Auto Numbering Not Working for Inventor Drawings and Presentation Files?

You notice that although you have configured a Custom Numbering Scheme within the Vault Client, it doesn't seem to work for Drawings and Presentation files (.idw, .dwg, & .ipn).

By default, when you create these files, they will assume the name of the model file. So if you create a new file and the Custom Numbering Scheme creates the file name of 10001.iam, when you create a drawing from that file, it will give it the same prefix of 10001.idw.

However, if you need your Drawings a nd presentation files to use the Custom Numbering Scheme as well you will need to enable the "Generate file numbers for drawings and presentation files" in the Vault options. (see image below)