HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutocadLink

Registry values
Value Name Data Type Value Data

AcadBaseConfig1

DWORD

Controls the basic functionality provided by the AutoCAD link:

0: Basic AutoCAD link features only

1: Basic AutoCAD link features plus sheet set support (default)

2: Basic AutoCAD link features plus plain drawing asset management support (not for use with AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D)

3: Enable all AutoCAD link features

32: Enable the Synchronize All Data Shortcuts to Vault command in the AutoCAD Civil 3D application link.

AcadPnIDConfig1

DWORD

Controls the P&ID functionality provided by the AutoCAD link. This settings requires AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D.

0: P&ID project features only (default)

1: P&ID project features plus asset management support

ButtonsForAll

DWORD

If set to 1, shows OK to All and Cancel to All buttons in the confirmation dialog box that appears when a user invokes the Sync Tag Hotspot command on a selection of documents and one or more of the documents has circular references.

By default, the dialog box will appear once for every document in the selection that has circular references so that the user can decide what to do with each document. This setting allows the user to apply their response to all of the problem documents in the selection at one time.

The default is 0, which does not show the batch response buttons.

Civil3DHideWCDialog1,2

DWORD

If set to 1, the user is not prompted to select specific data shortcuts from which to create working copies when the Edit data shortcuts command is run. Working copies of all data shortcuts are made automatically.

The default is 0.

Civil3DSyncType1,2

DWORD

Controls the synchronization of the folder specified for Civil3DSyncWorkingFolder:

1: Synchronize to the local working folder (on drawing open)

2: Synchronize to the vault (on drawing close)

4: Ask the user before synchronization

8: Synchronize only once per AutoCAD session

If this value is missing from either registry key mentioned in the note at the beginning of this topic, then the setting with the same name on the AutoCAD tab of the Application Link Settings in the Environment branch of the vault configuration is applied.

Civil3DSyncWorkingFolder1,2

DWORD

If this value is 1, synchronizes the entire folder that is specified as the working folder in AutoCAD Civil 3D.

If this value is 0 (default), only the data shortcuts folder is synchronized.

  • Automatic synchronization is disabled when AutoCAD Civil 3D is run by Publisher.
  • If this value is missing from either registry key mentioned in the note at the beginning, then the setting with the same name on the AutoCAD tab of the Application Link Settings in the Environment branch of the vault configuration is applied.
ManualUpload DWORD

This setting allows you to opt out of automatic uploads of AutoCAD documents.

0: Setting is disabled.

1: Automatic upload is disabled. A new Upload Document button is added to the Meridian ribbon. This button is visible in remote mode only, and is enabled after the first save of the document.

2: Ignored.

3: Automatic upload is enabled on document close only. A new Upload Document button is added to the Meridian ribbon. This button is visible in remote mode only, and is enabled after the first save of the document.

RealDwgForceValidity1

DWORD

If this value is 1 (default), the Sync Properties to File command works with AutoCAD Release 14 and older drawings but importing drawings can fail if the title blocks are synchronized also.

If this value is 0, the command does not work with older drawings but importing drawings will not fail if the title blocks are synchronized.

ReleaseNewCivil3DDataShortcuts1,2

DWORD

If this value is 1, Civil 3D data shortcuts are automatically released from their workflows when they are imported to the vault by working folder synchronization.

If this value is 0 (default), the shortcuts are not automatically released.

RepairDocState

DWORD

If this value is 1, it fixes an issue with drawings being read-only and cannot be saved when opened from PowerWeb in Online mode with a site cache configured.

The default value is 0.

  1. The following locations will be searched for this value in the order listed and the value of the first location where it is found will be applied:

    1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutocadLink (affects all users of the PC)

    2. This registry key (affects only the current user of the PC (affects all users of the PC).

  2. In addition to the locations listed above, the [Civil_3D] section on the AutoCAD tab of the Application Link Settings in the Environment branch of the vault configuration (affects all users of the vault).

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