Share customized VDS files with other users

[Marc_B5]

Hi,

how do you share the customized VDS files with the others users in your company?

Is there a way to do this with Vault?

Is it possible to change the VDS path to the workspace and use the "map foder" function in Vault 2024?

greetings

Marc

[Nick_Hall]

Hi Marc

One way I have done this in the past is to store the custom VDS files in Vault, and to create links from the Extension folder to each custom folder. The process is as follows (for Vault 2023)

1. In Vault
   • Make a folder in Vault to store the customisations, for example $/VDS
   • Check in the custom folders from the extension folder to Vault
     The folder is C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Vault 2023\Extensions\DataStandard
     CAD.Custom -> $/VDS/CAD.Custom
     Vault.Custom -> $/VDS/Vault.Custom
   • Get the $/VDS folder to your working folder
2. In Windows Explorer
   • Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Vault 2023\Extensions\DataStandard
   • Delete the folders CAD.Custom and Vault.Custom
3. Run CMD as administrator
   • Change directory to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Vault 2023\Extensions\DataStandard
   • Run these commands, replacing <path to working folder> with your working folder name (example C:\VaultWF)

mklink /H /D CAD.Custom "<path to working folder>\VDS\CAD.Custom"
mklink /H /D Vault.Custom "<path to working folder>\VDS\Vault.Custom"

To set up other PCS, do steps 2 & 3 on each one

You can update your customisations by checking out the files in $/VDS, making the updates, checking them in, and re-syncing on the other PCs

When you upgrade, say to 2024, you would have to perform steps 2 & 3 above, but replace 2023 with 2024 in each step

If you are interested, my post on another topic has links to more information on links

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-customization/extensions-file-locations/m-p/10895043/highlight/...

Hope that helps

Nick

[Marc_B5]

@Nick_Hall 

Thank you very much for this solution.

I will use the new "map folder" funktion in Vault to keep the files up to date every day.

I will try it next week and give you a feedback