Account management basics
Explore Autodesk account
Whether you’re an individual product user, an admin that assigns software to a team, or a student or educator, your Autodesk account is the single portal to your Autodesk products and services. You can sign in at the top right of most Autodesk pages. Once you've signed in, pull down the menu under your user icon in the top right of the screen to see these main areas:
Account: This is where you view your products and available updates, download current and previous versions of products, and get insights. Depending on your role, you may also have access to user management and billing and orders tabs.
My Profile and Settings: Here, you can view and edit personal information, security settings, language, and email preferences.
My Community: This section provides quick access to your community profile, contributions, and user forums.
Let's conduct a high-level exploration of each of those three areas.
Across the top of the screen, you’ll see a row of tabs for access to different categories of your account information. The tabs you see will depend upon your role. For example, if you're an admin who manages software for other users, you will have access to more information than a single individual who manages their own products.
Here you'll see a summary of information about your account, as well as learning recommendations for you based on the products you have purchased. If you're an admin, you'll see summaries for teams you manage, including the number of available product seats, the number of active users of your products, and the number of open support cases.
In this section, you’ll see a tile for each of the products you’ve purchased. In addition to viewing summary information and downloading the current release of the product, you can click View Details to:
Download the previous three releases of the product. To learn more about previous releases, see Download available previous releases.
Download available product updates, plug-ins, and extensions
View your product subscriptions
To learn about the different options for downloading products, see Download methods.
In this section, you’ll find a searchable list of all the products, updates, and extensions available for you to download. To learn more about updates, see Update your software.
Here, you can create packages from which to create custom installs or, for admins, custom deployments. To learn more, see Install your product and Create deployments from Autodesk account.
This page lists any active or expired free trial subscriptions you may have. It also offers trials you may want to try. To learn about converting a trial to a subscription, see Convert a trial to a subscription.
Admins managing cloud solutions like Autodesk Forma for Construction (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud), BIM 360, or Flow Production Tracking use hubs to manage user access to projects and collaboration workflows. A hub is a place where teams access software, store data, and collaborate on projects from anywhere. On this page, admins can:
Create or access a hub on the Products and Services page
View all hubs associated with your Autodesk Team on the Hubs page
To learn more about Hubs, see Collaboration.
Here, admins can manage teams, groups, and product assignments. This section describes the four ways of managing and viewing information:
By user. For each of their teams, admins see a list of all users, with their roles, their account status, and the products assigned to them. They can invite new users as well.
By product. For each team, admins can see the number of available seats and find the users assigned.
By group. For each team, admins can see a list of groups, the number of users in each group, and the number of products assigned. They can create groups as well.
By permission: For each team, admins can see admins and users given specific permissions.
View these detailed topics for more information:
This section includes six parts:
Summary: At the top of the page, you’ll see high-level information about current quotes, expiring subscriptions, payments due, and open invoices. The bottom of the page summarizes your product subscriptions and contracts.
Subscriptions and contracts: Here, a detailed list of your subscriptions can be viewed, searched and filtered. For information about renewing subscriptions, see Renew a subscription.
Quotes: If you have any current cost quotes, they are listed here.
Invoices and credit memos: If you have any open or paid invoices they will appear here. Any credit memos issued to you will also appear and can be applied toward invoice payments.
Order history
Saved payment methods: To learn about changing a payment method, see Change payment method.
Admins will find a wealth of information in the various reports available from Autodesk account. These include:
This section opens with a summary of your open support cases and lists searchable details about each case.
This tab will appear in your account page if you have a Business Success Plan. Within the Success Center, you can access your Business Plan benefits, such as easily contacting your customer success manager, setting up learning plans for your team, or scheduling coaching sessions.
This tab displays your current team and usage notification settings.
You can view and update your personal information and security settings by selecting Profile and Settings from the menu under your user icon in the top right corner of the window.
By choosing My Community from the menu that drops down from you user icon, you can access the community forums, your community profile and contributions, and your site preferences.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Vault PLM includes Vault Professional for product data management (PDM) with Autodesk Fusion Manage for cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) in a single bundled solution. It combines the data management capabilities of Vault PDM with enterprise-grade PLM functionality, including structured change management, bill of materials (BOM) management, quality processes, and open APIs for integration with other business systems. Vault PLM helps manufacturers streamline product development, improve collaboration across teams, and accelerate time to market while maintaining control over product data.
Vault PDM focuses on managing CAD files, design data, and version control specifically for engineering teams. Vault PLM extends those capabilities beyond engineering by adding structured change order and change request workflows, comprehensive item and BOM management, quality management processes, new product introduction processes, and cross-department collaboration tools. While Vault PDM provides design data control, Vault PLM connects engineering with manufacturing, supply chain, operations, quality, and other business functions to manage the entire product lifecycle.
Vault PLM combines Autodesk Vault Professional and Autodesk Fusion Manage into a single solution that connects engineering data management with enterprise lifecycle processes. Vault Professional provides on-premises PDM for managing CAD files, revisions, and design collaboration, while Fusion Manage delivers cloud-based PLM capabilities for change management, BOM control, quality processes, and cross-functional workflows. In short, Vault PLM offers both PDM and PLM together, whereas Fusion Manage PLM is the standalone cloud PLM solution without bundled Vault data management.
