Usage of imbatch.exe on a non-MAP3D-computer?

[Peter2_1]

There is the file c:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2018\Map\bin\IMBatch.exe

My current searching for documentation is here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-map-3d-forum/documentation-about-quot-imbatch-exe-quot/td-p/8...

A side-question relating this program:

Can it be run as standalone-exe on a non-Map3D-computer?

Which files (DLL and so on) are needed additionally?

[Thomas_Stuehle]

Hello Peter @Peter2_1,

I need to invest on this detailed question. I will come back to you as soon as I got new information about this topic.

Thanks,

Thomas

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

imbatch.exe is not a standalone exe, it needs all the BIN folder.

in other words, you need at least the installation of Autodesk Infrastructure Administrator (so you need a Windows PC or Server)

From Map 2019 (perhaps 2018) imbatch.exe and its config are not already on Infrastructure Administrator folder, but they can be copied from Map folder (bin) to the Administrator folder (bin) and it works because I tried

[Peter2_1]

@Anonymous 

thanks. Maybe @Thomas_Stuehle has a special trick for it.

[Thomas_Stuehle]

Hello @Peter2_1 

I am still investigation and already in direct contact with our dev team. Once I have more information, I will add it here.

Thanks,

Thomas

[Thomas_Stuehle · Accepted solution]

Hallo Peter @Peter2_1,

I got the information, that the imbatch.exe can't be run as a standalone exe.

Please let me know if this information answers your question - even though it is not a solution how to use the exe file standalone. In this case you can press the button "Accept Solution". Via this way also future customers benefit from our topic.

Best regards,

Thomas

[Peter2_1]

@Anonymous 

@Thomas_Stuehle 

thanks for clearing this question.

[Thomas_Stuehle · Accepted solution]

Hello Peter @Peter2_1,

I got internally the information that the imbatch.exe is also responsible for the 1-Click-Maintenance. Due this this I got attentive to the following article: "AutoCAD Map 3D Industry Model: 1-Click Maintenance not running in batch mode".

Please check the solution - especially the part "Missing files in AutoCAD Map 3D BIN folder." + "Information: The files IMBatch.exe and  Autodesk.Map.IM.DBMaintenance.dll and   Autodesk.Map.IM.DBMaintenance.tbd should always come from the same folder."

If the forwarded information help you in this case, please mark the message as a solution.

Best regards,

Thomas

[Peter2_1]

@Thomas_Stuehle 

thanks. IMHO the link / the sentence

Please copy the files  Autodesk.Map.IM.DBMaintenance.dll and Autodesk.Map.IM.DBMaintenance.dll from Infrastructure Administrator to AutoCAD Map BIN folder.

shows that the installation is not OK for this file(s) for years. The AKN describes it for 2015/2016/2017, I had it in 2018 too, and maybe it is still missing in current version. The team for installation and deployment should fix it now.