Thank you for downloading AutoCAD^® Map 3D 2013 Service Pack 1

This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of the Service Pack. It is strongly recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the Service Pack to your product. For reference, you should save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.

Warning: The AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 Service Pack 1 cannot be uninstalled. You must uninstall then reinstall AutoCAD Map 3D to return to the previous state.

 

Contents

·         Who Should Install This Service Pack?

·         Information for Windows 7 Users

·         Primary AutoCAD Map 3D Issues Resolved by This Service Pack

·         Primary Issues Resolved by this Service Pack

·         Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

·         General Service Pack Updates

·         New /nolisp start-up switch and LISPENABLED, AUTOLOAD and AUTOLOADPATH system variables

·         General Installation Information

·         Before You Begin

·         About Windows Command Line Switches

·         Installation Instructions

·         Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation

·         Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network

·         Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image

·         Uninstall This Service Pack

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.

NOTE: You can also use Autodesk Exchange to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct Service Pack for your product.

32-bit Product	Service Pack
AutoCAD Map 3D 2013	AutoCAD_Map_3D_2013_SP1_32bit.exe

 

64-bit Product	Service Pack
AutoCAD Map 3D 2013	AutoCAD_Map_3D_2013_SP1_64bit.exe

This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 installed from the following Autodesk Design Suites.

·         Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013

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When you apply this Service Pack while running AutoCAD Map 3D, it is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, close AutoCAD Map 3D manually, and press "Ignore" at the prompt. It is also recommended that you reboot your system after installing the Service Pack.

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Primary AutoCAD Map 3D Issues Resolved by This Service Pack

API - DRAWING CLEANUP

·         Usage limitation to TopologyClean has been extended.

DATA EXCHANGE

·         Crash when change to offline mode for the electric industry model from SQL Server with an invalid template.

 

·         Crash when try to convert data from different feature class sources to the same feature class as a target.

FDO WFS

·         DigitalGlobe server can now be connected through the FDO WFS provider.

FDO SQL SERVER

·         SQL Server Spatial Connection works when get functions with geometry parameter from server side.

FORMS

·         The last used setting of label creation is remembered on the Choose label definition dialog.

INDUSTRY MODEL

 

·         Industry Model Structure Update with Genx file which GeomSelectStatement is NULL will not result in invalid geometry select statement

USER & WORKSPACE

·         Oracle user permission for workflows is now working for Map Client and application extension.

VECTOR SYMBOLIZATION

·         Special characters (especially German characters) are now converted correctly by the “Convert Blocks” tool.

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·         Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

·         General Service Pack Updates

·         New /nolisp start-up switch and LISPENABLED, AUTOLOAD and AUTOLOADPATH system variables

As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:

3D Navigation Tools

·         Unexpected exit when panning.

3D Modeling

·         Occasional crash on selecting a face during Presspull.

·         Occasional crash related to navigating in 3D drawing.

Autodesk 360

·         Crash when logging into Autodesk 360 from the Options dialog, in Japanese AutoCAD.

·         Occasional crash on opening a drawing with Xrefs, when logged in to Autodesk 360.

Command Line

·         Occasional crash happens when rollover on the searched items from command line.

CUI (Customize User Interface)

·         Occasional crash while loading a custom CUI file.

Design Center

·         Occasional crash when working with Design Center.

DGN Support

·         Fatal error when attaching or importing some specific DGN files.

Dimensions

·         Crash after UNDO of creation of non-associative continued or baseline dimension.

Display Drivers

·         Crash opening multiple 3d drawings containing a large number of 3d entities.

Hatch

·         Occasional crash while zooming during Hatchedit.

InfoCenter

·         Crash on clicking any option from Connect button at InfoCenter, in zero doc state.

Inquiry

·         Crash while calculating area of a polyline that contains at least one segment that has been reduced to zero length.

Open/Save

·         A problem can occur when writing data to a GraphicsCache file or DWG file.

Plot

·         Occasional crash when plotting to PDF.

·         Crash when plotting to a PDF file and the PDF driver is not present.

Point Cloud

·         Crash if PCG file used to create Point Cloud entity does not exist.

Express Tools

·         Occasional crash during MOCORO (Move/Copy/Rotate) command.

Startup

·         Crash due to corrupt GraphicsCache files on startup.

·         Crash occurs on canceling a LSP routine that runs at program startup.

