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Transcript
00:09
Picking up where we left off with "Cloud Assets," we're going to learn how to utilize assets within your layouts.
00:18
We're going to flip back over to "AutoCAD Architecture," and I have my small demo cell open still.
00:27
I've went ahead and removed a couple of the assets that were placed previously.
00:36
I'm going to start with a forklift.
00:45
I'm going to search for the forklift and this time I'm going to use my vaulted asset.
00:52
To place the asset, I'm going to click on it and drag over into the drawing area.
00:59
Once I have it in place, I'm going to click it to drop it and then I'm going to orient it.
01:08
Once I've got it oriented, I'm going to go ahead and hit "Escape" to stop placing that specific asset.
01:19
Continuing on, I'm going to look up "Conveyor Belts."
01:24
Instead of searching for, I'm going to go into my "Vault Assets."
01:30
I have a number of vaulted assets available.
01:40
Within my vaulted assets, I have a conveyor belt that I will be using here.
01:46
I'm going to drag just like normal and I'm going to begin placing this asset.
01:53
Once I have placed one, there's a special feature within this type of asset that allows you to chain them together.
02:02
As you can see, if I drag close enough to the section that I previously placed,
02:08
it'll snap the next piece into place.
02:12
This allows me to chain commonly chained assets such as conveyor belts.
02:18
Once I've placed a section, I can cancel out.
02:27
Now that we've finished modifying this demo cell, I'm going to go ahead and do my initial "Vault" "Check-in" for it.
02:35
Under the "Vault" tab, I'm going to choose "Check-in".
02:37
And once I hit the "Check-in" button, I will get notified that this needs to be saved before it can be checked in.
02:44
I'm going to hit "Yes," to save it. And then you will get a typical "Vault" "Check-in" dialogue.
02:52
You'll want to enter some "Check-in" comments.
03:04
Note that "Vault" comments are searchable, so I highly encourage all users to make them.
03:11
Once everything is in place, you can go ahead and hit "OK," and the file will check-in.
03:29
After the files have been checked-in successfully, you'll get a notification that the files are linked together,
03:37
and it does note that you can check them in manually by doing so through each CAD application.
03:47
If I flip over to "Vault," I can now search for the demo cell and I should be able to locate it.
03:55
Go ahead and close that, one more time,
04:03
and you'll see within the "Vault," I have a small demo cell which is the one we just checked-in, see our comment,
04:11
and you might also notice that there is a "Small Demo Cell LayoutData" file.
04:18
This layout data file is factory-specific and contains asset information as well as other factory related data.
00:09
Picking up where we left off with "Cloud Assets," we're going to learn how to utilize assets within your layouts.
00:18
We're going to flip back over to "AutoCAD Architecture," and I have my small demo cell open still.
00:27
I've went ahead and removed a couple of the assets that were placed previously.
00:36
I'm going to start with a forklift.
00:45
I'm going to search for the forklift and this time I'm going to use my vaulted asset.
00:52
To place the asset, I'm going to click on it and drag over into the drawing area.
00:59
Once I have it in place, I'm going to click it to drop it and then I'm going to orient it.
01:08
Once I've got it oriented, I'm going to go ahead and hit "Escape" to stop placing that specific asset.
01:19
Continuing on, I'm going to look up "Conveyor Belts."
01:24
Instead of searching for, I'm going to go into my "Vault Assets."
01:30
I have a number of vaulted assets available.
01:40
Within my vaulted assets, I have a conveyor belt that I will be using here.
01:46
I'm going to drag just like normal and I'm going to begin placing this asset.
01:53
Once I have placed one, there's a special feature within this type of asset that allows you to chain them together.
02:02
As you can see, if I drag close enough to the section that I previously placed,
02:08
it'll snap the next piece into place.
02:12
This allows me to chain commonly chained assets such as conveyor belts.
02:18
Once I've placed a section, I can cancel out.
02:27
Now that we've finished modifying this demo cell, I'm going to go ahead and do my initial "Vault" "Check-in" for it.
02:35
Under the "Vault" tab, I'm going to choose "Check-in".
02:37
And once I hit the "Check-in" button, I will get notified that this needs to be saved before it can be checked in.
02:44
I'm going to hit "Yes," to save it. And then you will get a typical "Vault" "Check-in" dialogue.
02:52
You'll want to enter some "Check-in" comments.
03:04
Note that "Vault" comments are searchable, so I highly encourage all users to make them.
03:11
Once everything is in place, you can go ahead and hit "OK," and the file will check-in.
03:29
After the files have been checked-in successfully, you'll get a notification that the files are linked together,
03:37
and it does note that you can check them in manually by doing so through each CAD application.
03:47
If I flip over to "Vault," I can now search for the demo cell and I should be able to locate it.
03:55
Go ahead and close that, one more time,
04:03
and you'll see within the "Vault," I have a small demo cell which is the one we just checked-in, see our comment,
04:11
and you might also notice that there is a "Small Demo Cell LayoutData" file.
04:18
This layout data file is factory-specific and contains asset information as well as other factory related data.