Managing redlines in AutoCAD

Electronic redlines created in Meridian can be imported into an AutoCAD drawing where they can be shown or hidden. They can be useful to guide drawing changes without the need to view the redlines in Meridian. When the redlines are no longer needed in AutoCAD, you can delete (hide) them or save them with the drawing as a record of the requested changes.

Note Only redlines created by the ICViewPlugIn viewer are supported by the AutoCAD link. Redlines created by the AutoVue viewer are not supported.

To import and show the redlines for a drawing:

1. Open a drawing that has existing Meridian redlines.
2. On the BlueCielo menu or in the BlueCielo page of the ribbon in AutoCAD, select Show Redlines. You may also type AMSHOWRED at the AutoCAD command line. The redlines appear in the drawing.

Note    Meridian redline memo objects cannot be shown inside AutoCAD.

Meridian redlines are imported to AutoCAD layers named AMWREDL_<LayerName> where <LayerName> is the name of the Meridian layer where the redlines were created. The Meridian layer names and colors are set in the vault configuration by a system administrator. For example, the default redline layer name is Exchange, so the corresponding AutoCAD layer name is AMWREDL_Exchange. You can manipulate these layers by turning them on or off, freezing and thawing them, or locking and unlocking them the same as any other layer.

Meridian redline objects are created in AutoCAD using standard AutoCAD entities and as such can be edited like any other entities.

To hide the redlines in a drawing:

1. On the BlueCielo menu or in the BlueCielo page of the ribbon in AutoCAD, select Hide Redlines. You may also type AMHIDERED at the AutoCAD command line. The redlines disappear from the drawing.

When you hide Meridian redlines, the redline entities and redline layers are deleted from the drawing. To recreate the redlines, import them again.