You can save generated tech packs as associated documents within the system. This allows you and other users to easily reference previously generated tech packs without requiring you to manually upload content.

During the tech pack generation process, select the Document Vault checkbox in the Document Vault section to save the resulting ZIP file as the primary content of an associated specification document.

Selecting this checkbox displays the Vault Document Type field. Clicking this field displays a portion of the document type hierarchy, and allows you to select the document type for the resulting ZIP file, provided that you have view and create permissions for the given type.

Once the system has generated the tech pack, the ZIP file appears as an associated document for the specification for which it was generated. The system automatically names the file “Tech Pack for Specification Name /Product Name — Number,” where Number is the ordinal number of the tech pack.

If you generate another tech pack for the same specification, the system saves the output as a new document instance; it does not save subsequent tech packs as iterations of existing tech pack documents.

Because you must manually specify which document types are available for inclusion when generating tech packs, by default, Generated Tech Pack document types are not included when exporting tech packs. However, your administrator might have configured the system to permit selection of vaulted tech packs when exporting subsequent tech packs, and these vaulted ZIP files might appear in the list of available documents. If you select a vaulted tech pack as part of a subsequent tech pack generation, the vaulted tech pack is exported as a ZIP file within the larger tech pack ZIP file.