AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2.1 Readme
Thank you for downloading AutoCAD® Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2.1
This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and
use of this service pack. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire
document before you apply this service pack to your product. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2.1 is a revised release of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2 and contains the fixes included in AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1, AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 Service Pack 1, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2, AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 2 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 Service Pack 2. Because AutoCAD Civil 3D is built on AutoCAD and AutoCAD Map 3D, it is recommended that you also review the AutoCAD and AutoCAD Map 3D readme files at the following locations. For reference,
you should save these documents to your hard drive or print a copy.
AutoCAD® 2012 Service Pack 2 Readme
AutoCAD® Map 3D® 2012 Service Pack 2 Readme
Contents
You can apply this service pack to the following Autodesk products running on all
supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct
service pack for your software.
This service pack includes all previous hotfixes for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012. The AutoCAD 2012 Performance Slowdown Hotfix is also included in this service pack.
You can also use Communication Center to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct service pack for your product.
32-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 |
c3d2012_win32_sp2.1.exe |
64-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 |
c3d2012_x64_sp2.1.exe |
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You can use this service pack with the following operating systems:
Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of
the following:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
The following Windows® 7 operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
- Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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It is recommended that you right click the installer and select "Run as Administrator" while installing the service pack. When you are installing this service pack a prompt with options to "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" or "Ignore" may be displayed. It is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, click "Ignore" at the prompt. It is also recommended that you reboot your system after installing the service pack.
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The following issues have been resolved in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2:
Alignments
- Creating spiral curve using the Design Criteria: Tan-Tan with Curves no longer results in the application closing unexpectedly.
- Applying a Curve-Line-Curve transition to the end of a curve no longer results in the second curve doubling back on itself.
- An error is no longer generated when modifying a station equation with overlapping values.
API
- AddPointGroup to Surface on .NET no longer generates an error.
- Aeccxuilandloader and AeccSvrLoader no longer generate errors when hovering over some Civil 3D entities with rollover tooltips are enabled.
Catchments
- Creating a Catchment from Object with pickfirst turned on no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
Cogo
- The COGO Editor now reports the correct traverse length when using 2 distance unknowns.
- The COGO Editor now retains entries in the description field.
Corridor Design
- Using the Drive command on a Feature Line object no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
- An issue where a change to the Offset End Station resulted in an unusable drawing has been resolved.
- Switching between drawings while Station Tracker is enabled no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
Corridor Volumes
- Volume calculations using sample lines and section views provide more consistent results.
Cross Section Views
- Performance when using the Change Band Set selection tool in the Section View Group Properties dialog box has been improved.
- Opening a Civil 3D 2010 drawing containing the OverlayAndMill subassembly in Civil 3D 2012 no longer results in a display issue with the section views.
Cross Sections
- The right side of a Sample Line is now visible to the Intersection or Apparent Intersection Osnap commands.
- Referenced Cross Section Labels whose placement has been modified no longer revert back to original their location after reloading the XREF.
Data Exchange
- An imported Structure will now use the expected dimension rather than the dimension of the first Structure of the imported group.
Feature Lines
- Stability when grip editing a Feature Line has been improved.
- Creating Feature Lines from objects when the objects are overlapping closed polylines no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
General/Other
- The stability of the Audit command has been improved.
- A memory issue that prevented opening some drawings from previous releases has been resolved.
- An issue that caused an error when closing a drawing has been resolved.
- Renaming a layout while the Sheet Set Manager is open no longer displays an error message in the command line.
- The display of custom linetypes has been improved.
- Right-click menus from Prospector have been updated to resolve display issues.
Grading
- An error while using the Grade to Surface command has been resolved.
- Saving a drawing after running the Automatically raise/lower to balance the volumes command no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
Hydraflow Express and Hydraflow Storm Sewers
- The following issues related to Inlet calculations and reporting have been resolved:
- Inlet Calculations have been clarified to match HEC-22 requirements.
- Combination inlets in sag conditions now report expected depth and spread results.
