Thank you for downloading AutoCAD^® Electrical 2013 Service Pack 2.

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.

Contents

• Who Should Install This Service Pack?
• Information for Windows 7 Users
• Information for Windows 8 Users
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Service Pack
• 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.

Product	Service Pack
AutoCAD Electrical 2013 (32-bit)	Ace2013_SWL_SP2.exe
AutoCAD Electrical 2013 (64-bit)	Ace2013_SWL_SP2_x64.exe

This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD Electrical 2013 installed as a standalone application as well as AutoCAD Electrical 2013 installed from Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013.

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When you apply this Service Pack while running AutoCAD Electrical, do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, close AutoCAD Electrical manually, and click the "Do not close applications. (A Reboot may be required.)" option in the dialog box. It is recommended that you reboot your system after installing the Service Pack.

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The following operating systems are officially supported for 32-bit and 64-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2013 with Service Pack 2.

• Windows 8 Standard edition
• Windows 8 Enterprise edition
• Windows 8 Professional edition

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Note: AutoCAD Electrical 2013 Service Pack 2 includes the AutoCAD 2013 Service Pack 2. For issues resolved by the AutoCAD 2013 Service Pack 2, please see the appropriate Service Pack readme located on the Autodesk support web site

The following defects have been fixed:

Dialogs

Service Pack 1

• Dialogs disappear off the screen if displayed on non-primary monitor.

Design Center

Service Pack 2

• Crash when inserting the block from Design Center.

Insert/Edit Components/Footprints

Service Pack 1

• %U tagging format results in incorrect component tagging for drawing wide update.
• The Insert Component Icon Menu fails to get back to the default state after inserting the Pneumatic, Hydraulic or P&ID Components.

Marking Menu

Service Pack 2

• Occasional crash after invoking the Marking Menu for more than 200 times.

Project Manager

Service Pack 1

• The Preview in Project Manager does not display for the drawings saved in AutoCAD 2013 Drawing format.
• Apply Project Defaults does not work when a single drawing is selected in Project Manager.

Service Pack 2

• Crash when removing the drawing when the drawing name is in edit mode in Project Manager.
• Project Manager does not update the added or removed drawings in a shared project environment.

OLE

Service Pack 2

• Occasional crash when opening and closing a drawing that contains an OLE object.
• Occasional crash when copying and pasting the component in a drawing that contains an OLE object.

Performance

Service Pack 1

• Poor Catalog Lookup performance in a shared environment.

Ribbon

Service Pack 2

• Express Tools Ribbon commands not functioning properly.

Terminal Strip Editor

Service Pack 2

• Poor performance when editing the Terminal Strip that contains lots of terminals.

Terminal Strip Table Generator

Service Pack 1

• New drawings created after running Terminal Strip Table Generator report are not added to the Project Manager.

Wires

Service Pack 1

• Wire Numbering state cannot be changed in Create/Edit Wire Type dialog.

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• Before You Begin
• About Windows Command Line Switches

Note: Autodesk Sync (AdSync) patch will automatically get installed with the AutoCAD Electrical 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 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 Electrical 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 an 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 the AutoCAD Electrical Service Pack is included in a deployment, the deployment will install the Service Pack without update files for Autodesk Sync.

Note: The extraction of MSP from the service pack executable requires VC++ runtime redistributable 2010. Please make sure it is installed before extracting the MSP file.

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Windows XP

1. From the Start menu (Windows), click Settings > Control Panel.
2. In 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. Click Remove.

Windows 7 / Windows 8

1. Start 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. Click Uninstall.

Note: You may need to insert the AutoCAD Electrical 2013 disk when uninstalling this Service Pack.

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We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Their reports gave us the opportunity to improve the product and to provide you with the best solution in electrical design. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback regarding this release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical Product Team

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