In Vault 2024, when CAD files (*.ipt, *.iam, *.idw, *.dwg etc) are moved, the corresponding view files (*.PDF, *.DWFx) should move with them. Currently, DWFx files move with the CAD files, but PDFs do not, if they have Classification = Design Visualization. So, my request is to treat a PDF with Classification = Design Visualization the same as a DWFx and move them with CAD files. After extensive correspondence with Autodesk support, I uncovered that a new Classification was created in 2018 when automatic publishing of PDFs was implemented. My company's Vault implementation goes back to about 2011, and with that a sophisticated custom solution for publishing PDFs with a third party job processor and a web app viewer that connects to our ERP system as well as to Vault. It requires PDFs to be classified as Design Visualization. This all works extremely well for our hundreds of thousands of PDFs that can be called up and watermarked by production job code, so I am unwilling to risk breaking it, by reclassifying PDFs. Failing that, I would accept the ability to (as an administrator) be able to move PDFs as I wish (regardless of Classification). Currently PDFs with Classification = Design Visualization cannot be moved at all - they have to be deleted and re-created. cheers Simon
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