Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011 Hotfix 1 - Various Issues

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released this hotfix which resolves various issues after Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011 was released.

Contents

· Issues Addressed by This Update

· Installation Instructions

· File Patched by This Update

#### Issues Addressed by This Update

· Upgrading old QTO projects to QTO 2011 version takes a very long time to complete.

· When upgrading old QTO projects to QTO 2011 version, there is no way to split the WBS from Description.

· Some GAEB catalogs cannot be imported due to duplicate WBS IDs.

· Space cannot be used as separator to parse Description and extract WBS.

· When importing catalogs, unable to preview the catalog items before inputting the separator.

· Changes made to Catalog Parameters for Timberline items are not saved.

· Workbook: After editing the WBS value in the Workbook, the Info-Textbox does not refresh to show the new value.

· Incorrect layout of takeoff items when printing out the Workbook.

· Legend: The scale of the Hatching Symbol is not a fixed value.

· Legend: Count-Symbols with square style have different sizes with area, volume and linear symbols.

· Sometimes, the thickness of the linear object is lost in the canvas.

· Changing the type of the item adds duplicate QTY2 entries to the dropdown list in "Cost Data" tab in takeoff item’s properties dialog.

· Shift+TAB key cannot work in takeoff palette and properties palette.

· Crash: use 'Tab' and 'Enter' key to edit properties palette design tab cell will cause crash.

· Application hangs if using 'Tab' key to go through treelist when only "Value" column is displayed in Design tab of Properties Palette.

· The default unit and default currency are not set appropriately when creating project for German locale.

· Print workbook dialog does not show default paper size and unit for German locale.

· The “Getting started…” pops up English CHM for German locale.

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#### Installation Instructions

Note: You must have Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011 installed on the system in order to see the benefit of this hotfix.

To Install the Hotfix

· Close all software applications.

· Unzip aqto_2011_hotfix1_deu.zip to your local machine.

· Install the hotfix by either of two options below:

Ø Option #1: Automated installation

§ Run Install.bat to automatically install all fixes into your machine. (Make sure you run it as Administrator for Windows Vista or Windows 7)

Ø Option #2: Manual installation

§ Navigate to the folder where Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011 is installed.

Default install folder for 32-bit Windows OS is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\

Default install folder for 64-bit Windows OS is C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\

§ Rename the affected original files. See File Patched by This Update for a list of files to rename.

For example, in the folder, right-click the Autodesk.Takeoff.Core.dll file and rename it Autodesk.Takeoff.Core.dll.bak.

§ Extract the files in the aqto_2011_hotfix1_deu.zip and copy them to the appropriate locations. See File Patched by This Update for locations of files.

§ Run the DrawingUnit-Deu.reg file.

To Remove the Hotfix

· Close all software applications.

· Unzip aqto_2011_hotfix1_deu.zip to your local machine.

· Remove the Hotfix from your computer by either of two options below:

Ø Option #1: Automated Un-installation

§ Run UnInstall.bat to automatically remove all fixes from your computer. (Make sure you run it as Administrator for Windows Vista or Windows 7)

Ø Option #2: Manual Un-installation:

§ Navigate to the folder where Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011 is installed.

Default install folder for 32-bit Windows OS is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\

Default install folder for 64-bit Windows OS is C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\

§ Delete the files listed in File Patched by This Update section.

§ Rename all files ending with ".bak" by removing the ".bak" extension.

For example, in the folder, right-click the Autodesk.Takeoff.Core.dll.bak files and rename it Autodesk.Takeoff.Core.dll.

§ Run the DrawingUnit-En.reg file.

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File Patched by This Update

File Name | Date Modified | File Size (KB) | Location
EPlotGeometry.dll | ‎12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 3,890 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\dwf\ecomposite
EPlotEditorTools.dll | 12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 3,925 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\dwf\ecomposite
FileUpgrader.dll | ‎12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 8,490 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\
Autodesk.Takeoff.Core.dll | ‎12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 3,862 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\
Autodesk.Takeoff.plugin.dll | ‎12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 62 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\
Autodesk.Takeoff.Workbook.dll | ‎12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 254 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\
Autodesk.Takeoff.Utilities.dll | 12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 218 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\
Autodesk.Takeoff.UI.dll | 12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 1294 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\
Autodesk.Takeoff.Plugin.ATT.dll | 12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 38 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\Plugins\
Autodesk.Takeoff.Plugin.CSV.dll | 12/‎17/‎2010 ‏‎09:17 | 54 | Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011\Plugins\

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