Configure the Acme CAD Converter Rendering Module

The Acme CAD Converter rendering module options specify which source document formats to render and how they should be rendered in the destination system.

To configure the Acme CAD Converter rendering module options:

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console > Data Exchange, click Rendering Profiles.

The All Rendering Profiles page appears and lists the existing profiles grouped by the name of the computer (cluster node) to which they are assigned.
Double-click the rendering profile that you want to configure.

On the General page, click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Acme CAD Converter rendering module general options
Option	Description
Name	The name of the rendering profile as seen in the Administration Console.
Computer	The name of the Meridian Enterprise Server cluster node on which to run this job.
Input extensions	The file extensions that will be rendered by this module. To modify this list: Click Configure. The Input Extensions dialog box appears and lists the supported file extensions. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered. Click OK. The quantity is refreshed to reflect your selections.

On the Output page, click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
Click Save.

Acme rendering module output options
Group	Option	Description
General	Application location	The location on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer where the Acme CAD Converter software is installed. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Acme CAD Converter\AcmeCADConverter.exe. This option is set automatically if Acme CAD Converter was installed by a setup program. If it was installed from an archive file, this option must be set manually.
General	Create conversion report	If enabled, generates a report of the rendering process that can be used to troubleshoot unexpected results. The report is saved in <WindowsTEMPFolder>\BCTemp\AcmeRender\<SourceFileName>.log where <WindowsTEMPFolder> is the path set in the Windows TEMP environment variable and <SourceFileName> is the name of the rendition source file, for example, C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Temp\MyDrawing.dwg. The contents of the report are described in the Acme CAD convertor help.
Options	Use job advanced rendering settings	Select this option if the page size and orientation are stored as property values for the source documents and the corresponding options of the publishing job are selected as described in Configure Rendering Options. If those options are not selected, select values from Default page size and Default orientation.
Options	Update title blocks before rendering	If enabled and the Acme CAD Converter is installed on the rendering node, the title blocks in the document will be updated from the document properties before the document is rendered. If disabled or the application is not installed on the rendering node, the update is skipped.
Options	Font search path	Semi-colon separated list that defines the paths to search for SHX font files that are used in the source drawings being rendered. For example, C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2021\Fonts;f:\RealDWG\2021_64. If a font is not found in a path, the text might be rendered incorrectly.
Options	Substitute fonts	If enabled, text fonts that are specified in the source drawings are substituted with different fonts during rendering. If disabled, the fonts are not substituted and the original fonts are rendered if they can be found in the path specified for Font search path.
Options	TrueType fonts only	If enabled, only TrueType fonts are substituted. If disabled, TrueType and SHX type fonts are substituted.
Options	Big font	Name of the big font file to use for rendering.
Options	Small font	Name of the small font file to use for rendering.
Options	TrueType font	Name of the TrueType font file to use for rendering.
Options	Enable layer support	Generates layers in the rendition that correspond to the layers in the source drawing.
Page Setup	Default page size	Select an option from the list to indicate how the rendition page size is specified. Select Custom page size if Use job advanced rendering settings is enabled and the page size is specified in a document property.
Page Setup	Custom page size units	Select an option from the list for the units of the Custom page size option. For example, to set a custom page size of 210mm x 300mm, select mm. This option will be ignored if Use job advanced rendering settings is enabled and the page size is specified in a document property.
Page Setup	Custom width	The rendition width in the units specified for the Custom page size option. For example, to set a custom page size of 210mm x 300mm, type 210. This option will be ignored if Use job advanced rendering settings is enabled and the page width is specified in a document property.
Page Setup	Custom height	The rendition height in the units specified for the Custom page size option. For example, to set a custom page size of 210mm x 300mm, type 300. This option will be ignored if Use job advanced rendering settings is enabled and the page height is specified in a document property.
Page Setup	Default orientation	Select an option from the list to indicate the rendition orientation. This option will be ignored if Default page size is set to Automatically detect and Use job advanced rendering settings is disabled.
Page Setup	Zoom to extents	If enabled, renders the drawing extents if larger than shown in the layout specified for the Layouts to export option.
Page Setup	Layouts to export	Select which layouts to render from the list. To render a different layout, select Custom and specify the layout tab number in Custom layout.
Page Setup	Custom layout	If Custom is selected for the Layouts to export option, the ordinal number of the custom layout to render, for example, 2.
Pen Setup	Default color	Select an option from the list to indicate the color depth of the rendition. Select Use from global to apply the value set for the Color/monochrome option described in Configure Rendering Options.
Pen Setup	Use line weights	If enabled, renders line weights in the output according to the selected option. Cannot be used together with Use pen table.
Pen Setup	Use pen table	If enabled, applies the pen table specified for the Pen table option to the output. If disabled, no pen table is applied to the output. even if the Pen table option is set to Use from global. Cannot be used together with Use line weights.
Pen Setup	Default pen table	Select an option from the list to specify the pen table to apply to the output. The pen table must be created in Acme CAD Converter before using it with this rendering module. If the name of the pen table does not appear in the list, the computer might need to be scanned to discover the pen table as described in Configure Rendering Options.