Autocad Plant 3d Object Enabler 2022

[Jennifer Curtis]

Ineed to install object enabler (AutoCAD Plant 3D - 2022) to resolve some issues I'm having with rendering (and potentially properties as well) in Navisworks Manage. I've downloaded the latest 2022 object enabler directly from Autodesk and the install appears to complete successfully. However, after "installation", it is not actually installed. Some research into this issue brought me to the page linked below with a tool to uninstall hidden or corrupted object enabler installs, but this was also unsuccessful.

I've got a case logged with our third party Autodesk support provider and spent a good amount of time with them remoted into my system yesterday trying to resolve this. Figured it might be worth a try to check here as well in case anyone else has encountered this issue and had success with a solution.

Not sure if relevant but I'm on Windows 11 and also have Plant 3D 2021, Navisworks Manage 2021 and Object Enabler 2021 installed on my system. The support rep I was working with yesterday said they have about 6 versions of Plant 3D and Navisworks on their system, each with their own object enabler installed, without issue, so I doubt this is the source of the problem.

I have installed the enabler add-on for 2018 Plant 3D, now my model looks fine in Navis Simulate... but when I open Plant 3D all of the fittings have now vanished.. if i uninstall the object enablers, Plant 3D shows the fittings fine, but they no longer appear in Navis... Any ideas? I cannot seem to get a scenario where fittings are shown in both Navis AND Plant 3D.

had the same problem , export to autocad and bring this in to navis should solve it. elbows and fittings valves etc coming in as wireframe hard to explain to the boss all your good work and the model in navis looking like a pile of filrewood. hope it helps previous poster has brushed on this so i'm presuming im just repeating the answer. had it and others looking at this and could not explain it. works perfect although the extra step in the process is not welcomed.

Appreciated gents, I think I've found the route of my particular cause - I'm using very large and dense cloud scan(s) even though they are broken down into several individual scans within the CAD file, it seems having multiple scans sends the graphics 'west'. Once I remove the scans and regen all is fine. Initially presumed it may have been a computer spec issue but this machine is pretty top end spec'd so can only assume its an issue with the software itself.

@ryan.bales Both! Initially the issue was within Plant, though once I'd installed the OE and the export utility the fittings shown fine in plant. Once I opened the dwg up in Navis the fittings had disappeared whereas before the OE and export utility import they were showing fine. If I uninstalled both Navis worked fine but Plant had issues. Maybe it was purely coincidental as I seem to have no issues now that I'm working with smaller point clouds within plant.

I searched for CADWorks object enabler for Autodesk Plant 3D version 2023, and no luck to find it. The only CADworks enabler I found is version 2020 R2 and it is not compatible with my Plant. After installation I tried to load manually the CADWorkPlant.dbx file, and still not working. The imported dwg files from CADWorks are still wireframe.

For the last (3) years, we have had an RTEXT in our titleblock file that shows the path, file name, date, and time. This RTEXT thingy was originally copied from a consultants file to ours. The titleblock file is x-reffed to the other sheet files, and has been working fine in all files until the upgrade.

Now, when we open a file, the only thing that is shown for the RTEXT is the bounding box. This happens on all of our computers. The express tools are installed. If I type RTEXT > [enter], it displays correctly and will work fine ... until the CAD is shut down. If it is re-opened, once again, just the bounding box.

RText seems to work fine on 2012. I cannot recreate the problem. Don't have 2013 to test although I have a similar problem with AutoCAD ADT3.3 running on 64 bit OS. Are you running 32 bit version on 64 bit OS?

I'm having the same issues on my AutoCAD 2012 software at home, however, the rtext displays fine on my AutoCAD 2012 software at work. The only difference between the two is my home computer is 64-BIT while my work PC is 32-BIT. Express tools in installed on both.

I attempted to install it pretty much blindly, since it is in GERMAN ... and I don't know German. It didn't work ... but then, I don't know if I installed it right. I started to do AutoDesk and Google searches to try to find an English version ... but ... it is 5:00, day before Turkeyday. I'll try this again next week.

D-A-CH (or DACH) is the acronym for an AutoCAD extension which incorporates special settings etc for Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH) and yes it is all in German. You don't need this object enabler if you do not have any objects created by the DACH Extension and it relates to Civil 3D and Archtecture.