Vault PLM users can seamlessly integrate Vault Professional with Fusion Manage using the Autodesk Vault Connector. This native, out-of-the-box connector automates the synchronization of items, bills of materials (BOMs), and lifecycle states between systems so released engineering data in Vault Professional flows into Fusion Manage for downstream processes. This connection also enables a unified user experience in Vault, to navigate both Vault and Fusion Manage data and workflows—so organizations can maintain data accuracy, improve traceability, and keep engineering, manufacturing, and business teams aligned throughout the product lifecycle.Â
Vault PLM is designed for manufacturing companies and engineering teams that manage product data and processes. It is especially valuable for organizations that are scaling beyond basic file-based data management and require structured BOM and change management workflows. Companies that need to collaborate on product data with stakeholders outside of engineering will benefit greatly from PLM workflows that drive traceable collaboration, accountability, and accuracy. Vault PLM is particularly well-suited for manufacturers seeking a scalable cloud PLM solution without the complexity of legacy enterprise systems.
Vault PLM helps organizations eliminate disconnected spreadsheets and manual processes that often cause delays and errors. It reduces engineering change errors by implementing controlled approval workflows and improves BOM accuracy through centralized management and revision control. The solution increases visibility across product development, integrates CAD data with PLM processes, and enhances compliance and traceability through audit trails. By centralizing product data and workflows, Vault PLM reduces operational risk and improves overall efficiency.
Yes, Vault PLM integrates natively with Autodesk design tools such as Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, and Revit for applicable workflows. This integration helps ensure that CAD data is automatically version-controlled, securely managed, and directly connected to PLM processes such as change orders and item releases. As a result, engineering teams can work within their familiar CAD environment while maintaining structured lifecycle control.
Vault PLM integrates with common ERP systems, including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and other manufacturing ERP platforms. Through ERP integration, organizations can synchronize items, bills of materials (BOMs), change orders, and approved manufacturing data. This alignment allows engineering and manufacturing teams to work from consistent and up-to-date product information, reducing costly discrepancies between systems.
Change management in Vault PLM provides structured workflows for managing Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs). It enables organizations to perform impact analysis, route approvals and signoffs, and maintain full documentation of design changes. These capabilities can ensure that modifications to products are reviewed, approved, tracked, and communicated across teams in a controlled and traceable manner.
Vault PLM enables centralized and structured BOM management across the product lifecycle. It supports multi-level BOM structures, aligns engineering and manufacturing BOMs, and maintains revision control. The system also enables synchronization with ERP systems and provides change tracking to help ensure accuracy. By managing BOMs within a controlled environment, organizations can reduce production errors and improve collaboration between design and manufacturing teams.
Vault PLM uses a cloud-based PLM environment to manage lifecycle processes, workflows, and cross-department collaboration. At the same time, Vault PDM manages CAD data either on-premises or in a cloud hosted environment, depending on the organization’s deployment strategy. This hybrid architecture allows companies to manage design and engineering data while enabling broader cloud-based collaboration for product lifecycle management.
Implementation time varies depending on company size, data complexity, and process requirements. However, many small to mid-sized manufacturers can deploy Vault PLM in a matter of weeks rather than months, particularly when starting with core processes such as change management and item management. Autodesk partners can assist with configuration, data migration, and best practice guidance to accelerate time to value.
Yes, Vault PLM is ideal for distributed and remote teams. Teams across multiple locations can securely access product data, participate in change workflows, review BOM information, and collaborate on approvals from virtually anywhere. This capability enables global organizations to maintain alignment without relying on manual communication or disconnected systems.
Vault PLM improves collaboration by creating a single source of truth for product data and lifecycle processes. It connects CAD data to released items, synchronizes approved data with ERP systems, automates approval workflows, and provides shared visibility into change processes. This structured approach reduces miscommunication, prevents outdated information from reaching production, and minimizes costly delays.
Vault PLM is configurable to support different organizational processes and requirements. Companies can create custom workflows, define custom fields and item categories, automate lifecycle states, and configure business rules. This flexibility allows organizations to align Vault PLM with their specific engineering, manufacturing, and operational processes without extensive custom development.
Organizations choose Autodesk Vault PLM because it integrates tightly with Autodesk CAD tools and provides a more straightforward deployment path than many traditional enterprise PLM systems. It supports ERP integration, scales with growing manufacturing operations, and offers a cost-effective entry point into structured product lifecycle management. Vault PLM delivers practical functionality that connects engineering and business processes without introducing unnecessary complexity.
Vault Professional, which is part of Vault PLM, includes Autodesk Assistant, an AI-powered assistant built directly into the product to help you manage data more efficiently and make faster, more informed decisions. With Autodesk Assistant for Vault, you can use natural language search to:
Quickly find files, drawings, and related data.
Receive intelligent in-product guidance to resolve issues and complete tasks more efficiently.
Automate routine actions to streamline data management workflows.
Access project and data insights to better understand trends, activity, and overall status.
Autodesk is committed to responsible, ethical, and secure AI development, deployment, and use. For more information please see: Trusted AI | Autodesk Trust Center
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