In the Create Profile View wizard, on the General page, for Profile View Style, select Major Grids

6. Click Create Profile View.

7. In the drawing, click to place the profile view grid.

The referenced surface and alignment are read-only objects in the drawing and require little storage space. You can use the referenced object data to create other objects in the current drawing, but you cannot change the source objects.

Save the current drawing

1. Click Save As.

2. In the Save Drawing As dialog box, navigate to the Civil Projects folder \Tutorial Data Shortcuts Project\Production Drawings. Click Save.

Like source drawings, the final production drawings that contain references to other objects should be saved with the data shortcuts project.

Next, you will modify the alignment in the source drawing, and then update the current drawing to reflect the changes.

Change a referenced object in the source drawing

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, click Project Management-1.dwg. Right-click. Click Switch To.

2. Select the alignment.

3. Move the grips to change the alignment layout.

4. Click Save.

Synchronize the current drawing to the source drawing

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, click Project Management-2.dwg. Right-click. Click Switch To.

2. Expand the Project Management-2 Alignments Centerline Alignments collection.

The icon indicates that the reference to the source drawing is out of date.

3. Right-click the First Street alignment. Click Synchronize.

Notice that the alignment is updated to reflect the changes you made in the source drawing. Also notice that the surface profile that you created from the alignment has been updated.

Note

This is the end of the data shortcuts tutorial. The next tutorials in this section demonstrate how to structure a project using Autodesk Vault.

To continue to the next tutorial, go to Database Setup.

6.2 Tutorial: Vault Setup

In this tutorial, you will act as a project administrator, creating a project in Autodesk Vault and some sample users.

You will log in as various users to see how the work of one user affects the work of another user. You will add files to the project, practice checking files in and out, and create object references.

NoteThese tutorials are applicable only to paid versions of Autodesk Vault. Base Vault does not interface with the Prospector tab.

The design of this tutorial assumes that you have installed the stand-alone version of Autodesk Data Management Server on your computer. This enables you to log in to the Vault database as the Administrator and create some sample users.

However, if you are working with an Autodesk Vault database that is shared on a network and you are not permitted to log in as the Administrator, skip Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groupsand do the remaining exercises in this tutorial. You may need to modify some steps to suit your database setup.

If you are the Administrator of a shared database, you can use this tutorial as a basis for training users on correct

procedures. To protect your existing data, and prepare a safe learning environment, the following steps are recommended:

1. Create a separate Vault project.

2. Create a few user accounts and groups that can access only the Tutorial database. The steps in Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groupsprovide some useful guidelines.

3. Review the tasks in this tutorial to verify that users can do all the steps as written. If necessary, prepare additional instructions for your users, or prepare a revised version of the tutorial.

For best results, do the exercises in this tutorial in the order they are presented. Many of the exercises depend on having the database in a particular state created by completing the preceding exercise.

For more information, see the

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Help topic Using Vault. Topics in this section

 Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault

In this exercise, you will log in to Autodesk Vault to prepare for other project tasks.

 Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groups

In this exercise, you will create two user accounts and two user groups that can access files in the database.

 Exercise 3: Creating a Project

This exercise demonstrates how to log in to the project management system and create a project.

6.2.1 Exercise 1: Logging In to Autodesk Vault

In this exercise, you will log in to Autodesk Vault to prepare for other project tasks.

For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Logging in to a Vault Server.

Note

If projects are not displayed in the Master View of the Prospector tab, as indicated in step 1 below, you may need to do the following: If you are running Windows 2000, ensure that you have installed the Microsoft Windows 2000 Updates (including MDAC 2.7 SP1) as well as Service Pack 4. If you are running Windows XP, ensure that you have installed Service Pack 2.

Log in to the database

1. In Toolspace, click the Prospector tab.

Note

Ensure that you have a drawing open and that you select the Master View from the list at the top of the Prospector tab.

In the Prospector tree, you should see the Projects collection.

2. Right-click the Projects collection and click Log In To Vault.

3. If the Welcome dialog box appears, click Log In.

4. In the Log In dialog box, review the four data fields:

 User Name: Administrator. Leave this entry as is.

 Password: blank. Leave this field blank for this exercise.

 Server: localhost (for stand-alone local database), or if you have a central Data Management Server on your network, use its name.

 Database: Vault. Leave this entry as is, unless your system administrator advises you to use a different database.

5. Click OK.

The system logs you in to Autodesk Vault.

6. Right-click the Projects collection and click Properties.

7. In the Properties – Civil 3D Projects dialog box, note that the default location for the Working Folder.

8. Click OK.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groups.

6.2.2 Exercise 2: Creating User Accounts and Groups

In this exercise, you will create two user accounts and two user groups that can access files in the database.

For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topics Creating Vault User Accounts and Creating Vault Groups.

This procedure assumes that you are already logged in to the database as described in Exercise 1: Logging in to Autodesk Vault.

Note

You cannot create a user group without assigning at least one user to the group. Therefore, you should create some user accounts before creating groups.

Create user accounts

1. To open Autodesk Vault Explorer, in Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the Projects collection, and click Autodesk Vault.

Note

You can also open Autodesk Vault Explorer from the Start menu Programs Autodesk Autodesk Data Management Autodesk Vault 2013.

2. In the Welcome dialog box, click Log In.

3. In the Log In dialog box, verify the Administrator‘s login data, then click OK.

4. In Autodesk Vault, ensure that the correct database (vault) is selected.

If you are using the default stand-alone server, there is only one database, and it is Vault. The current server, database (Vault), and user are displayed in the lower right corner of Autodesk Vault

5. In Autodesk Vault, click Tools menu Administration Global Settings.

6. In the Global Settings dialog box, on the Security tab, click Users.

7. In the User Management dialog box, click New User.

8. In the New User dialog box, enter the following information:

 First Name: Pat

 Last Name: Red

 User Name: pred

 Password: red123

 Confirm Password: red123 9. Select Enable User. Click OK.

10. Repeat steps 7 through 9 to create another user profile as follows:

 First Name: Kim

 Last Name: Green

 User Name: kgreen

 Password: green123

 Confirm Password: green123 11. Close the User Management dialog box.

Create user groups

1. In the Global Settings dialog box, on the Security tab, click Groups.

2. In the Groups dialog box, click New Group.

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