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Vault. Autodesk Data Management Server and Autodesk Vault Explorer are available to subscription customers and are also shipped with certain other Autodesk softwares. See Manage Files with Autodesk Vault on page 29. The Vault Plug-ins are included with 3ds Max. NOTE When you have Vault installed, you can open files directly from the Vault database with the File menu command Open from Vault on page 6925. This command mimics the File Open process, but browses the vault instead of the file system. In addition to opening the scene file, it downloads or updates any dependent scene files, such as bitmaps and XRefs. You see Open from Vault in the File menu only if you have installed the Vault Plug-in. Asset Tracking with Autodesk Vault The 3ds Max Vault Plug-in works with 3ds Max by adding data-management tools to the interface. Through the Vault Plug-in, you can add files to a vault, and check files out and in. The add-in works with many different types of files including MAX and image files. The recommended method for performing Vault operations depends upon your working environment. When you work on a file that is checked out of the vault, you work on a local copy of the file and not the original. At no point do you ever work on the actual vaulted file. When you check a modified file back into the vault, the modifications are available as the latest version in the vault. All past versions of a file are maintained in the vault. See also: ■ Asset Tracking Dialog on page 7100 ■ Open from Vault on page 6925 ■ Prompts Dialog on page 7118 ■ Asset Tracking Dialog Icons on page 7119 Asset Tracking Dialog File menu > Asset Tracking With the Asset Tracking dialog, you can check files in and out, add files to the Asset Tracking System (ATS), get different versions of files, etc., all from 3ds Max without the need to use separate client software. Another important 7100 | Chapter 23 Managing Scenes and Projects