·         Crash when Map 3D launches as vanilla AutoCAD via a /p or /t option with a non-exist profile.

·         Crash when Map 3D launches after using AdMigrator.exe to migrate setting from Map 3D 2011 or Map3D 2010.

·         Crash when erase lines in paper space and zoom in/out at the same time.  

·         Crash when exit Map3D in demand load mode.

·         Map3D will hang once select the last column in Data Table then press Tab key.

·         Crash when Map 3D launches as vanilla AutoCAD via a /p or /t option with a non-exist profile. Noted if launches Map as vanilla AutoCAD via a compound command like “acad /p <non-exist profile name> /t <AutoCAD dwt name>”  option, please execute them separately  

General

·         Crash on undo/redo after adding 256 or more entities to a group.

·         Crash when switching IME language for double byte characters, when Dynmode is turned off.

·         Crash on viewing thumbnail in AutoCAD 2012 when installed side-by-side with AutoCAD 2013.

·         Occasional crash on exploding 3rd party splines.

·         Exception on clicking Customize button from Quick Preview (QP) on a machine running .NET 4.5

·         Crash when AutoCAD exits on PCs running .NET 4.5

 

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The following defects have been fixed:

 

3D Navigation Tools

·         "Keep Scene Upright" in 3DConnexion Settings dialog cannot be changed.

3D Modeling

·         Issue with solid's centroid computation.

Action Recorder

·         Action macros recorded on previous releases not working correctly on AutoCAD 2013.

Autodesk 360

·         Pressing F1 does not display help for the ONLINESYNCSETTINGS dialog.

·         Drawing files with localized names do not get saved to Autodesk 360.

·         User is not automatically logged in when launching Autodesk 360 from the AutoCAD ribbon.

·         Sometimes the 'Share Drawing' dialog opens behind the main application window.

Customization Sync

·         Customization Sync progress animation runs continuously.

·         Customization Sync does not sync new custom commands in toolpalettes.

DGN Support

·         Export to DGN doesn't use the Global Origin set in the seed file.

·         DGNIMPORTUNITCONVERSION system variable missing in AutoCAD LT.

Display Drivers

·         Integrated chipsets are unable to return available video memory correctly.

·         When using COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP on a 64bit Operating System, you may see the object color change from the original color.

Dimensions

·         Existing drawings lose Qleader settings when edited in AutoCAD 2013.

·         Dimensions placed using Perpendicular OSNAP shift when drawing geometry is moved, copied or modified.

External Reference (XREF)

·         External reference drawings (XREFs) show as unresolved in AutoCAD 2013.

Hatch

·         Hatch Preview option not available from the context menu when creating a hatch.

Inquiry

·         Tooltip missing in Properties Palette with entity selected for some languages such as: Traditional Chinese, Czech, Russian, Hungarian, etc.

MLeader

·         Multileaders incorrectly display a dot at the content block's insertion point.

·         Text in Multileaders with 'Extend leaders to text' set moves when opened or edited in AutoCAD 2013.

Modify

·         SCALE command gets cancelled during dragging when small scale factor is acquired with object snap turned on.

PDF Export

·         Plot with plotstyle causes wipeouts to appear black in plot to PDF.

Performance

·         Slow performance while running a large script.

·         Slow performance while creating Layers quickly.

Plot

·         Plot Preview turns command line back on.

Ribbon

·         Visibility drop down in Block Editor Ribbon not working properly with Property preview enabled.

Selection

·         Shift+Window selection fails to remove multiple model documentation views from selection on a Layout.

Sheet Set Manager

·         High network utilization with SMB V2 (Server Message Block) protocol while working with the Sheet Set Manager.

Visual Lisp

·         Menucmd does not display the pulldown menu when command line window is in docked state.

General

·         Error on launching AutoCAD after QuickCalc is anchored.

·         INSBASE value is incorrect for a drawing created using -WBLOCK.

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

 

Note: To enable the auto-loading changes to acad.dvb, please uninstall the 'AutoCAD 2013 VBA Enabler' and download/reinstall the latest AutoCAD 2013 VBA module. (Beta 1 users please download the VBA Installer from the Beta download site.)

 

New /nolisp Start-up Switch.
Start AutoCAD with this switch to disable AutoLISP execution in the current AutoCAD session, including all LSP, FAS, and VLX 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 the Express Tools and 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

 

0 - AutoLISP is disabled
1 - AutoLISP is enabled

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.

