I'm running Carlson Survey 2011 w/ embedded AutoCAD on a Win7 64-bit machine. Carlson is installed in the 32-bit(x86).
I'm trying to open an LDT drawing with contours(Aec Civil Contour) but I keep getting the error: "C:Program Files (x86)Carlson Survey 2011AecCivilBase.dbx cannot find a dll or other file that it needs" along with a bunch of similar error messages.
I've installed the Object Enabler and when I install it, it recognizes Carlson Survey 2011 as the program to link it to...but it just doesn't seem to be working.
I cannot convert them with the 'Convert LDT-AEC Contours' option because it says it finds none when I select them. They show in Carlson as an ACAD_PROXY_ENTITY.
I've also checked the 'Check Web for Live Enablers' box in the options.
Carlson support told me it should be working and pointed me to another Autodesk program as a workaround. I would much rather just try to get it to work in Carlson.
Has anyone come across this?
can you select and explode them to plines?
No, it tells me it cannot explode ACAD_PROXY_ENTITY.
> I'm running Carlson Survey 2011 w/ embedded AutoCAD on a Win7 64-bit machine. Carlson is installed in the 32-bit(x86).
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> I'm trying to open an LDT drawing with contours(Aec Civil Contour) but I keep getting the error: "C:Program Files (x86)Carlson Survey 2011AecCivilBase.dbx cannot find a dll or other file that it needs" along with a bunch of similar error messages.
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> I've installed the Object Enabler and when I install it, it recognizes Carlson Survey 2011 as the program to link it to...but it just doesn't seem to be working.
Does it provide a description of which DLL(s) it is trying to find? If you'd care to send me your DWG file, I'll attempt to replicate here.
Given the mixed environment (e.g. running a 32-bit Survey OEM app on a 64-bit computer with the Autodesk Object Enablers), I'm wondering if the Autodesk Object Enablers are trying to find the DLL file(s) in "Program Files" ("thinking" their 32-bit "Program Files" path should be valid) but have otherwise been deployed in "Program Files (x86)"?
I don't think I have any LDT files here to experiment with but will be willing to give it a go if I can get a sample. Feel free to send along to lnelsonATcarlsonswDOTcom.
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Ladd Nelson
One additional thought which might help solve the problem... put the Carlson Survey product path on the computer search path. Presuming you're running Windows 7 on a 64-bit platform:
- Right-click on your Computer icon and choose Properties (this should place you in Control Panel -- System and Security -- System).
- Click on the Advanced System Settings link.
- On the System Properties -- Advanced tab, click on the Environment Variables button.
- In the Environment Variables dialog box (in the System variables section), scroll until you find the Path variable.
- Select/highlight the Path variable and click Edit.
- Scroll out to the very end of the Variable value string and add a trailing semi-colon; if one is not already there.
- Add the path to where the AecCivilBase.dbx file is located (e.g. C:Program Files (x86)Carlson Survey 2011) and press OK successively to dismiss the various dialog boxes.
- Reboot the computer to make sure the operating system properly loads the new Path statement.
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Ladd Nelson