- Slotted drains in sag condition no longer display the gutter spread and gutter depth values as bypass in reports.
- Slotted drains in sag condition now calculate expected depth and spread values while transitioning between weir and orifice flow.
- Open Area Design calculations are now less than or equal to the product of grate length and width.
- 3D images for Inlets without depression specified no longer depict a local depression.
- 3D images for Inlets with local depression now depict the correct grate slopes.
- Section images for on-grade inlets now depict the expected results for the entire spread.
- Inlet efficiency is now calculated as expected when the frontal flow width is less than the gutter width.
Hydraflow Storm Sewers
- Storm Sewer calculations have been clarified to follow methodologies according the HEC-22.
- Storm Sewers using HDS-5 inlet control option now report expected results.
- The following issues related to Inlet calculations and reporting have been resolved:
- Inlets with no tributary area now report expected flow capture results.
- Gutter depth and spread no longer calculate as negative values.
- Inlet Section Views now correctly show the grate slope when there is local depression.
- Inlet Section View display shows spread correctly in 2D when depression is ignored.
- A column in Interactive Designer is now labeled "Local Depression" to be consistent with the data-entry field.
Hydraflow Express
- Text in images exports clearly.
- Channel calculations for gutter channels now match the gutter calculations performed for Inlets.
- The following issues related to Inlet calculations and reporting have been resolved:
- Gutter depression values can now be set to zero.
- Manning roughness n-value default for gutter sections has been set to 0.016 for Inlet calculations.
- The following issues related to Culvert calculations and reporting have been resolved:
- Culvert calculations clarified to match HDS-5 requirements.
- The Manning roughness n-value list for Culverts now includes values up to 0.035 to match HDS-5.
- Circular culverts now report consistent tailwater results as expected across a flow range.
- Box culverts under outlet control now report expected headwater values.
- Horizontal elliptical pipes now report expected headwater values.
- Elliptical Culvert calculations now report expected headwater values above the crown of the pipe.
Hydraflow Hydrographs
- Resizing column widths no longer revert to original size.
- Correct dates are now printed in report data.
- Hydrograph plots are now displayed correctly on computers running Windows XP 32-bit.
Inquiry
- Switching between drawings with the Profile View inquiry, elevation & grade between two points command active no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
Intersection
- An issue with Offset Profiles that resulted in unexpected results when creating an intersection has been resolved.
Labels
- An issue where referenced Pipe Spanning labels list the incorrect distance after reopening a drawing has been resolved.
- Cogo Point labels in drawings from a previous release now retain rotation properties.
- An issue where referenced Pipe Network Labels in section view disappear after reopening a drawing has been resolved.
LandXML
- Importing a Pipe Network with structures deselected no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
Lines and Curves
- The Deflection-Distance transparent command now supports angles less the zero.
Parcels
- An error when creating a parcel using the Slide Line Create command has been resolved.
Pipe Networks
- Opening drawings with external references no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
- Selecting a pipe part while creating a Profile View no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
- Creating a Pipe Network while the Panorama is open with a deleted network no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
- Solid hatching now displays as expected on curved pipes.
- Solid hatching now displays as expected in Profile Views.
- Synchronizing a Pipe Network with a part swapped in the source drawing now changes updates the style as expected.
- Setting a template with custom optional Pipe Network parameters as the default template no longer returns an error message.
- Displaying large numbers of Pipe Network parts in Prospector is no longer causing slow performance issues.
- Issues recognizing the correct Manning roughness n-value for parts has been resolved.
- Issues setting and retaining a structure's On Grade / On Sag setting have been resolved.
- Pipe length data is now available in structure tables displaying connected pipes.
Plans Production
- An issue where superimposed profiles are not transferred to view frames in a referenced drawing has been resolved.
Points
- Moving a Point using Osnaps now changes the point elevation.
- Assigning user-defined properties to a Point Group from the summary tab no longer results in the application closing unexpectedly.
Profile View
- Dragging a Profile Label to the end of a Split Profile View using Osnap no longer results in the application closing unexpectedly.
