Autodesk Vault mobile app release preview
This week saw the release preview of the brand new Autodesk Vault mobile app for iOS iPad and iPhone* You don't need a licence of Vault to test the app, but you do need access to a Vault running Vault professional and an Autodesk account.
*The answer to your question is that it will be available on Android 'Soon'.
If you want to test it out, you can find it on the Apple App store: Click here to download the Autodesk Vault Mobile app from the Apple App store
What is a 'Release preview'?
'The Release Preview of the Vault mobile is an early preview of the application with all features currently available without requiring a Vault license. Autodesk has the right to remove the Release Preview benefits or terminate access at any time. The Release Preview benefits are subject to change or modifications if Autodesk chooses at our discretion to release the application commercially to Vault subscribers.'
What can I do with the Vault mobile app?
The Vault mobile app has a reassuringly comprehensive feature set for a preview release:
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Access your engineering data on your mobile device
- Access, view, and review CAD and non-CAD data, item bill of material, and change orders
- Perform QR, barcode, and simple and extended data searches
- Create and edit saved searches
- Create and move files and folders
Improve development productivity
- Check out and check in non-cad files, for example PDF drawings
- Review and approve documents
- Create and participate in change orders
- Add documents to change orders on your mobile device, such as photographs
Share data with your entire organization
- View 2D and 3D files
- Send files or links to files via email
- Access insights into recent activity
When would I use the Vault mobile app?
If you are in Design and Engineering, creating CAD data and managing it with Vault - then you already know how powerful a secure, version controlled data management system for CAD data can be.
But there has always been a significant barrier for your colleagues would would like access to data from the Vault - and that barrier is the desktop PC!
Vault mobile on the shop floor
If you’re lucky enough to have access to Vault from a computer on your shop floor, you may already be searching for files, reviewing designs, and printing out drawings. What about those of you who don’t? Now you can access Vault directly from your mobile device?
Imagine that you want to discuss design for manufacture with your colleagues in the machine shop. Instead of printing off a paper drawing, or inviting them to meet you at a desktop computer, you can grab your tablet and take the data to them. Access the files you need. Scan the QR code on a drawing to view the 3D CAD file. View, review and measure your 2D and 3D files, take notes, and even raise a change order to capture changes as you talk.
Vault mobile on the job site
Until now, colleagues who work outside your business premises would need a laptop to access Vault back at the office. Now your team can access the vaulted data it needs on a mobile device while on site. For example, when performing site surveys, commissioning, and installing equipment or servicing equipment. Vault mobile app allows you to search your Vault for relevant documentation. No need to print out copies to take on site.
Your team can even add data to your Vault while on site. Imagine capturing a commissioning report as a Microsoft office file or tracking servicing checklists with photographs that can be checked into Vault as soon as the work is complete. Others could access up-to-date information before you’ve even left the site.
Vault mobile with your customer
The next time you need to visit your customer for a design review, think about how the Vault mobile app will help. Access the documentation you need while working with your customer. Check out non-cad data, such as PDF drawings to view and mark up, and check the files back into Vault along with your meeting notes and photos you’ve taken with your mobile device.
What's in store for Autodesk Vault in the future?
Over the past several years, the Vault team has made customer feedback an integral part of the product development process. Our development team meets with customers at their facilities, in Autodesk offices, at conferences, and online throughout the year to capture feedback from across the Vault community. Plans for upcoming releases are shaped by market needs more than ever before.
If you'd like to find out what's been added to Vault over the last four years, or you're interested in what's being developed for Vault next - click here to access the Autodesk Vault product roadmap.
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