Accruent Meridian Enterprise 2020 Configuration Guide

Configure Advanced Settings

Under normal circumstances, you should not need to configure the AutoCAD link’s advanced settings. They are provided for integration into very specific environments. Change these settings only under the direction of Accruent Technical Support.

To configure the advanced settings:

  1. In Configurator, expand Environment in the configuration tree and select Application Link Settings. The settings for each link appear in property pages in the right pane.
  2. Click the AutoCAD tab. The AutoCAD link’s settings page appears in the right pane.
  3. Click the Edit button to modify the settings.

    Note:

    To export the settings file to your computer, click the Export button. This can be useful if you would rather edit the file in your favorite text editor. You can then copy your changes to the Clipboard and paste them into Configurator.

  4. Locate the section of the file that begins with [Settings] and locate the setting that you want to change from the following table. If the setting does not exist, you can create it.
  5. Type the value of the setting on the right side of the expression using the syntax:

    <SettingName>=<Value>
  6. Click OK to save your changes.

The available advanced settings are described in the following table.

Advanced settings
Setting Description

AcadCallback

A COM object ProgID that provides a callback function. The default is none. For more information, see the Accruent Meridian Enterprise Developer’s Guide.

Civil3DHideWCDialog

If set to 1, the user is not prompted to select data shortcuts when the Edit data shortcuts command is run. Working copies of the data shortcuts are made automatically. The default is 0.

Note:
  • The drawing must be saved in the vault and the shortcuts synchronized to the vault from the local workspace to enable the Edit data shortcuts command. Upon closing the drawing, the working copies of the shortcuts are not automatically released, which must be done manually.
  • This setting is overridden by the registry value with the same name in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutoCADLink, which itself is overridden by the same value in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutoCADLink.

HybridExSearch

If set to 1, when Xref resolution is performed and only one Xref is unresolved, if a hybrid part is attached to but not inserted in the drawing, the Xref is resolved to the hybrid part. The default is 0.

InventorRefSupport

If set to 1, a reference of the type AutoCAD Inventor Reference is created from an AutoCAD drawing to an Inventor model that is inserted in the drawing with the VIEWBASE command as described in Working with Inventor models. The default is 0.

LoadRedlines

By default, redlines are not shown when a document is opened in its authoring application. The user must show them manually as described in the Accruent Meridian Enterprise User’s Guide. If set to 1, this setting forces the redlines to be shown automatically after the document is opened. The default is 0.

NoCustomObject

If set to 1, prevents adding a custom object (AmLoader) to drawings when they are saved. The object is used to force AutoCAD to load the AutoCAD link before loading the drawing. If the link is loaded after the drawing is loaded, some references may not be resolved correctly. The default is 0.

NoRastersExSearch

If set to 1, prevents adding vault information to raster objects extended entity data. This information is used by the link in some cases when opening drawings to locate the raster image in the vault and to get the correct path. The default is 0.

NoSetHookContext

If set to 1, prevents the link from changing the Application Integration context. The default folder of the Application Integration’s Open and Save dialogs will then be the folder where it was last used. By default, the link sets the Application Integration context according to the location of the selected document. The default is 0.

NotShowXrefDialog

If set to 1, prevents showing a warning dialog that Xrefs are missing when they are actually present but located outside the vault. By default, Meridian expects all Xrefs to be located within the same vault as the active drawing. The default is 0 and all vault paths selected by the user to specify the locations of unresolved Xrefs will be searched for subsequent missing Xrefs.

UseDBLock

If set to 1, sets a lock in the vault database when a drawing is opened in AutoCAD. The lock prevents the document’s properties from being changed by other users. The lock is removed when the drawing is closed. The default is 0.