Profiles
- Offset Profile geometry has been updated to provide better results when sampling and labeling.
Project Management
- Drawings with circular dependencies now generate a prompt when being checked in.
Quantity Takeoff
- A calculation error when using formulas has been corrected.
- Alignments can now be assigned as a pay item.
- The Pay Item and Pay Item Categorization files now default to the previously browsed path.
Shortcuts
- Performance when opening a drawing containing references has been improved.
Surface
- The Drape Image command no longer results in a reversed image when hardware acceleration is enabled.
- Creating a surface mask while in wireframe view style no longer results in the application closing unexpectedly.
- The accuracy when calculating surface volumes has been improved.
- An issue where adding a 3D polyline as a surface breakline causes the application closing unexpectedly has been resolved.
- Watershed analysis calculations are now launched when the Run Analysis button is selected.
Survey
- Transformation Settings no longer change when migrating a previous release drawing.
The following issues have been resolved in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2.1:
General/Other
- Drawing stability when closing drawings containing data references has been improved.
- An issue where alignments do not plot according to the STB plot style has been resolved.
Hydraflow Storm Sewers
- An issue where running a default analysis with design mode in Hydraflow Storm Sewers causes the application to close unexpectedly has been resolved.
Hydraflow Hydrographs
- The Hydrograph Types tab now displays the full list of hydrographs.
Pipe Networks
- Referenced network section view labels for pipes and structures are no longer lost when exiting the application and reopening the drawing.
- Referenced pipe network styles retain changes as expected when the drawing is saved and re-opened.
- Pipe network styles display as expected when referenced into a new drawing.
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As you prepare to install this service pack, keep the following in mind:
Back Up Custom Files
It is recommended that you back up all custom CUIX, MNR, and MNL files before you apply this service pack.
Administrative Privileges
During installation, you will be
prompted for the original installation media or a network image. In order to apply this service pack, you must have
administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.
Network Deployment
Administrators can deploy this service pack
over a network using the Deployment Wizard.
About Your Product
After you install, product information displays in the About dialog box.
Reboot
After you install, it is recommended to reboot your system even if not prompted.
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Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
Follow these instructions to install this service pack on a single
computer.
- Download the service pack and save it to any folder.
- If required, insert the product media (for example, the AutoCAD Civil 3D installation disc) or make sure the installation source files are available.
- Find the folder where you saved the service pack and double-click the
executable (EXE) file.
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Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
You can use InfoCenter to apply this service pack through your
local network. Detailed instructions on how to set up patching through your
local network are listed in the InfoCenter Tab topic in the CAD Manager
Control Utility Help.
Note: You can install the CAD Manager Control Utility from the
product installation media. Select Install Tools and Utilities and then select Autodesk CAD Manager Tools.
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Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image
The following method of distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2 applies only to administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Network Installation wizard. After you complete this procedure, any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 will have the update applied to them automatically. For complete information on updating a Network Administrative Image please see the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Network Administrator's Guide.
To apply AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2 to an existing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 administrative image
- On the workstation where you initially created the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 deployment, open the Tools folder and double-click the Create and Modify a Deployment shortcut icon.
- On the Create Deployment > Configure page under Modification Options, select Create a New Deployment Using an Existing Deployment as a Template.
- Specify a new name for the deployment, review and make any other changes, then click Next.
- On the Create Deployment > License Agreement page, review the agreement and click Next.
- On the Create Deployment > Product Information page, review the license information and click Next.
- On the Create Deployment > <Deployment Name> page, click on AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 in the product list to open the Configure options.
- Under Service Packs, select Include Service Pack from Autodesk.com and click Download.
- Select the option to append the service pack(s) to the deployment.
- Review and make any other changes and then click Create. Now any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 will have the Service Pack applied to them automatically.
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Uninstall This Service Pack
NOTE: You cannot run an automatic uninstall to remove this service pack. To restore your version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 to its pre-update state, uninstall AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 and reinstall it.
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