from the Autodesk Vault ribbon. The Check Out dialog box is displayed.
If you want to check in parents or children of the selected files, click Settings. Enter a comment in the Comment box describing why you want to check out the file, if appropriate.
Click OK to check out the files. the vault places the files in your local folder. You can now edit the files.

Note: The Revision feature is available in Autodesk Vault Professional.

In the Vault browser, select the file that you want to check out.
Right-click the selection, and then select Get Revision or select Get Revision from the Autodesk Vault ribbon. The Get/Check Out Files dialog box is displayed.
Select the revision that you want to check out from the Select Revision list.
If you want to give related files with a released status priority, select the Released Biased for Related Files check box.
If you want to check out children of the selected files, click Settings. Enter a comment in the Comment box describing why you want to check out the file, if appropriate.
Click OK to check out the files. The vault places the files in your local folder. You can now edit the files.