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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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
- Crash resolved when opening multiple 3D drawings containing a large number of 3D entities.
3D Solid & Surface Creation
- Presspull no longer crashes.
3D Surface Modeling
- Crash resolved when calculating the area of a polyline that contains at least one segment that has a length of zero.
Dynamic Dimension
- Occasional crash when resizing a dimension with grips.
- Occasional crash with dynamic input.
Font
- Crash when loading some font files fixed.
Graphics System
- Problem fixed when writing data to a GraphicsCache or drawing file.
- Corrupt GraphicsCache files are now removed at startup.
- Crash on initial regeneration fixed when opening some drawing files.
- On Lion, in Finder, crash when dragging a drawing file more than once to insert it as a block when the view style for the window is set to "Show items as icons" or "Show with Cover Flow".
- Crash when closing the program.
- Occasional crash during grip editing.
Hatch
- Crash when scrolling the mouse while using the HATCHEDIT command.
Layout
- Crash when clicking the 'X' (Close) button after reorganizing layouts.
Miscellaneous
- Occasional crash when a viewport is updated.
- Crash when closing a drawing in some situations.
Modify
- Exploding a spline no longer causes a crash.
Object Enabler
- Crash when opening some drawings with AEC objects.
Open/Save
- On Mountain Lion, crash no longer occurs when opening or saving a drawing in certain situations.
- Crash no longer occurs when loading an AutoLISP file with the APPLOAD command that displays an alert message during load.
Plot
- Crash when deleting a paper size in the Custom Paper Sizes dialog box.
Properties
- Occasional crash when editing a property with the Property Inspector.
Purge
- Crash during the PURGE command.
The following general changes and improvements have been made:
3D Solid & Surface Creation
- Cannot create a lofted surface in some situations.
- Centroid for 3D solids not computed correctly.
Annotation Scaling
- Problem fixed with annotative scales not being added to objects from the Property Inspector.
Attributes
- Underline and Overline options for multiline attributes now work correctly.
Blocks
- Value stored in INSBASE is incorrect when a drawing is created with the -WBLOCK command.
Dimensions
- Dimensions placed using the Perpendicular object snap shift when associated drawing geometry is moved, copied, or modified.
- Latest settings for the QLEADER command are now remembered.
Field
- Angular format now uses the correct types.
General UI
- On Mountain Lion, Reset Palettes and Reset Application now work properly.
- On Mountain Lion, the Toolsets palette is shown correctly after changing the value for the COLORSCHEME system variable.
- AutoCAD no longer stops responding when invoking a dialog.
Graphics System
- Crash when opening or saving some 3D drawings.
Hardware
- Cursor now remains still when using the Trackpad to pan the drawing.
Inquiry
- Area value shows negative in certain situations.
Install
- On Mountain Lion, the installer no longer needs to be reopened to continue the installation.
- Service Pack installer no longer crashes under certain situations.
Layers
- Layers palette is no longer cut off in some situations.
- Crash fixed when searching for a layer with some special characters.
Licensing
- Product can now be activated with more Autodesk suites.
Multileaders
- Multileaders now correctly display a dot at the content block's insertion point.
- Text in multileaders with 'Extend leaders to text' set are no longer moved when opened or edited in AutoCAD 2013 or AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac.
Performance
- Memory leak when switching drawings no longer occurs.
Plot
- Plot styles are recognized when uploading to AutoCAD WS.
- AutoCAD no longer hangs for several minutes for some HP Office Pro printers when choosing a paper size in Page Setup dialog.
- On Mountain Lion, the cursor no longer disappears after being moved outside of the Plot dialog when plotting to a PDF file.
- On Lion, in the French (FRA) version, physical plotters now work correctly when plotting.
Selection
- AutoCAD no longer hangs when selecting a spline.
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:
- Attempting to load any LISP file will fail.
- Attempting to copy and paste AutoLISP code into the Command window will fail silently.
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 loaded1 - Autoloads the files depending on the value of the AUTOLOADPATH system variable
- acad.lsp
- acad.fas
- acaddoc.lsp
- acaddoc.fas
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.
To install AutoCAD 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:
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:
To install AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:
To uninstall AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:
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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