Understanding the Vault Server/Client relationship

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Autodesk Vault is a client-server application,

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which means it has a server component, and clients that access the data on the server, as shown here in the image.

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The server and client can be installed on the same computer,

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but in most cases the server is installed on a different machine and clients are given access to it.

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The Vault Server is a repository where documents and files are stored and managed.

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Users access the Vault Server from a client machine.

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The client machine will have the Autodesk Vault Client software installed.

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This is a standalone application for viewing files in the Vault.

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Users can use the Vault Client software, also known as Vault Explorer (shown in the image on the left) as the front-end interface,

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to access data from the server.

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Users can also access Vault using Vault Add-Ins, which are modules that integrate Vault functionality

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directly into software applications that you use.

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The right-hand image shows Inventor with the Add-In installed.

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You can see a Vault tab and a browser have been added,

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and it allows you to do basic Vault tasks directly from within Inventor.

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Other Add-Ins are available for AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Civil 3D, etc.

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There is also an Add-In for Microsoft Office applications.