Launching Autoturn in Connect

And remember: AutoTurn only works in the full Microstation CE, not in Powerdraft CE. One of the reasons for keeping a Powerdraft V8i version...

And remember: AutoTurn only works in the full Microstation CE, not in Powerdraft CE. One of the reasons for keeping a Powerdraft V8i version...

AutoTURN sets a user config variable when loading. Apparently this variable is not deleted when AutoTURN is unloaded:

The AutoTURN ribbon tab visibility status is driven by a Named Expression that checks the above config variable (AutoTURN.dgnlib). Because the config variable remains defined even after ATCN has been unloaded, the AutoTURN ribbon tab remains visible:

The quick solution is to delete the user config variable after unloading ATCN and then refresh the ribbon.

This is what the cleanup macro looks like:

Sub ExitAutoTurn()

' unload app
CadInputQueue.SendKeyin "MDL UNLOAD ATCN"

' undefine user config var
ActiveWorkspace.RemoveConfigurationVariable ("AT_10_1_Loaded")

' refresh ribbon
CadInputQueue.SendKeyin "RIBBON REBUILD"

' close AT toolbox (optional)
CadInputQueue.SendKeyin "DIALOG TOOLBOX ""AutoTURN"" CLOSE"

End Sub

You can also add a custom button to the AutoTURN toolbox (AutoTURN.dgnlib) and connect it to the macro:

All testing was done using AutoTURN 10.2 running on MicroStation CONNECT 17.1 (10.17.01.62)

Alternatively you can define a Named Expression of session.ismdlloaded("ATCN") and this will correctly detect if Autoturn is running.

For the Load icon: 

For the Unload Icon:

where:

IsAutoturnMDLloaded? = session.ismdlloaded("ATCN")

IsAutoturnMDLunloaded? = NOT(session.ismdlloaded("ATCN"))

IsAutoturnInstalled? = ConfigVar.IsConfigVarDefined("AUTOTURN_PATH")