I know companies are hesitant to use Vault with Civil 3D. We were when we got started and it was a big decision for us, but now, I don’t know how we would live without Vault. From either working on projects from remote locations – which now is easily possible – or having to send out (or pull-up) old CAD drawings for whatever reason, it just gives such piece of mind and flexibility. I can’t tell you how may times a client has called me and wanted AutoCAD drawings from 2-3 weeks ago – before we started the last set of revisions – because it matched the paper copies he/she sent out to bid (unknown to use; private work). Before, they were out of luck OR it involved tracking down backups with our I.T. department; a timely process. But now with Vault, we can quickly address their needs.
Also, sometimes you need to backtrack during the design process. Maybe it is a client change that makes more sense to go back to last weeks file(s) and start from there or maybe you just need a couple of drawing objects from last weeks file(s). Additionally – and I know this never happens at your firm – maybe someone inadvertently screws something up in “your” file or deleted something that was needed. With Vault, no problem! – just restore the Previous Version.
Learn how after the jump…
Talk Back