Notice to Autodesk Inventor Customers: DL16996930 Released

In our continuing efforts to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released update DL16996930 which addresses an issue where imported B-Spline surfaces from CATIA V5 are over extended with DirectConnect 2012.

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

Contents

- Description of the Issue
- System Requirements
- Installation Instructions

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#### Description of the Issue

Imported B-Spline surfaces from CATIA V5 are over extended with DirectConnect 2012

This update should only be applied to systems directly affected by the issue described above, as this was the only issue this update was created to address.

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#### System Requirements

For application of this update, your system must have one of the following products installed with Autodesk® DirectConnect® 2012:

- Autodesk® Alias® Automotive 2012
- Autodesk® Alias® Design 2012
- Autodesk® Alias® Surface 2012
- Autodesk® Showcase® 2012
- Autodesk® Maya® 2012

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#### Installation Instructions

This update is available in 32bit and 64bit versions (downloaded together as one bundle) and is only applicable to Autodesk DirectConnect 2012. Once installed, it will appear as an update under Add/Remove Programs and can be uninstalled from there.

1. Download update DL16996930.zip for Autodesk DirectConnect 2012.
2. Extract DL16996930_32-bit.exe and DL16996930_64-bit.exe from the zip file downloaded in step 1.
3. Double click on the appropriate .exe file (32-bit or 64-bit) to install this update on each system running Autodesk DirectConnect 2012.
4. Choose Next to begin the install...
5. Once finished you'll receive the Autodesk DirectConnect 2012 Setup dialog box stating that the update has been successfully applied.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation and exit the dialog box.

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#### Thank You...

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

Respectfully,

Autodesk DirectConnect Product Team

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