AutoCAD® Electrical 2009 Service Pack 1 Readme

July 14, 2008

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 the service pack to your product. For your reference, you should save this Readme to your hard drive or print a copy.

Contents

Who Should Install the Service Pack?
Supported Operating Systems
Information for Windows Vista Users
Primary Issues Resolved by the Service Pack
General Installation Information
Stand-Alone Installation Instructions
Applying This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image
To Uninstall this Service Pack

Who Should Install the Service Pack?

Service Pack 1 is for the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct service pack for your software.

Supported Operating Systems

This Service Pack can be used with the following:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following operating systems:
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
• The following operating systems and Service Pack 1 (SP1) of the following operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows Vista® Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Information for Windows Vista Users

When applying this service pack while running AutoCAD Electrical, 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 Electrical manually before completing the installation of the service pack.

Primary Issues Resolved by the Service Pack

Note: AutoCAD Electrical 2009 Service Pack 1 includes the AutoCAD 2009 Update 1. For issues resolved by the AutoCAD 2009 Update 1, please see the appropriate service pack readme located on the Autodesk support web site

Circuit Builder

• Wires are not always inserted or removed correctly when placing a circuit.
• Circuit Builder would create wire layers containing '@WSIZE@' if an exact wire size was not given.
• Circuit Selection dialog controls might get removed after hitting the Esc key.

Cross-referencing

• Project-wide Cross-reference would fail on drawings with only child components.
• Cross-referencing would fail if your cross-reference format contained a double byte character that was not the first character in the format or if the format contained more than one double byte character.

Item Balloons

• You could get duplicate item numbers assigned when running Resequence Item Numbers on multiple drawings in a project.
• Item number balloons do not automatically get added or removed from a schematic child component when changes are made to the multiple catalog items currently defined for the schematic component.

Insert/Edit Components/Footprints

• In some cases Receptacle pins would show as Plug pins when editing a connector.
• Insert PLC and Multiple Wire Bus commands would display invalid characters when trying to use command line options.
• Line1 and Line2 values from PLC modules are not getting assigned to individual PLC I/O points when linked.

Miscellaneous

• Wire Annotation of Panel Footprint does not always use the 'Suppress any duplicated annotation on each terminal' setting even when toggle ON.
• Layer Properties can get set back to AutoCAD default values when inserting an AutoCAD Electrical saved circuit.
• Title Block Update does not update the drawing Sheet value if the 'Activate each drawing to process' option is toggled ON.
• Spreadsheet to PLC incorrectly breaks PLC modules that have multiple breaks defined.
• For large multiple level terminals, internal jumpers could get scrambled.
• Opening a project can take longer when compared to previous releases.
• When converting Promis•e® drawings, symbol attributes do not always hold their rotation value.
• Wire source signal cross-referencing does not always get updated with new sheet values when Project-Wide Update/Retag is ran.
• Leading dash character is getting removed from child components on update.
• Qsave and Saveas begin to fail with the message 'a command in progress. Hit enter to cancel or [Retry]'.

Migration Utility

• Migration Utility throws an exception error and the AutoCAD Electrical Migration Utility dialog appears blank.

Reports

• Incorrect sort fields in the Panel Bill of Material 'By TAG' format.
• Schematic Bill of Material 'Tallied Purchase List Format' returns incorrect quantity.
• Components tags listed in Bill of Material reports can get out of alignment in some situations.
• Incorrect Quantities for terminals can be displayed in reports if Item Number is assigned to only some of the terminals.
• Drawing List Report could fail if active project has any User Defined attributes defined.

Symbol Builder

• When trying to create a symbol that contains closed entities like a rectangle, AutoCAD Electrical could crash on the Wblock.
• Symbol Attribute template name could change after selecting objects to include in the symbol.
• Pick and dragging geometry can leave ghost images of the geometry on the drawing.

