Notice to Autodesk Alias Customers: DL19853071 Released

In our continuing efforts to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released update DL19853071 which addresses one issue (see Summary).

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 Fixes
- System Requirements
- Windows Installation Instructions
- Mac OS X Installation Instructions

Return to Top

#### Description of the Fixes

- This hot fix fixes a crash seen when retrieving a Bookmark in Alias 2013 Hotfix 3 (DL19319648). Users who installed DL19319648 who experience this bookmark crash should install this hotfix. If you did not install DL19319648 you shouldn't experience this crash.

Return to Top

####

#### System Requirements

####

For application of this update, your system must have one of the following products installed:

- Autodesk® Alias® Automotive 2013
- Autodesk® Alias® Design 2013
- Autodesk® Alias® Surface 2013

Return to Top

#### Windows Installation Instructions

This Windows update is available in 32 bit and 64 bit versions (downloaded together as one bundle) and is only applicable to Autodesk Alias 2013. Once installed, it will appear as an update under Add/Remove Programs and can be uninstalled from there.

1. Download update DL19853071-Win_OS.zip for Autodesk Alias 2013.
2. Extract DL19853071_32-bit.msp and DL19853071_64-bit.msp from the zip file downloaded in step 1.
3. Double-click the appropriate .msp file (32-bit or 64-bit) to install this update on each system running Autodesk Alias2013.
4. Choose Next to begin the install...
5. Once finished you'll receive the Autodesk Alias 2013 Setup dialog box stating that the update has been successfully applied.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation and exit the dialog box.

Return to Top

#### Mac OS X Installation Instructions

This Mac OS X update is available in a 64 bit version of Autodesk Alias 2013, for all separate product installs of Automotive, Surface, and Design. It completely replaces the existing Alias installation on the system. Your existing Alias product will need to be uninstalled first. As applicable to your product, perform the following steps:

1. Download:
   Autodesk_Alias_Automotive_DL19853071_Mac_OSX.dmg for Autodesk Alias Automotive 2013,
   Autodesk_Alias_Surface_DL19853071_Mac_OSX.dmg for Surface 2013, or
   Autodesk_Alias_Design_DL19853071_Mac_OSX.dmg for Design 2013.
2. Uninstall the existing Alias 2013 product on your system by dragging the related Alias application in Finder, to the Trash.
3. Double-click the .dmg to mount it on your system and open the installer window.
4. Double-click the installer icon in that window to run the installer.
5. Perform an install of Alias, as you did with your earlier full install of Alias on your system.
6. For example, accept the End user License Agreement, select Network or Standalone, enter your Serial Number, enter your Product Key, etc.
7. You may "turn off" Maya and SketchBook Designer choices in the installer if you wish, they are not updated with this release.
8. Once finished you'll receive confirmation the installation was successful.
9. Click Done to complete the installation and exit the installer.
10. Navigate in Finder to Applications, and double-click the icon to launch Alias.

Return to Top

#### 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 Alias Product Team

Return to Top

Copyright © 2012 Autodesk, Inc.