Installation

Requirements

As powerGate allows to automate data synchronization between Vault and ERP systems, the Vault system requirements defined by Autodesk leads.

Operating System: 64-bit only

  • Microsoft Windows 10

  • Microsoft Windows 11

Autodesk Vault Client: 2027 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024

  • Vault Professional

Windows PowerShell: PowerShell 5.1 or higher

PowerShell 7 (optional)

Up to Inventor 2024 and Vault 2025, ERP integrations run in the preinstalled Windows PowerShell 5.1.
However, from Inventor 2025 and Vault 2026 onwards, they are executed in self-hosted PowerShell 7 environments:

Fortunately, PowerShell 7 is backward-compatible with earlier Windows PowerShell versions, so existing ERP integrations typically work without changes across all Vault Client, Job Processor, and Inventor versions.

A separate installation of PowerShell 7 is usually not required, unless you want to use the PowerShell 7 Console or IDEs like Visual Studio Code on your development environment, or debug scripts that use new features of PowerShell 7.

.NET Framework: 4.7 or higher

Setups

The powerGate setups are provided as executable installers and support the standard Windows Installer command-line arguments.
To automatically accept the End User License Agreement (EULA) when running the setup in silent mode, include the parameter ACCEPT_EULA=1.

powerGate Client (Workstation)

Installed components:

"\\path\to\networklocation\powerGateClient27.0_Vault2027.exe" -silent ACCEPT_EULA=1

powerGate Processor (Job Processor)

Installed components:

"\\path\to\networklocation\powerGateProcessor27.0_Vault2027.exe" -silent ACCEPT_EULA=1

Install Locations

powerGate is installed in the following locations on your system:

  • The Cmdlets will be installed to C:\Program Files\coolOrange\Modules\powerGate

  • All PowerShell scripts and XAML files relevant for the ERP integration are placed in C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\Client Customizations (only on workstations)

  • The .NET library powerGate.Erp.Client.dll is installed in the GAC (for .NET Framwork only) and in C:\Program Files\coolOrange\Modules\powerGate

powerGate shortcuts are added in the start menu:

  • powerGate Console - Opens the PowerShell Console and loads the powerGate module

  • powerGate Logs - Opens the log file location

  • powerGate Information - Opens the About dialog with product related information

  • coolOrange License Manager - Opens the License Manager dialog for activating coolOrange products

Included components:

  • All program libraries are placed under C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\[Vault Version]\Extensions.

  • Cmdlets for powerAPS, powerPLM and powerEvents are installed to: C:\Program Files\coolOrange\Modules\

  • Client customization files, e.g. scripts and module libraries, are placed in C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\Client Customizations.
    The script C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\Publish-Customizations.ps1 helps distribute the them to other Vault environments

Windows permissions

The current Windows user needs the following rights to activate products via the License Manager dialog, and for proper execution and synchronization of distributed scripts and modules.
These rights are automatically installed for “Everyone”:

Path

Required Rights

C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\

Read, Write data

C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\Client Customizations\ [2]

List folder / Read data, Write and Delete data

Updates

To install a newer version of powerGate, just execute the setup file of the new version.\

For workstations:
ERP integrations will continue to work as usual, with all delivered sample files also beeing updated (see C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\Client Customizations\Disabled folder).
Improvements in these files will automatically take effect only for those PowerShell scripts that were also previously enabled.

Uninstall

In case you want to remove powerGate from your computer you can:

  • Execute the setup file again. This will give you the option to repair or remove powerGate. Click on “Remove” to uninstall the program.

  • Go to “Control Panel - Programs and Features”, find “coolOrange powerGate” and run “Uninstall”.