BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2016 Administrator's Guide

About AutoVue

Meridian Enterprise supports AutoVue for viewing 2D and 3D format documents. If your organization requires a zero footprint deployment for web applications or for 64-bit client computers where AutoVue 2D Professional or AutoVue 3D Professional Advanced (both are 32-bit only) are not supported, you should consider deploying AutoVue Enterprise Visualization (AutoVue, for short) instead. AutoVue is a Java applet that displays documents that are rendered by an AutoVue server. AutoVue can be installed in two deployment types: client/server deployment or desktop deployment. Meridian Enterprise supports both deployment types. The AutoVue viewer appears as AutoVueWebViewer in the Meridian Viewer Options dialog box. All documentation for AutoVue products is available in the Meridian Enterprise distribution package and at the Oracle website.

The basic architecture of AutoVue when integrated with Meridian Enterprise in a client/server deployment is shown in the following figure.

The Java server and the AutoVue server software can be installed on separate servers if many client computers require the service. This architecture is best suited for the department and enterprise deployment models.

The AutoVue software may be installed on the following computers depending on the expected viewing workload:

• The Meridian Enterprise application server together with Web Access (minimal workload)
• A separate Meridian Enterprise Web Access or Meridian Enterprise Server web server (moderate workload)
• Separate Java application server and web server (heavy workload)

The AutoVue software may also be installed entirely on client computers if a dedicated rendering server is unjustified, such as in the departmental or workgroup models. Obviously, this would not be a zero footprint installation and should not be considered by organizations that require it. For installation of all deployment types, see Installing AutoVue.

Your decision as to which AutoVue version to install and in which deployment configuration can be guided using the following figure.