The app consists of two parts:

• The administrator module is a standalone application outside AutoCAD. Only the project administrator needs to install the administrator module.
• The AutoCAD module, which collects and handles drawing data as attribute values in one or more project title blocks

The administrator module handles all the needed project data and holds all drawing data. Data is saved in an XML database file always named project.dlmdb

In the administrator module, you handle ...

• general project data such as which title blocks to use, which attribute tags to handle inside the title blocks and which Excel document to eventually contain the public drawing list.
• specific drawing data (in the drawings data table).

Please note!
For now: When a DLM project is open in the administrator module and a user saves an AutoCAD document at the same time, the database may be updated without the administrator module being updated in parallel!
If the administrator then saves the project data, the administrator version will take effect and updates made from AutoCAD while the project was open in the administrator module will be overwritten!

In the AutoCAD module, the users may decide when to let the app update drawing title block data.

Automatically read the central DLM project data file and update when opening a drawing (database to drawing) and saving a drawing (drawing to the database).
or …
Automatically read the central DLM project data file and update only when opening a drawing (database to drawing).
or …
Automatically read the central DLM project data file and update only when saving a drawing (drawing to the database).
or …
Disable automatic updates.
If automatic updates are disabled, the user may update manually from database to drawing or from drawing to database.

Get the DLM Administrator installer and demonstration project files here (developers public OneDrive): DLM Admin Module Install.

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from the Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. OR, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8.1/10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

For installation of DLM Administrator Module:

1. Download the DLM Administrator installer: DLM Admin Module Install. Use the code DLMADMIN.
2. Extract the zip-file
3. Run the Setupadmin.exe install executable

The administrator module executable is not currently digitally signed.

When accessing Excel from the administrator module, you may need to open the DLM administrator module as a Windows administrator.