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

 

AUTOLOAD (System Variable)
Controls whether AutoCAD autoloads acad.lsp/fas/vlx, acaddoc.lsp/fas/vlx, acad.dvb files.

Type: Integer
Saved in: Named Profile/Registry
Initial value: 1
Values:
0 - None of the following 7 AutoLISP/VBA files will be automatically loaded

·         acad.lsp

·         acad.fas

·         acad.vlx

·         acaddoc.lsp

·         acaddoc.fas

·         acaddoc.vlx

·         acad.dvb

1 - autoloads the 7 files depending on the value of the AUTOLOADPATH system variable.

AUTOLOADPATH (System Variable)
Controls the folder from where AutoCAD loads acad.lsp/fas/vlx, acaddoc.lsp/fas/vlx, acad.dvb files.

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

Valid strings include the following:

"<folder path or paths separated by commas>" = Automatically loads the acad.lsp/fas/vlx, acaddoc.lsp/fas/vlx, acad.dvb 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/vlx, acaddoc.lsp/fas/vlx, acad.dvb 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 install folder (i.e. <install folder>\Support and <install folder>\Support\<language>).

 

Change to the Options dialog box
The "Load acad.lsp with every drawing" checkbox in the System tab (which corresponds to the ACADLSPASDOC sysvar) will be disabled when AUTOLOAD is set to 0.

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·         Before You Begin

·         About Windows Command Line Switches

 

Note: You cannot install AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP and AutoCAD Mechanical side-by-side when you have one of the listed product installed and have service pack applied already. You need to uninstall service pack first, then other listed products can be installed.

 

Note: Autodesk Sync (AdSync) patch will automatically get installed with the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT patch.

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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 the Service Pack, updated 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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The following Microsoft Windows command line switches are built into this Service Pack:

·         /e – Extracts the MSP file from the Service Pack executable.

·         /q – Suppresses the completion message after the Service Pack is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply this Service Pack to multiple computers.

Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the installation procedures that follow.

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·         Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation

·         Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network

·         Apply This Service Pack to a New Network Administrative Image

·         Uninstall This Service Pack

Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on a single computer.

1.    Download the Service Pack and save it to any folder.

2.    If required, insert the product media (for example, the AutoCAD installation disc).

3.    Find the folder where you saved the Service Pack and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

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Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on multiple computers using your Local Network.

1.    Download the Service Pack and save it to any shared folder on your Local Network.

2.    Find the shared folder where you saved the Service Pack, and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

Note: Installation through your local network using the CAD Manager Control Utility is not supported for this service Pack.

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The following distribution method applies only to administrative images created with the Deployment Wizard. After you complete these procedures, subsequent deployments of your product will include this Service Pack.

In all cases, append this Service Pack to the deployment. The only time it is appropriate to merge the Service Pack is if you intend to distribute the deployment through a group policy object.

The patch (Service Pack) file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft Patch) file, which you extract from the executable file using the /e (extract) switch. For an example of the syntax, see step 2, below.

1.    From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the Service Pack EXE file to your local computer.

2.    On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information and click OK.

<local_drive:>\<patch_name> /e <local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp

3.    Insert the Autodesk media and launch setup.exe.

4.    Select Create Deployments. Click Next.

5.    On the Begin Deployment page, in the Specify the Deployment Location box, enter the shared network location where you would like to create an administrative image, or click Browse to find a location. Users install the product from this location.

6.    In the Specify a Deployment Name box, enter the name for your deployment.

7.    Continue through the Deployment wizard, open and configure the deployment in the product configuration page, click Add to find the Service Pack extracted in Step 2. Notice that the Service Pack has been added in the Include Service Pack(s) from local drive or local network box. Close and return to the product list.

8.    Follow the instructions in the Deployment wizard to complete the Service Pack deployment.

Note: When AutoCAD or LT service pack is included in deployment, the deployment will only install the AutoCAD or LT product service pack without update files for Autodesk Sync.

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The AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 Service Pack 1 cannot be uninstalled.  You must uninstall the reinstall AutoCAD Map 3D to return to the previous state. Should you choose to do this you should not need to relicense your installation.   

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We thank all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you with the best solution. We also thank you for your continued business and for feedback regarding the content of this update release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk Product Team

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