Installation
Requirements
As powerJobs Processor is an extension to the Vault Job Processor, the Vault system requirements defined by Autodesk leads.
Operating System: 64-bit only
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 11
Autodesk Vault Client: 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023
Vault Professional
Vault Workgroup
Windows PowerShell: PowerShell 5.1 or higher
PowerShell 7 (optional)
With Vault 2026, Autodesk has completed the transition of its applications to .NET 8.
Therefore, job scripts for the Vault 2026 Job Processor run in a self-hosted PowerShell 7.4 environment, while powerJobs Processor for Vault 2023-2025 continues to use the installed Windows PowerShell.PowerShell 7 is backward-compatible with earlier Windows PowerShell versions, so job scripts and modules typically work without changes in all Job Processor versions.
An additional PowerShell 7 installation is therefore not strictly necessary, unless you plan to use the PowerShell 7 Console or IDEs like Visual Studio Code on your development environment, or you want to debug Vault 2026 scripts that use new features of PowerShell 7.
coolOrange powerVault: powerVault is installed automatically
Autodesk DWGTrueView: 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 (optional)
In order to create PDF or other formats out of drawings.
Supported versions:
Vault Version
DWG TrueView 2023
DWG TrueView 2024
DWG TrueView 2025
DWG TrueView 2026
2023
2024
2025
2026
… Not tested but supported
… Tested and supported
Autodesk Inventor: 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 (optional)
In order to create PDF or other formats out of drawings, Inventor models and the like.
Supported versions:
Vault Version
Inventor 2023
Inventor 2024
Inventor 2025
Inventor 2026
2023
2024
2025
2026
… Not tested but supported
… Tested and supported
Recommendation
We recommend to install the Vault JobProcessor and powerJobs Processor on a dedicated workstation.
As CAD- and potentially even other Applications shall run on such machine, a dedicated Job Processor environment is more appropriate from a hardware prospective.
Additional software licenses must activated on this environment, depending on the used Applications.
Setup
The powerJobs Processor setup is delivered as an executable and accepts the standard windows installer arguments documented here.
To accept the products EULA when starting the setup in silent mode pass the ACCEPT_EULA=1 argument.
After the Setup
After installing powerJobs Processor in silent mode, Inventor must be started once, to make sure there are no problems with its installations and it is registered correctly with the operating system.
Install Locations
powerJobs Processor is installed in the following locations on your system:
The Cmdlets will be installed to C:\Program Files\coolOrange\Modules\powerJobs
All job scripts and PowerShell modules are stored in C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\powerJobs
The extensions for the Job Processor and Vault Client are located in C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\[Vault Version]\Extensions\powerJobs Processor
The powerJobs Processor executable and all its related files are installed to C:\Program Files\coolOrange\powerJobs Processor
The shared library powerJobs.Common.dll is installed in the GAC (only for Vault 2023 to 2025) and additionally in C:\Program Files\coolOrange\Modules\powerJobs
Following shortcuts are added in the start menu:
powerJobs Processor - Starts the JobProcessor with extended UI
powerJobs Processor Configuration - Opens the location for the configuration files
powerJobs Processor ISE - Opens the IDE and opens a sample job
powerJobs Processor Logs - Opens the log file location
powerJobs Processor Information - Opens the About dialog with product related information
coolOrange License Manager - Opens the License Manager dialog for activating coolOrange products
Windows permissions
The current Windows user needs the following rights for proper job execution, settings editing, and synchronization of distributed scripts and modules, as well as for product activation via the License Manager dialog.
These rights are automatically installed for “Everyone”:
Path |
Required Rights |
|---|---|
C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\ |
Read, Write data |
C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\powerJobs\Jobs\ |
List folder / read data, write data and Read extended attributes |
C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\powerJobs\Jobs\Modules |
Execute - required to load assemblies of custom-built applications |
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\[Vault Version]\Extensions\powerJobs Processor\PowerJobs Processor.vcet.config |
Write |
Environment Variables
powerJobs Processor sets three environment variables when it’s installed. They contain the paths to the jobs and modules folder and the job handler extension’s directory
The three environment variables are:
POWERJOBS_JOBSDIR
POWERJOBS_MODULESDIR
POWERJOBS_PROCESSORDIR
Updates
To install a newer version of powerJobs Processor just execute the setup file of the new version. This will automatically update the files in the existing installation.
Uninstall
In case you want to remove powerJobs Processor from your computer you can:
Execute the setup file again. This will give you the option to repair or remove powerJobs Processor. Click on “Remove” to uninstall the program.
Go to “Control Panel - Programs and Features”, find “coolOrange powerJobs Processor for Vault” and run “Uninstall”.