Autodesk Vault Data Standard is a customization layer that allows custom business logic and rules to be integrated into the file management workflow. Custom configurations need to migrate if Vault Client software updates. Some essential steps make a legacy configuration compatible, and you may want to merge enhancements of the new configuration templates into your…
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Autodesk Vault Data Standard is a customization layer that allows custom business logic and rules to be integrated into the file management workflow. Therefore, product news targets customizability rather than functionality. However, the latest release enhanced default error messaging and shared the inventor’s capability to automatically generate part numbers with the Vault Client. Review the…
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Have you seen Vault 2025’s new functional and administrative enhancements? I suggest reading Autodesk Vault 2025 What’s New Overview first if not. The Vault API directly supported most of the enhancements. However, the Vault 2025 SDK also introduced support for .NET Core and continued supporting .NET Framework developments. The development community requested it for a while; now…
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The Autodesk Vault SDK enables developers to build custom applications that interact with Vault servers. Any Vault application must log in and, in most cases, obtain a Vault license. Watching the Vault Customization Forum discussions, establishing a Vault connection is one of the most discussed topics. Even long-term API consumers may struggle to migrate legacy applications as…
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The Autodesk Vault Professional API enables developers to implement individual business logic handling events like check-in. Custom applications can subscribe to different event types for any Vault entity type. Handling events also includes capabilities to restrict the execution of the underlying action. The SDK template “API Onboarding – Event Handler” provides a pre-coded starting point for new Event and…
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Autodesk Vault Professional includes automation capabilities known as Job Processor. Job Processing includes a server-side component (Job Server), the Job Queue, and a Job Scheduler. Job Processors are Vault Clients that log on to the server and pick up jobs for execution. Many job types are available as a default but might have good reasons to…
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The Autodesk Vault API enables developers to establish standalone applications that interact with a Vault server. A console application could be seen as the most basic Vault application; the primary intent of this type is automation, like connecting two systems by reading data from Vault and transferring it to other targets. The biggest challenge for a standalone…
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The Autodesk Vault SDK/API is an inclusive component of each Vault Client or Vault Server installation. To install the SDK, run the setup in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Vault Client <version>\SDK\setup.exe or C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Vault Server <version>\SDK\setup.exe. Both options result in a new folder C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Vault SDK <version>. I recommend completing your working environment right after the SDK installation: This…
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Autodesk Vault is the most used on-premise data management solution for Autodesk CAD tools like Inventor or AutoCAD. One of the reasons is the capability to adopt customizations. Are you familiar with Autodesk Vault Professional, and would you like to get started to extend with custom features? The Vault product family offers access points to…
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