Autodesk Vault: Get your data under control with PDM

Streamline workflows with product data management software.

What is Autodesk Vault?

Autodesk Vault product data management (PDM) software integrates with Autodesk design tools and other CAD systems to keep everyone working from a central source of organized data. Use Autodesk Vault to increase collaboration and streamline workflows across engineering, manufacturing, and extended teams.

  • Automate design and engineering processes.

  • Control what people can access and edit.

  • Track revisions and design history.


Vault PDM overview (video: 1:58 min.)

Why use Autodesk Vault?

Stop searching and start designing

Quickly find and reuse design data and minimize rework and repetitive tasks.

Unify teams and boost productivity

Accelerate workstreams in a system that brings together internal and external collaborators.

Increase product development agility 

Achieve faster response times and fewer errors with automation and data accessibility.

What you can do with Autodesk Vault

Centralize data with Autodesk Vault (video: 1:42 min.)

Standardize data and processes

Drive greater efficiency and organizational standards for data creation, revision control, and review and release processes. CAD-integrated PDM keeps teams aligned and productive while working in Autodesk Inventor and other CAD systems.

Get anytime, anywhere access options with Vault Professional (video: 2:42 min.)

Work with your data anywhere on any device

Stay connected wherever you are with different options for remote data access and collaboration, including a mobile app, browser-based thin client, Vault Gateway, and Project Sync.

Extend Vault data accessibility with integrations

Streamline collaboration and productivity by using Vault Data APIs to integrate Vault with other business systems. Vault Data APIs provide open and extensible access to data in Vault.

Vault PLM overview (video: 1:08 min.)

Product lifecycle management with Vault PLM

Connect more data and processes when you use Vault Professional with Autodesk Fusion Manage, a powerful, cloud-based PLM solution. Fusion Manage comes with configurable out-of-the-box PLM processes, including NPI/NPD, change management, BOM management, supplier collaboration, and quality management.

Which Vault is right for you?

Vault Professional

Advanced enterprise product data management software that connects distributed teams with multisite, multi-CAD collaboration and delivers valuable insights.

 


Vault Office

Document management for non-CAD users. Vault Office integrates with Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

 


Vault Basic

Design file management to help you automate data creation and organize documentation. Available with a subscription to the Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection. 

 


Vault PLM

Connect your organization’s people, processes, and data. Vault PLM combines Vault Professional with Autodesk Fusion Manage for enterprise-wide collaboration and product lifecycle management.


Explore Vault resources

BLOG

Design and manufacturing

Stay on top of Autodesk’s data and process management updates, tips, and product news.


YOUTUBE CHANNEL

TheVaultKnowsAll 

Watch videos on the latest release, including productivity tips, on our YouTube channel.

 


PRODUCT ROADMAP

What’s next for Vault

See upcoming new features and enhancements from the Vault product team.

 


Webinar collection: Data and process management

Discover the features and benefits of Autodesk PDM and PLM solutions, and get your questions answered by the experts in this webinar collection.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

What is Autodesk Vault used for?

Vault PDM integrates with Autodesk design tools and other CAD systems and is used for managing data and automating design and engineering processes. 

 

Vault helps ensure that everyone is working with the most up-to-date information in a system that automatically tracks changes, maintains past file versions, and captures the entire history of your designs. 

 

Multisite functionality, available with Vault Professional, enables companies to synchronize design data among distributed workgroups across locations, geographies, and the entire organization.

Who uses Autodesk Vault?

Autodesk Vault is used by engineers, designers, and extended teams to streamline workflows and speed up product development. Everyone works from a central source of organized data—collaborating, reducing errors, and saving time.

What is the difference between Autodesk Vault and Vault PLM?

Autodesk Vault PLM is a bundle solution that includes Vault Professional and Autodesk Fusion Manage, which is a cloud-based product lifecycle management system. Vault PLM enables connected data and business processes, throughout cross-discipline workstreams for greater collaboration and access to timely data when and where it is needed—from engineering and supply chain to quality and manufacturing. Organizations use Vault PLM to digitally transform product development workflows and achieve better business outcomes, such as reducing time wasted on repetitive tasks, improving product development agility, and bringing better products to market faster.

What is the difference between Vault Professional and Vault Office?

Vault Professional is for CAD users to manage design and engineering data and processes whereas Vault Office is for non-CAD users to manage documents.

Which operating system does Vault run on?

Vault runs on Microsoft® Windows®. See Vault system requirements for details.

Which versions of Vault can I use if I subscribe to the current version? 

Your Autodesk Vault subscription gives you access to install and use the three previous versions. Available downloads are listed in your Autodesk Account after subscribing. See also previous releases available for subscribers.

Can I install Vault on multiple computers? 

With a subscription to Autodesk Vault software, you can install it on up to three computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software License Agreement for more information.

How much does an Autodesk Vault subscription cost?

The price of an annual Vault Professional subscription is $840

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