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Autodesk Vault Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Tremendous Product Data Management system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Some customization of workflow similar to PLM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

A corporate environment serving many users with best practices and workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Autodesk Vault Overview

What is Autodesk Vault?

Autodesk Vault is product data management software that integrates with Autodesk design tools and other CAD systems to keep everyone working from a central source of organized data. Vault automates design and engineering processes, tracks revisions and design history as you work, and controls what people can access and edit. Use Vault to increase collaboration and streamline workflows across engineering, manufacturing, and extended teams.

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Product Description

Collaboration and Data Management Software.


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Autodesk
Year Founded
1982
HQ Location
San Francisco
Twitter
@autodesk
283,861 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
15,711 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:ADSK
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$3,790
Description

Autodesk is a leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything.


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Recent Autodesk Vault Reviews

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SudhaRSHAN R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"It's a PDM with centralized file management."
Tracking the data and sharing file information like updating revision of files with permission for flexible engineering process. We can assign chec...
Ofonime  W.
OW
Ofonime W.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Vault is well built for heavy PDM use case"
Vault uses very secured levels of authentication (as configured by your organisation). Vault allows remote (gateways and vpns ), engineering data m...
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Solid cloudsharing with potential for integration access"
Simple to learn and use, with little restrictions with regards to file type and size. It is an integral part of codesigning in Autodesk programs. G...
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Ofonime  W.
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Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Vault uses very secured levels of authentication (as configured by your organisation). Vault allows remote (gateways and vpns ), engineering data managment,tailored file acess, advanced purchase order mangement etc.

You dont need to worry about information leaks, clashes in design versions, design collaboration etc.

You can have a standard data-base built and manged in-house by the IT and engineering team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Vault Setup and configuration requires expertise, some background in computer network, cloud and other computer administrative activities. You will struggle as a novice to set up a working server, especially in a complex working enviroment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use vault Professional to author product development related projects.

One way it helped me, was that It made it very feasible to create and store iterations of my protyope.

The thin client aso ensured i can initiate data management via the web, as well as to share, and recive review fronm the client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SudhaRSHAN R.
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Design Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Tracking the data and sharing file information like updating revision of files with permission for flexible engineering process. We can assign check-in and check-out to the file system for revision and corrections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Due to central storage data management and the file storage backup issue raised so, we recommended high data storage hardware, and the initial cost is more expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solved revision of file system without duplication and retrieving data automatically by centralized storage of files in a SAN/NAS storage.

Monitoring of file revision and their stages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Simple to learn and use, with little restrictions with regards to file type and size. It is an integral part of codesigning in Autodesk programs. Good integration in Inventor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Implementing in to other plm systems etc is a bit restricted due to closed coding. This is understandable, but can be frustrating if needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

File sharing and cooperation in design without the risk of working around each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohit B.
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

The simplicity of using Vault functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Intermittently it doesn't take the load and gets hanged. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

We don't have to worry about the storage with the usage of the vault. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Architecture & Planning
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

What I like the best is that it helps design teams track work in progress and maintain version control in multi-user environments. Applications like this improves work as the industry advances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

What I dislike is that I wish it were more user-friendly, but I do understand it could have its limitations if it becomes too easy. I don't see any beginner using this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

You always want to have a way for the senior project manager to have reasonable control and organization in a project. Trust is a must for a good team, but a manager's software is always beneficial from the beginning to the end of a project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Sharing system. Being able to work independently on files and then sharing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Having to constantly upload to ensure everything was saved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workflow and sharing among companies. Multiple companies can use same vault and same files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Milt C.
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Vault has the best CAD integration of any PDM system, even for non-Autodesk CAD applications.

It is simple to deploy and use compared to other PDM systems.

Simple configuration of common workflows and engineering document management tasks.

It is also API extensible when necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

It doesn't have easy bulk import and export capabilities available out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

CAD and Design data and workflow management, primarily for manufacturing oriented designers and engineers.

Automation of repeatable documentation processes.

Process checks for compliance and release management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Fully integrated into Inventor. The "where used", "uses", and "copy design" are indispensable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Sales literature and blogs NEVER detail which configuration is required to accomplish the suggested features. They assume everybody has the highest configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Vault:

For vault to work effectively it must be fully implemented for all designs. It's an all or nothing approach. But once you implement it, you won't want to do anything else anyway. It work well for single user sites but is an absolute must for multi user collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

Greatly simplifies the task of copying a complex design structure. Also makes it possible to find a specific part used in a specific location without having to actually open any files in inventor. This saves a tremendous amount of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering
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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Traceability of cad files and models are easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

Metadata is quite tedious, need to be careful with the characters/parameters and sometimes the application is very slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cad file revisions are easily traced Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Autodesk Vault?

Autodesk Vault is a great tool we use for collaborating with all our R&D departments across several location. Autodesk Vault is quite easy to use for end users, and it brings a big added value for our organization. In real-time the R&D stuff is able to share their drawings around the globe and to edit/upload/delete.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Vault?

As administrator, the setup at the beginning was quite hard. It needed a stable infrastructure in order to deploy the server and database in the cloud. It took about one year to finish the deployment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Vault solving and how is that benefiting you?

The end users are able to share the drawings at anytime. They can upload in the local server that will sync with the main server which cloud-based. All the local servers can sync the information immediately an obtain the drawing that just uploaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.