The only thing that we have that is an issue with the RTEXT is the plot stamp (or whatever it is called) line that I copied a few years ago from an electrical consultant's file to add to our masters ... that shows the file path, file name, date, and time that we plot. We didn't have to do anything special at that time (ACAD 2009?) for it to work ... it just did. Now, it just shows a bounding box until we type RTEXT.

I could be wrong, but I think when the office upgraded, we had the choice to install 32 or 64 bit ... we all did the 64 bit to go along with our new 64 bit Win-7 Pro machines ... bought specifically so we could also install Revit, which wouldn't install on our older machines with XP.

I have used Rtext for years with no problems then it started showing the proxy entity box as stated above. By typing the command rtext and then escape and regen, the date would appear. But this needed to be done each CAD session. And it didn't work for publisher. So I tried adding the rtext lisp to appload and the history suite. Then added Express to my menu as the remote text (rtext) is part of Express. Finally I noticed that under Options, Open and Save, my Object ARX apps was set to something I previously hadn't been set to. So I changed it to "Object detect and command invoke" and "Show proxy graphics". (I think that it needs to be on "Show proxy graphics" or the entire rtext will be hidden.) Then I shut AutoCAD and shut down the computer for a few minutes to dump any ram. I restarted and the rtext worked automatically. I tested publisher and it plotted with the date showing. Not exactly sure what fixed the issue in the end, but perhaps this will help anyone who is running across this issue.

So what happens if a user creates say, a pipe object using an add-on application, and then you or someone else opens this drawing using vanilla AutoCAD? AutoCAD by itself does not understand the pipe or how to display it. If you look in Properties or using the LIST command , it will be reported as an ACAD_PROXY_ENTITY.

This is where you need an Object Enabler. You can download and install Object Enablers from Autodesk and from other 3rd party software vendors. They install on top of AutoCAD and allow AutoCAD to properly view these non-core-AutoCAD objects.

So if you find that you need an object enabler, how do you know where to find it? Perhaps you will know some history of the drawing in which you are working and be able to figure it out from context. In some cases the vendor will help you out if you run the LIST command on the object. See below for an example of a CADWorx object.

Although AutoCAD Civil 3D is built on AutoCAD, Civil 3D objects such as surfaces, alignments, profiles, and other objects created with Civil 3D might not be viewable in other DWG capable software such as AutoCAD or MicroStation, without first installing a Civil 3D Object Enabler.

If you open a drawing with Civil 3D objects in AutoCAD or MicroStation, Civil 3D objects are displayed as proxy objects. Whether these objects are visible or not depends on the drawing settings. With an object enabler installed you can view these objects without worrying about the drawing settings. You can also the query Civil 3D objects, but not edit them.

For Autodesk products you would install the OE version that matches the version of your product. (For AutoCAD 2016 install the 2016 Object Enabler, etc.) For Bentley products with RealDWG 2010 install the 2010 OE. For Bentley products with RealDWG 2014 install the 2014 OE. For Bentley products with RealDWG 2016 install the 2016 OE. The Object Enabler installers come in 32-bit and 64-bit types. For Autodesk products choose the 32-bit or 64-bit type that matches your Autodesk product install. For Bentley products only the 32-bit versions will work.

Note: The Object Enabler only configures products it sees at the time it is installed. If a new DWG capable product is installed after an OE was first installed, an Object Enabler installer must be run again.

A few weeks ago I was in on Civil 3D group chat in which someone asked, Is it better to save a drawing with the proxygraphics turned on or to have someone install an object enabler to better see the Civil 3D objects?

To properly answer this question, though we need to know who the person is receiving the drawing file. Are they a user of Autodesk products or not? If they are using Autodesk products, then I highly recommend installing the Civil 3D Object Enabler so they can better see the Civil 3D objects. If they are using a non-Autodesk product to open .dwg files then I would recommend turning on the proxygraphics for them to see the drawing properly.

If you are sending the Civil 3D file to someone who is using an AutoCAD software that is not Civil 3D then they will need to install the Civil 3D object enabler in order to see the civil 3D objects. This then allows you to keep your original file size.

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