Once you have printed a job, an extra status icon appears in the bottom right hand corner of Vault Explorer, left clicking on it gives you the option to load the Plot Job Monitor. It’s not until you check the physical drawings that you notice they are missing, however, I did discover a tool you can use to check for errors. When using the plot tool, even when dwf’s/visualisation files are up to date, it defaults to printing with the CAD file instead & in some cases where it has managed to load the dwf, Vault fails to print that sheet with no obvious error. However, I will highlight one fix (I haven’t managed to test it yet) which I feel is a significant flaw in the 2014 RTM release. I’m not going to detail all of the fixes here, since you can read them in the service pack’s readme file. I’ve been quite critical of the Vault team in the past (even though I generally really like the product), so it’s only fair I give them some kudos for the speed with which they have reacted to these issues. Thankfully Autodesk have really stepped up to the mark this time around, having already released Update 1 in short order post the products release, a few days ago they released Autodesk Vault 2014 Service Pack 1 for all of the editions (Basic, Workgroup & Professional). Moving into the present, Autodesk Vault 2014 is a nice release, it has a number of welcome improvements but as if often the case with new release software there are issues. Fortunately, some of the major issues with that release were promptly taken care of within a few months of 2013’s release, having the first service pack release 9 months after the product was launch (based on annual release cycles) is quite late. Autodesk Vault 2013 Service Pack 1 wasn’t released until quite late in the year of 2012.
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