Here is tip to use when working with Autodesk Inventor files and Vault. I find it useful to regularly check my files into Vault to keep my workspace clean of working copies.

• When checking in a file into Vault, check the “Keep files checked out” option. The latest files will be in Vault, but you'll still keep a copy in your work space.

• When I am finished with a project or just doing file cleanup, I pick the “Close files and delete working copies.” This deletes the local copy from your workspace and checks the file into vault; note that all children are deleted as well.

• Below is an excerpt from the Autodesk help.