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The most basic requirement of the vault is that you never work directly
on a file in the vault. You must check out the project to the working folder
on your local drive to edit it. When you finish working on the project, you
must check the project back into the vault.
When a project file and its related drawing files are checked out of a vault,
only the files that are not currently checked out are downloaded. If the
working copy of a file is older than the version in the vault, you are
prompted to replace the working copy. If the working copy is currently
checked out, it is not replaced.
TIP If you want others to view updates you made to a project and you want
to continue modifying the project, select the Keep Checked Out option on the
Check In dialog box. This checks in the updates you made to the project and
keeps the project checked out to you.
NOTE You must have all references of a project file downloaded to your
working folder to edit the project file.
■ View the status of files in a design
The status icons indicate the status of your local files as compared to the
same files in the vault. You can tell when the local copy is in sync with
the vault and when it is not. The tooltip for each status icon describes the
state of the file and suggests the next logical step. The status of a local file
is updated when it is saved to disk.
NOTE The vault status icons are only available in the list view and only appear
when you are logged into the vault.
Setup for single user vs. multiple users
You can perform vault operations on the entire project or individual drawing
files listed within the project in AutoCAD Electrical. However, in a
multiple-user design environment, you can choose to check out and edit
individual files as they are needed rather than checking out the entire project
at once while still maintaining drawing file dependencies and versions. After
you make changes to the files and check them back into the vault, the
associated files simultaneously update.
Use the Project Manager to perform all vaulting operations. In AutoCAD
Electrical, you can select a file (or multiple files) within a project to:
■ Check in (all)
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