Authoring applications

The following table lists the document authoring application versions that are supported by specific application links in this release of BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise. For the supported AutoCAD family versions, see AutoCAD family applications.

Most applications in this list have specialized application links or add-ins that provide functionality similar to the following:

• Automatic external reference management and resolution.
• For CAD applications, file property and title block data exchange with the Meridian Enterprise database, Meridian Enterprise property editing, and redlines import from within the CAD application.
• For non-CAD applications, file property exchange with the Meridian Enterprise database from within the Meridian Enterprise desktop clients.
• File Open/Save/Save As dialog integration for applications that use standard Windows file dialogs. Not all applications that use customized dialogs are supported.
• Automatic management of hybrid documents, where applicable.
• Viewing of the application’s file formats in Meridian Enterprise is provided by the viewer described in Oracle AutoVue.
• Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions

Applications are tested extensively with each release of Meridian Enterprise. Typically, BlueCielo supports the latest three major versions of applications. BlueCielo makes a commercially reasonable effort to support new versions of the most popular applications, within 90 days of the version’s release to market.

Supported authoring applications

Application Version	Support
Autodesk Revit (Architecture, Structure, MEP)1
2018.1
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Autodesk Inventor5 and Inventor Professional5
2018.1	2
2017.3	2
2016	2
2015	2
2014
2013 SP 1 – 2
Bentley MicroStation
10.00 (V10)
8.11 (V8i, SELECTseries 1-4, incl. 64-bit)
8.09 (V8 XM)
8.05 (V8.5)
8.01 (V8 2004)
8.00 (V8)
Microsoft Office4
2016
2013
2010
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks5
2018 SP 0.1	3
2017 SP 5	3
2016 SP 5	3
2015 SP 5	3
2014 SP 5	3
2013 SP 5

As of the date this document was published, viewing of some file types was not yet supported by Oracle AutoVue with the following notes:

1. No alternate viewer.

2. Use Autodesk Inventor View instead. Inventor View 2017 has a known problem that requires the following workaround:

   Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2017\Bin\OGS*.* to C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Program\*.*
   Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2017\Bin\Bin32\OGS*.* to C:\Program Files (x86)\BC-Meridian\Program\*.*

3. Use eDrawings viewer. Only the first sheet of multi-sheet drawings will be shown.
4. All Office applications are supported by a general application link. A specific link is provided for the Visio file type only.
5. 64-bit support only.