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
Brian Thomas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
GH2 Architects
Cool... I guess we can close out that ticket. ;-))
Thanks, Brian.
TR # 263067 was filed to address this issue, and it *is* currently schedule for the Q1 update.