AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1 Readme

Thank you for downloading AutoCAD® 2013 and AutoCAD LT® 2013 for Mac® Service Pack 1

This update resolves compatibility issues that have been reported while using the software on the latest versions of Mac OS X Lion (10.7.4) and Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). It also resolves problems reported by the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility and other general problems identified after AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac were made available.

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Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made to the following features:

2D Display

3D Solid & Surface Creation

3D Surface Modeling

Dynamic Dimension

Font

Graphics System

Hatch

Layout

Miscellaneous

Modify

Object Enabler

Open/Save

Plot

Properties

Purge

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General Service Pack Updates

The following general changes and improvements have been made:

3D Solid & Surface Creation

Annotation Scaling

Attributes

Blocks

Dimensions

Field

General UI

Graphics System

Hardware

Inquiry

Install

Layers

Licensing

Multileaders

Performance

Plot

Selection

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This service pack introduces options to control the operation of AutoLISP.

New -nolisp Start-up Switch

Start AutoCAD with this switch to disable AutoLISP execution in the current AutoCAD session, including all LSP, FAS files. This switch is useful for preventing malicious AutoLISP code from automatically loading and executing.

Disabling AutoLISP has the following effects:

NOTE: Disabling AutoLISP will prevent some AutoCAD command tools from functioning and should only be used in emergency situations.

LISPENABLED (System Variable)

Indicates whether AutoLISP is enabled for the current AutoCAD session.

(Read-only)
Type: Integer
Saved in: Not saved
Initial value: 1


Values:
  0 - AutoLISP is disabled
  1 - AutoLISP is enabled

This system variable is controlled by the -nolisp start-up switch

AUTOLOAD (System Variable)

Controls whether AutoCAD autoloads acad.lsp/fas, acaddoc.lsp/fas files.

Type: Integer
Saved in: Named Profile/Registry
Initial value: 1


Values:
  0 - None of the following AutoLISP files will be automatically loaded

  1 - Autoloads the files depending on the value of the AUTOLOADPATH system variable

AUTOLOADPATH (System Variable)

Controls the folder from where AutoCAD loads acad.lsp/fas, acaddoc.lsp/fas files.

Type: String
Saved in: Named Profile/Registry
Initial value: ""


Valid strings include the following:

"<folder path or paths separated by semicolon>" = Automatically loads the acad.lsp/fas, acaddoc.lsp/fas files only in the specified folders and no other locations, including the current drawing folder. It is recommended that you set the folder path to a single subfolder under the folder specified in the ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX system variable.

"" (empty string) or "." (period) - No path restriction. Automatically loads the acad.lsp/fas, acaddoc.lsp/fas files found in the AutoCAD startup folder, the drawing folder, and the AutoCAD search path, in that order. This duplicates AutoCAD 2012 behavior and is not recommended.

Change in the load rules for acad2013.lsp and acad2013doc.lsp

acad2013.lsp and acad2013doc.lsp will only be loaded from their default application package (ie. AutoCAD 2013.app/Contents/Resources/Support).

Change to the sysvar ACADLSPASDOC

The system variable ACADLSPASDOC will be ignored when AUTOLOAD is set to 0.

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Apply This Service Pack

To install AutoCAD 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:

  1. Close all applications before you begin to install the update.
  2. Double-click AutoCAD2013SP1.dmg to mount the volume.
  3. Double-click AutoCAD2013SP1.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. Launch AutoCAD for Mac after the installation has completed.
  6. At the command prompt, type _vernum and press Enter to verify the update was installed. The version number should be "G055.M.108".

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Uninstall This Service Pack

This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall AutoCAD 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:

  1. Close AutoCAD for Mac.
  2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD 2013 and double-click Remove AutoCAD.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. Reinstall AutoCAD for Mac from the original product media or download.

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Apply This Service Pack

To install AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:

  1. Close all applications before you begin to install the update.
  2. Double-click AutoCADLT2013SP1.dmg to mount the volume.
  3. Double-click AutoCADLT2013SP1.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. Launch AutoCAD LT for Mac after the installation has completed.
  6. At the command prompt, type _vernum and press Enter to verify the update was installed. The version number should be "G055.M.108".

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Uninstall This Service Pack

To uninstall AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:

  1. Close AutoCAD LT for Mac.
  2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD LT 2013 and double-click Remove AutoCAD LT.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. Reinstall AutoCAD LT for Mac from the original product media or download.

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Thank You

We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Their reports gave us the opportunity to improve the product and to provide you with the best solution in general design and drafting. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback regarding this release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Product Team

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