Set and Control Watermarking in Vault Based on the Current State of the File

Watermarking can signify whether the document is a preliminary version, not ready for production or just a document for pre-reviewing a design. A watermark will most likely eliminate the risk that production is done from non-released documents. 

Using native Vault functionality, it is possible to add watermarking to DWF files, but only when printing from Vault. However, many of our clients said that they required the same feature based on document level control. With the latest 2022.2 and 2023 releases of the Autodesk Vault Add In, Sovelia Vault, we now have built-in watermarking for 2D PDFs, dwfs and dwfx files. 

It has become evident that there were two main scenarios in that customers would use watermarking:

• When generating a PDF to a network / other business system
• When viewing data in the vault via mobile and thin clients.

In the first scenario, a PDF may be generated out of vault for use for the shop floor, customer or supplier checks.  These PDFs are not thoroughly checked, approved and released at this point and should not be used for manufacturing. Customers have requested watermarking to make clear the state of this information. 

In the second scenario, users may be viewing and downloading data directly from these clients; our customers wanted to ensure that downloaded PDFs were not released and were watermarked to give an element of control. In both cases, watermarking was introduced to allow users greater visibility of the current data state when using these files outside of the Vault system.

Set and control watermarking based on the current state of the file

Sovelia Vault allows administrators to set watermarking based on the current state of the file with control over the text, orientation, location, and colour of the watermark.  Text can be set based on built-up expressions of static text and document properties, allowing administrators to control displayed information.  In addition, Sovelia Vault allows control to enable watermarking on “all states”, a “named state,” or “all states except” conditions, allowing all states to generate watermarking except for a released state as required by many companies.

This new feature was critical to successfully expanding the use of Vault to staff outside of the design team within companies that tested this functionality—driving clearer information to those users and the wider business.

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 Video: How to Watermark your designs with the help of the Autodesk Vault Add In, Sovelia Vault?