Terminal Strip Editor

• When you insert an internal jumper onto a terminal with 12 or more levels, AutoCAD Electrical crashes.
• Sorting by the Conductor column of the Cable Information tab causes AutoCAD Electrical to crash.
• Multiple catalog item number 9 does not get written correctly to the terminal footprint.
• Associating terminals can cause AutoCAD Electrical to lock up in certain situations.
• When lowering the number of levels on a terminal with an internal jumper spanning all the levels, AutoCAD Electrical can crash.
• Clearing the block properties on a terminal that has an internal jumper right after assigning them can cause AutoCAD Electrical to lock up.
• Unable to insert graphical terminal strip if WD_PNL configuration block is inserted onto paper space.
• Associating terminals can cause terminal number to be lost under certain situations.
• A terminal strip can get inserted multiple times onto the same drawing.
• Item Number assigned to a terminal could get lost if the terminal strip is reinserted or rebuilt.

General Installation Information

Before You Start
As you prepare to install the service pack, keep these points in mind:

• Custom files backup — Before you apply this service pack, be sure to back up all custom CUI, MNR, and MNL files.
• Administrative privileges — During installation, you will be prompted for the original installation disc or network image. You must have administrative permissions to install and uninstall products in order to successfully apply service packs.
• Network deployment — Administrators can deploy the service pack over the network using a Network Deployment. Please refer to the Applying This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image section.
• Updated Certified Hardware XML Database — For optimal performance when using 3D visualization features, please apply the latest Certified Hardware XML Database from http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscardupdate. For a complete list of certified, supported, and non-supported graphics hardware for 3D display features, please visit http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard.

About Windows Command Line Switches
Two Microsoft^® Windows^® command line switches are built into this service pack:

• /e – Extracts the MSP file from the service pack executable. Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the procedures below.
• /q – Suppresses the completion message after the service pack is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply the service pack to multiple computers.
  

Stand-Alone Installation Instructions

To update a stand-alone installation

1. Download the service pack and save it to any folder.
2. Insert the product media (for example, AutoCAD Electrical).
3. Find the folder where you saved the service pack and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

Apply This Service Pack through a Local Network
You can use Communication Center 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 Communication Center tab of the CAD Manager Control Utility help.

Note: The CAD Manager Control Utility can be installed from the product installation media by selecting "Install Tools and Utilities" and by then selecting the Autodesk CAD Manager Tools.

Applying This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image

The following distribution methods apply only to administrative images created with the Deployment Wizard. After you complete these procedures, subsequent deployments of your product will include the service pack updates.

In all cases, please "Append" this service pack to a deployment. The only time it is appropriate to "Merge" a 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.

To add the service pack to a new administrative image

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 information using the following syntax and click OK.
   
   <local_drive:>\<patch_name> /e <local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp
   
   
3. Insert the AutoCAD Electrical media and launch setup.exe.
4. Select "Create Deployments," then 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, and Configure when allowed. On the "Include Service Packs" page, click "Browse" to browse to the service pack extracted in Step 2. Notice that the service pack has been added in the "Service Packs Included in this Deployment" box. Click Configuration Complete.
8. Follow the instructions in the Deployment Wizard to complete the service pack deployment.

To apply the service pack to an existing administrative image

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. Browse to the location of the existing Administrative image.
4. In the Tools folder, select the "Create and Modify a Deployment" shortcut.
5. On the "Begin Deployment" page, you may change the name of the existing deployment in the "Specify the Deployment Name" box.
6. On the "Begin Deployment page", do one of the following:
• Select "Create a new deployment using an existing deployment as a template". Specify a new deployment name.
• Select "Modify an existing deployment". Modify the existing deployment.
7. Continue through the Deployment Wizard, and Configure when allowed. On the "Include Service Packs" page, click "Browse" to browse to the service pack extracted in Step 2. Notice that the service pack has been added in the "Service Packs Included in this Deployment" box. Click "Configuration Complete".
8. Follow the instructions in the Deployment Wizard to complete the service pack deployment.

To Uninstall this Service pack

Note: This service pack cannot be uninstalled when the product is installed from a deployment (also called an administrative image) with a merged update.

Windows XP

1. On the Start menu, click Settings > Control Panel.
2. In the control panel, click "Add or Remove Programs".
3. In the Add or Remove Programs window, select the Show Updates option.
4. Find the appropriate service pack in the list of programs and click Remove.

Windows Vista

1. On the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. In the Programs and Features window, in the left pane, click View Installed Updates.
5. Find the appropriate service pack in the list of updates and click Uninstall.

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