Authoring Applications

The following table lists the document authoring application versions that are supported by specific application links in this release of 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

    As of the 2022 release, we no longer support the 32-bit version of Bentley MicroStation.

Applications are tested extensively with each release of Meridian Enterprise. Typically, Accruent supports the latest three major versions of applications. Accruent 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

The following tables list authoring applications and which versions of these applications Meridian supports.

ClosedAutodesk Revit (Architecture, Structure, MEP)

No alternate viewer.

Supported versions
Application Version

Meridian Enterprise

2023

supported

2022

supported

2021

supported

2020

supported

2019

supported

2018.3

supported

2017

supported

ClosedAutodesk Inventor and Inventor Professional

64-bit support only. Since the end of 2020, Inventor can be used in Read-Only mode, which does not require an Inventor license. Inventor Read-Only does not support add-ins. Because of this, the integration with Meridian will not work because it depends on the Meridian Inventor add-in.

Use Autodesk Inventor View for viewing in Meridian Enterprise. Inventor View has a known problem that requires the following workaround:

  1. Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\<InventorVersion>\Bin\OGS*.* to C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Program\*.*

  2. Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\<InventorVersion>\Bin\Bin32\OGS*.* to C:\Program Files (x86)\BC-Meridian\Program\*.*

Supported versions
Application Version

Meridian Enterprise

2023

supported

2022

supported

2021

supported

2020

supported

2019.1

supported

2018.1

supported

2017.3

supported

ClosedBentley MicroStation

We provide a way to integrate 3rd party viewers, but we cannot guarantee that any viewer can be integrated. A newer version may not work.

As of the 2022 release, we no longer support the 32-bit version of Bentley MicroStation.

Supported versions
Application Version

Meridian Enterprise

10.00 (V10)

supported

8.11 (V8i,
SELECTseries 1-4, incl. 64-bit)

supported

ClosedMicrosoft Office

All Office applications are supported by a general application link. A specific link is provided for the Visio file type only.

Supported versions
Application Version

Meridian Enterprise

2019

supported

2016

supported

2013

supported

2010

supported

ClosedDassault Systèmes SolidWorks

64-bit support only. In Meridian Enterprise, use eDrawings for viewing. Only the first sheet of multi-sheet drawings will be shown.

Supported versions
Application Version

Meridian Enterprise

2017 or later

supported

2022 R2