Release Notes - Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 3 fixes or addresses a variety of issues. This file highlights how to install this service pack and what is fixed.

Contents

• Notes About Installation
• Summary of Issues Addressed by this Service Pack 3

• 3D Annotation
• Interoperability with Companion Products
• Modeling
• Sketch
• Translator
• UI

• Legal Notice

• Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 3 can be applied to Inventor Fusion 2012, Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 1 or Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 2.
• Please update your system using Windows Update before you install Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 3. Reboot your system after all system updates are installed.

Windows XP: You can do this from the Windows Update utility located in the Control Panel.

Windows Vista and Windows 7: Use the Windows Update utility located in the Control Panel, and on the sidebar.

Please make sure Microsoft C++ 2005 ATL update KB973923 is installed on your machine.

• Verify you have administrator privilege on your local machine to install Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 3.
• We strongly recommend that you close all Autodesk applications before you install Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012 Service Pack 3.

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3D Annotation
• 3D Annotation
• Crash if the face that a 3DA resides on is removed by a modeling operation.
Interoperability with Companion Products
• AutoCAD
• Inventor Fusion may hang/crash when copying a large number of AutoCAD 2D geometries to 2D Sketch.
• The result of inserting two or more Inventor Fusion DWG files into AutoCAD may be incorrect.
• Incorrect results may occur when copying a spline in AutoCAD and pasting it into a 2D Sketch of Inventor Fusion, if the spline was originally exported from SketchBookDesigner.
Modeling
• CER: Inventor Fusion crashes when hovering over the edge of the hole after changing the counterbore diameter to be less than the hole diameter.
Sketch
• Inventor Fusion will crash if "Ctrl + V" is pressed while creating sketch objects, if the clipboard is empty.
Translator
• Catia
• Spurious surface will be created when import Catia V5 file with solid
• Pro/E
• Inventor Fusion may crash when opening Pro/E assembly file with multiple parts
• Model will be 10x enlarged if importing Pro/E model to Inventor Fusion.
• Solidworks
• Solidworks 2011 files are not supported.
• STEP
• CER: Crash when opening STEP file in localized version of Inventor Fusion.
UI
• CER: Inventor Fusion crashes when entering a value for Extrude in Ribbon, then pressing and releasing the Shift key.
• "Show Hide" and "Isolate" in graphic context menu will not work if multiple components are selected

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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 in mechanical design. We also thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this update release.




Respectfully,




Autodesk Inventor Fusion Product Team

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