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Vault Pro 2015 AutodeskDM thin client

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Message 1 of 11
gary.belisle
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Vault Pro 2015 AutodeskDM thin client

After installing Vault thin client 2015 on a Vault Pro 2015 server, the address is now "http://server_name/AutodeskTC/". Is the old "http://server_name/AutodeskDM/" still availble?

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i7-4800MQ Dell Precision M6800, Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit, 16GB RAM
Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Autodesk Vault Professional 2015
PLM 360
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Message 2 of 11
cbenner
in reply to: gary.belisle

Not sure, but I believe that once you install the new server software, this is the one you have to use.  The old address may still work (never tried it), but I doubt it would communicate with your new server.

Message 3 of 11

if it is a new installation of Vault Pro 2015 with TC, then you only have the .../AutodeskTC/ url. the .../AutodeskDM/ url is the "old" one. However, you can easily have a look inside the IIS (Internet Information Service). You will find in the navigation tree the registered "urls".

 

coolOrange
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Message 4 of 11
zongjie.ng
in reply to: gary.belisle

Hi Gary,

 

In Vault Professional 2015, the old webclient is not longer available as part of the installation, instead the new thin client is replacing it. Marco is correct that you may check your IIS to see what are the existing web applications installed on your server.

Message 5 of 11
gary.belisle
in reply to: zongjie.ng

Well, I have concluded that the new 2015 thin client has lost functionality and is harder to use than the old interface from 2013.

 

In 2013 we could turn off the project explorer and expose only Items. That option is gone in 2015. I cannot for the life of me get the dwfx previews to work and am forced to open in Design Review instead of IE. (Only after clicking all over the screen to get it to open)

 

I'm scheduled to upgrade vault in January. I am honestly afraid of the backlash from the thin client end users. So much that I am contemplating creating my own viewer to mimic the 2013 thin client.

 

Anybody else frustrated with this?

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Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Autodesk Vault Professional 2015
PLM 360
Message 6 of 11
zongjie.ng
in reply to: gary.belisle

Hi Gary,

 

For the options to turn off project explorer and show only items, instead of an option, currently it is adhering to the permissions that each role is given. I have checked that if we set it to only document editor/etc. the user will only be able to see project explorer. However, for item editor, because they have the permissions to do file read/ etc., thus the user with that role will still be able to see project explorer in thin client.

 

Regarding the dwfx previews, do you mind sharing with me the steps to reproduce it? For my case, to view the preview, what i did is to click on the magnifying glass icon that appears when hovering over the file itself.

Message 7 of 11
gary.belisle
in reply to: zongjie.ng

zongjie,

 

To reproduce, I click on the magnifying glass, then a new browser tab opens to the dwfx file with a message on the page stating "

Autodesk® Design Review Browser Add-in is not available to display this content." I have Internet Explorer 10.0.9200.17148 installed. (Yes I even have the browser add-in installed...)

 

We adopted a corporate policy of only showing Items in the Thin Client in order to limit access to files. What we do not want is for users to poke around in Project Explorer and potentially use an older or work in progress version of a drawing in a production environment. The Item Master should control the current viewable version of the file AND THE WATERMARK.

 

Why try to recreate the Vault Pro Thick Client in the Thin Client anyways? Just add a "Read-Only" checkbox in the Thick Client and call it a day. Or better yet, add "Read Only" user roles that do not consume licenses so access is controlled at the Admin level. At least then they would also be able to also view Change Orders and Custom Objects which is a whole other topic.

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i7-4800MQ Dell Precision M6800, Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit, 16GB RAM
Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Autodesk Vault Professional 2015
PLM 360
Message 8 of 11
Rene-J
in reply to: gary.belisle

Hi

Thy this

 

In Internet explore remove the flag in ActiveX filtering

activeXfilter.PNG

 

René J

Message 9 of 11
jeamy.baena
in reply to: Rene-J

Hi, Experts

 

In summary, for 2015 release, Is there a way to include the old web client into the IIS and use it, like 2014 version, or definitely not?

 

Thanks!

Message 10 of 11
zongjie.ng
in reply to: jeamy.baena

Hi Jeamy,

 

Yes, you are right, since 2015 release, old web client had been removed from the product thus there is no way for you to enable the old web client in 2015 release.

 

Best Regards,

Zongjie Ng

Message 11 of 11
gary.belisle
in reply to: zongjie.ng

If anybody is interested I have figured out how to edit the Thin Client website to only show the "Item Master".

 

Two .cshtml files need to be edited. Both were found at the default install location. For me that folder location was "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Vault Thin Client 2015\Views\Shared\Partials"

 

The two files to edit are "EntitiesSidebar.cshtml" (The left sidebar with the small icons) and "HomePage.cshtml" (the main window with the large icons)

 

First, make backup copies of the files to be edited.

 

For "EntitiesSidebar.cshtml" I add an if statement to only include the "Item Master" This effectively removes the other buttons... (Edits in Red)

 

            <ul>
                @foreach (EntityClass entityClass in Model.EntityClasses)
                {
                    int enumVal = (int)entityClass.Location;

                    if (entityClass.Name == "Item Master")
                    {

                    <li class="filter" data-link="@entityClass.LinkUrl" id="projectExplorerLink" data-location="@enumVal">
                        <img src="@entityClass.SmallIconUrl" height="16" width="16" />
                        @entityClass.Name
                    </li>
                    }

                }
            </ul>

 

 

For "HomePage.cshtml" I did the same... (Edits in Red)

 

                <div class="file_list grid" id="main_files_view">
                    <ol class="extra_documents_container document_row_container">
                        @foreach (EntityClass entityClass in Model.Sidebar.EntityClasses)
                        {
                            if (entityClass.Name == "Item Master")
                            {
                            @(Html.Raw((first ? "" : "</li>") + "<li class='storage_item " + "folder" + "' data-name=\"" + entityClass.Name + "\"" + " >"))
                            <a class="file_name @((entityClass.Name == "Item Master") ? "item_link" : "")" href="#@entityClass.LinkUrl">
                                <span class="image_container" style="background-image: url(@entityClass.LargeIconUrl); background-size: 100%;"></span>
                                <div class="name_container">
                                    <span class="name entityclass_name">@entityClass.Name</span>
                                </div>
                            </a>
                                first = false;
                            }
                        }
                    </ol>
                </div>

 

I hope somebody finds this useful.

 

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i7-4800MQ Dell Precision M6800, Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit, 16GB RAM
Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2015
Autodesk Vault Professional 2015
PLM 360

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