In addition to automated file published on lifecycle state changes, it's possible to manually schedule jobs from the Vault
Client.
You can publish Autodesk visualization files (*.dwf, *.dwg) as well as Microsoft Office 2010 files. To publish Microsoft Office
2010 files, the Microsoft Office 2010 package should be installed on the Job-Processor Machine.
Release Availability
This feature is available in certain editions of vault. To see if your Vault edition supports this feature, refer to the following
table .
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2014 |
Autodesk Vault Basic |
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Autodesk Vault Workgroup |
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Autodesk Vault Collaboration |
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Autodesk Vault Professional |
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Publish Files
Follow these instructions to publish files.
- Right-click on the document that you want to publish and select Publish from the context menu.
The Publish File dialog displays. The Format drop-down contains all publishing formats available for selected file.
In case you did a multi selection of documents this list will only contain the common formats for all different file types
selected in the vault explorer window. To guarantee correct processing on job processor machine it's important to configure
AutoCAD to suppress such dialogs. In AutoCAD the best way to suppress theses dialogs is to do it manually and select the same
option as preferred choice, this should be done before using Job Processor.
RemarqueThe following cases should be avoided:
- Missing SHX file warning dialogs
- Opening DWG from non-Autodesk application dialogs
- Drawing Containing VBA macros dialogs
It is suggested that each document type be opened from Vault client before setting them up for correct processing on job
processor machine.
- The select format is published using predefined configuration. However it's possible to override settings using Options button.
This displays following dialog.
- If necessary you can change the values in dialog to generate a different temporary result. Close dialog using OK button.
RemarqueNext time the default settings from the DB will be used again.
- The command will now check for the number of jobs to be created (multi select).
- Close Publish dialog using the OK button. This will add a new job into the job queue within vault. You can use the Job Queue
window to check if the job was processed / is processing / or is pending to be processed soon.
Publish Folders
Similar to file publishing it's possible to publish selected folder.
- Right-click on the folder that you want to publish and select Publish from the context menu.
The Publish Folder dialog displays the list of supported file formats, and for each file format, a list of available formats
for publishing.
- Select desired format for publishing. It is possible to select multiple formats.
- Files will be published using predefined options. It's possible to override settings using Options button. Click on button
to display following dialog.
- Set options as needed. Close dialog using OK button. Close Publish Folder dialog using OK button. The command will check
for suitable files and report the number of created jobs.
New jobs are added to the job server queue.