Vault Server - Installation Tech Tips - English documentation - The Altium Wiki
My 2 cents:
You should not confuse Altium's Vault Services with Component Libraries.
The Vault is a design repository and a serves as a content delivery system. It is not efficient or practical to maintain component libraries comprised of symbols or footprints within a satellite vault.
I'll make an exception for big companies who have the resources and deep pockets to staff a CAD department with several component librarians, in that scenario the vault could be made to work.
Altium has powerful tools, but it's up to you to figure out how to use those tools.
After testing Integrated, DbLib, SVNDbLib and Vault hosted libraries I found the most efficient library choice was the *.DbLib. The DbLib is by far the easiest to maintain with minimal staffing requirements.
Microsoft Access can support several designers simultaneously when properly implemented as a back-end server on a company network. The key word being back-end, this means you should not have any user interface (GUI) or code in the back-end database.
Records can be edited or added in Altium by opening your *.DbLib file selecting to the Table Browser Tab and Right Click on a record. Or you can create your own custom front-end (GUI) to edit and add records to the database.
My 2 cents:
You should not confuse Altium's Vault Services with Component Libraries.
The Vault is a design repository and a serves as a content delivery system. It is not efficient or practical to maintain component libraries comprised of symbols or footprints within a satellite vault.
I'll make an exception for big companies who have the resources and deep pockets to staff a CAD department with several component librarians, in that scenario the vault could be made to work.
Altium has powerful tools, but it's up to you to figure out how to use those tools.
After testing Integrated, DbLib, SVNDbLib and Vault hosted libraries I found the most efficient library choice was the *.DbLib. The DbLib is by far the easiest to maintain with minimal staffing requirements.
Microsoft Access can support several designers simultaneously when properly implemented as a back-end server on a company network. The key word being back-end, this means you should not have any user interface (GUI) or code in the back-end database.
Records can be edited or added in Altium by opening your *.DbLib file selecting to the Table Browser Tab and Right Click on a record. Or you can create your own custom front-end (GUI) to edit and add records to the database.
