Interference Manager not working in BA V8i

Running the new Bentley Architecture V8i and I can not get the Interference Manger to work. Works with Bentley Architecture XM. The Extract Object Model and the Review Interferences tools open up dialog boxes, but the Setup Interference Detection and the Detect Interferences do not do anything. When clicked nothing happens, no messages in the messages center or error messages. Has something changed in the V8i? The help still notes the Interference Manager as Version XM? We have this issue on all 16 of our installs. Thanks Brian Thomas Selser Schaefer Architects
  • Hi, Brian,

    Please log this as a problem with our support group at support@bentley.com   They should be able to help you quickly resolve this problem.

     Sincerely,

    Steve Stevens
    Product Manager - Bentley Architecture

  • Will do.

    Brian Thomas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    GH2 Architects

  • Brian,

     It appears we have an issue with those icons in the toolbox, but I have a two workarounds for you.


    Method 1:
    Interference Manager can be run as a standalone process. Create your .jsm files as you normally do in Bentley Architecture, the nunder the application program group (typically: Start>All Programs>Bentley Building v8i>Building Tools>Interference Manager), launch the Interference Manager Engine. You can define your interference setup from here by selecting the edit button next to the Interference Set file entry. Process your interference and you can return to Bentley Architecture to review your Interferences.

    Method 2:
    Fix the problem with the Interference toolbox in Bentley Architecture. For some reason, this toolbox is not handling the spaces properly in the directory path. The configuration variable IFM_EXE controls the directory path to locate the Interference Manager Engine, however in the default installations of v8i there are several spaces. For example, my default directory for IFM_EXE is C:\Program Files\Bentley 08.11.05.17\MicroStation V8i\Triforma\Exe. This directory needs to be converted to its 8.3 representation, which contains no spaces. To find out what each directories 8.3 representation is navigate to the parent directory in the cmd dialog and type in: dir /x. So my equivalent directory is C:\PROGRA~1\BENTLE~1.17\MICROS~1\TriForma\exe\. You can set this value in your project configuration, or you can edit the intmgr.cfg.

    Editing the intmgr.cfg:
    The intmgr.cfg is located in C:\Program Files\Bentley 08.11.05.17\MicroStation V8i\Triforma\config\appl. For the intmgr.cfg, locate the line IFM_EXE : $(TFDIR_EXE) and comment it out by adding a # in front of it, then add IFM_EXE : C:\PROGRA~1\BENTLE~1.17\MICROS~1\TriForma\exe/. It should look like the following:

    #IFM_EXE : $(TFDIR_EXE)
    IFM_EXE : C:\PROGRA~1\BENTLE~1.17\MICROS~1\TriForma\exe/

    Editing the Project Configuration:
    If you have a centralized configuration you may want to choose to add it to the project configuration (typically found in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley 08.11.05.17\MicroStation\WorkSpace\Projects\Examples) , the syntax should be:

    IFM_EXE = C:\PROGRA~1\BENTLE~1.17\MICROS~1\TriForma\exe/


    Regards,
    Jeff Ashley
    Associate Product Manager, Bentley Architecture

     

     



  • Thanks for both methods! I will take a shot at Method 2 and let you know how it turns out. Brian

    Brian Thomas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    GH2 Architects

  • Worked great! Thanks Brian Thomas

    Brian Thomas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    GH2 Architects