Cloud collaboration with shared views and project sync

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Welcome to Episode 3 in the Vault-based collaborations series.

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In this episode, we'll be looking at the Shared Views and Project Sync Functionalities.

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Our customers and other stakeholders are more distributed than ever in the way they work and the people they work with.

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Maybe you are an engineering service provider using Inventor or non-software,

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or an OEM contracting to engineering service providers.

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Or maybe you need to communicate with a job shop or an external team of industrial designers.

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As we move into the era of connection,

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collaborating with external teams and better managing that collaboration should no longer be barriers to success.

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Traditionally, collaborating on design decisions whether internally with sales or externally with customers,

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involves email threads with screenshots.

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Related notes are often non-digital and handwritten.

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Also, emailing native 3D model files poses problems.

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Many companies don't allow them because of the following concerns: Unprotected intellectual property,

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restrictions in email file attachments,

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IT regulations for installing non-corporate viewers or add-ons,

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complex file structures containing multiple assembly files and added costs of viewers or other application software.

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This traditional collaboration workflow is time consuming and error prone.

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For example, miscommunications can lead to mistaken assumptions about product specifications.

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The traditional workflow also slows down the decision making process.

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Sometimes the product must be redesigned or reworked on the shop floor.

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Shared views can help you avoid these problems.

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Shared views provide a better way for designers, engineers, and visual artists to get feedback on their work-in-progress,

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simplifying and speeding up review cycles.

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It enables users to quickly create online visual representations from within desktop application,

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and generate a link that can be shared with any stakeholder.

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Stakeholders can then view a shared view, add comments, and mark up via the Autodesk Viewer,

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and authors can review comments and see feedback they've received within the offering application and then respond if required.

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The following video shows you how shared views work.

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Autodesk Vault helps you to collaborate with your team, both inside and outside your organization.

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Share a view of your design directly from inside Vault to create a 2D or 3D viewable of your design file,

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which can be reviewed with virtually any cloud connected browser or handheld device.

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Reviewers don't have to download or install any software to collaborate on your designs. They just need the secure web link.

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Reviewers can navigate, section, explode, and measure your design.

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All model information and structure can be shared with the reviewer.

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In addition, reviewers can comment and mark up on your designs and all comments are logged and can be viewed in your Vault client.

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Because the focus of this workflow is work-in-progress feedback, the 2D and 3D viewables are temporary visualization files,

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not your native CAD data.

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These temporary visualization files automatically expire unless extended by you.

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Autodesk Vault shared views help you to connect and collaborate with your extended design team,

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ensure that your designs are correct and coordinated,

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and support review and commenting from non-CAD users with Autodesk Vault shared views.

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Similarly to shared views, the Project Sync functionality provides a way for designers and engineers to share their work.

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However, Project Sync makes all relevant design data accessible for everyone,

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and ensures the right team members access the right design data at the right time throughout a defined process.

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Since Vault Professional 2019, customers can automatically sync data with Fusion Team hubs,

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and since the 2020 release, with BIM 360 Docs.

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Automatically syncing files eliminates the need to download files and upload them and reduces opportunities for errors in transmission,

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and resulting rework.

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The following video shows project sync in action.

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Autodesk Vault 2020 continues to improve design collaboration with Project Sync in Vault Professional,

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directly in response to your feedback through the Autodesk community.

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Working with our Vault customers who manufacture custom building products around the globe,

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we see more and more projects that require design collaboration outside your company's firewall.

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New in Vault Professional is Project Sync, a secure way to share just the data that you choose between Vault and BIM 360.

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Autodesk Vault is purpose-built to help our customers efficiently manage their engineering data, improve collaboration within their teams,

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and take control of the design development process.

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BIM 360 is an online platform connecting your project teams and data in real time from design through construction,

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supporting informed decision making throughout the project lifecycle.

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Eliminate file sharing by email,

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eliminate the need to download or upload files from an FTP site and reduce the opportunities for errors in transmission.

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Now, your relevant design data is synced between Vault and BIM 360.

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Upload from Vault to BIM 360, download from BIM 360 to Vault,

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or set up specific folders to sync in both directions without the need for user interaction.

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As the project administrator, you can control on a project by project basis which data should be pulled from BIM 360 to Vault,

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pushed from Vault to BIM 360, or synced in both directions.

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To be clear, it's not all your data, just the data that you choose will be synced with full permission control,

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streamline collaboration by securely syncing selective data to your extended project teams.

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With Autodesk Vault Professional and Project Sync, Autodesk Vault 2020 continues to build on your feedback from Autodesk ideas,

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forums, and beta community with these usability improvements.

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I hope this presentation was informative about leverage Vault as your enterprise solution across the globe and beyond the firewall.

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I invite you to watch the next episode,

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where we look at how the Job Processor is capable of automating certain tasks to increase your productivity,

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and optimize business and collaboration processes.

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Thank you very much for your time.