Notice to Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 Customers
In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released this readme to address the following issue:
Assert Failure error appears occasionally in Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 (running on Windows 8 OS) when opening an existing drawing file by double-clicking it.
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Assert Failure appears occasionally in Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 (running on Windows 8 OS) when opening an existing drawing file by double-clicking it.
This problem can be found on the different languages of Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 below running on Windows 8 OS:
It can be solved using the below method.
This workaround is applicable to the different languages of Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 below running on Windows 8 OS:
This workaround should only be applied to systems directly affected by the issue(s) described above.
1. Right click on the existing drawing file.
2. Select "Open With ->Choose default programs..." from the context menu.
3. Choose "AutoCAD DWG launcher" as the default program.
We want to thank all our customers who identified this issue and reported it to us. It's these reports that give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you, our customers, with the best solution in Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical. Autodesk would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this update release.
Thank you!
Respectfully,
Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical Team
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