Configure Geosuite for AutoCAD/Civil3D (15.2)

Trimble Novapoint Geosuite Toolbox supports AutoCAD/Civil3D 2017, but for the moment this is not supported by the installation program. (up to version 15.2.2)

To use these Autodesk products in Geosuite Toolbox You have to perform a manual configuration.

Before we start - check the properties for the shortcut You will use to start AutoCAD/Civil3D. Look for the path and filename to start AutoCAD/Civil3D - compare the picture below…

After installation of Geosuite Toolbox - perform tha manual configuration by following these steps:

1. Open GeoSuite Toolbox and choose Settings→Configuration file

2. Look for section [SYSTEM]

3. There is a number of parameters that should be set for use of AutoCAD/Civil3D

4. Set the parameters shown below to corresponding values of Your AutoCAD/Civil3D installation:

5. ACADEXEA=“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2017\acad.exe”

6. ACADEXE=“C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2017\acad.exe”

7. ACADOPT=/ld “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2017\\AecBase.dbx” /p “«C3D_Metric»” /product “C3D” /language “en-US”

8. ACADVER=21

9. Save and restart Geosuite Toolbox

10. Check the properties of the shortcut for Geosuite Toolbox. Make sure there is a parameter at the end of the command set to /ACAD=20. (NOTE! It should be 20 in the shortcut, but 21 in the settings file!)