Install For a PowerUser User

Users who will manage tag-to-document and drawing tag-to-tag relationships require the Meridian Enterprise PowerUser. If AutoCAD will also be used on the client computer, the Meridian link should also be installed. The link for standard AutoCAD is installed when the AutoCAD link for any version is selected during client computer setup.

To install the Meridian link for standard AutoCAD:

1. Install the standard AutoCAD link with one of the Meridian Enterprise client setup programs as described in the Accruent Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide .

   The link is installed by selecting the correct version of the link in the Online Clients | Application Links list. It will install the correct .arx file and registry settings for standard AutoCAD.

2. Open the Windows registry and select the key for the standard AutoCAD link that was installed. It is the application named AMAcad in the Applications branch of the AutoCAD key. Each AutoCAD version and vertical application has its own key similar to:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\RXX.X\ACAD-XXXX:XXX
   

   Where the Xs represent a release number and application code. See the ProductName value of this key for the corresponding simple application name and version number, such as AutoCAD 2009. For example, the Meridian Enterprise setup program creates the values in the following table for AutoCAD 2009 in this registry key:
   
   

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.2\ACAD-7001:409\Applications\AMAcad
   

3. Export the AMAcad key to a temporary location with any file name, for example, AMAcad.reg.

4. Open the resulting .reg file in any text editor.

5. In Registry Editor, use the information in step 2 to locate the Applications branch for the AutoCAD vertical application that you want to integrate with the Meridian link.

6. In the text editor, edit the path of the AMAcad key to match the AutoCAD release number and application code (for example, R17.2\ACAD-7001:409) of the vertical application.

7. For standard AutoCAD, copy the registry settings to create a new key IcAsset to load IcAssetXXXX.arx.

8. Save your changes to the .reg file and close the text editor.

9. Run the .reg file to add the new branches to the Applications list of your vertical application.

"C:\\Program Files\\BC-Meridian\\Program\\AmAcad2019.arx"