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Whether you’re among the many who have relied on Autodesk Vault for years, or just getting started, this post will show you what’s new in Vault 2024.2 to help you accelerate your overall design and data management experience. If you missed our previous Vault release posts this year, you can see them here: Vault 2024 and Vault 2024.1.
Watch some of the new features in action in the video below, and read on to learn more about what’s new in Vault 2024.2.
Learn about the enhancements made to the Vault Client.
In the Vault 2024.2 release, we have extended the Rename wizard’s capabilities.
You can now:
Note: The ability to customize columns has been extended to the Purge, Export, and Replace wizards.
Also new in the Vault 2024.2 release, Show (>)/Hide (<) arrow icons are added to the markup extension, allowing you to view visualization content properly when the markup tool is selected. Minimizing the panels associated with markups will enable you to have more screen space. You can also move the markup text toolbar for added ease and convenience. For more information, see Markup.
We have now added support for publishing DWFs and DWFx files to Shared Views, making collaborating and sharing your designs with others easier. This is already supported in the Vault mobile app.
Learn about the new capabilities and enhancements available for administration in the Vault 2024.2 release.
In this release of Vault, we added the capability for administrators to centrally manage and deploy basic configuration settings such as grid view, saved search, and shortcuts on the client machines. These are the default settings configured when users access their system. Users can copy or modify the distributed settings locally to optimize their tasks and improve efficiency.
Note:
This is the initial view set when the user accesses the system. As an administrator, you can:
For more information, see Customize the View and Manage Custom Views.
This is the initial search criteria set when the user accesses the system. As an administrator, you can:
For more information, see Save a Search and Manage Saved Searches
This is the default shortcut set when the user accesses the system. As an administrator, you can:
For more information, see Manage Shortcuts.
For more information, see Back Up or Restore a Vault
You can now view the total count and the number of selected users (and groups) in the User and Group Management dialog. The count is based on the displayed number of users and groups.
You can now adjust the size of the “Add Group” dialog to avoid scrolling through the extensive list of groups.
Previously, the ‘Created by’ system property had no mapping capability. The latest release enables the administrator to map this property to file properties. You can also map this property to multiple property source providers.
A new PDF property provider has been added to manage PDF file properties in Vault.
You can:
The PDF property is also available when using Copy Design.
For more information, see Map Properties
Check out the enhancements made to the Thin Client.
The update includes the following enhancements to the Vault Thin Client:
To learn more about Autodesk Vault product data management, visit our product center here.
To make sure we’re working on your priorities, be sure to give us your feedback. You can join the following communities to share feedback and product improvement requests with our Autodesk Vault product team:
Vault Ideas – Submit your ideas for improvements and new features.
Vault Forums – Discuss Autodesk Vault’s current workflows with our technical teams and your peers.
Feedback Community – Test Autodesk Vault alpha and beta releases and give your feedback directly to the Vault product team.
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