AutoCAD 2009® and AutoCAD LT® 2009 Update 1 Readme
Thank you for downloading AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 Update 1.
This readme 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 readme to your hard drive or print a copy.
Contents
This update is for the following Autodesk products running on all
supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct
update for your software.
32-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD 2009 |
AutoCAD2009lockedSP1.exe |
| AutoCAD LT 2009 |
AutoCADLT2009lockedSP1.exe |
| AutoCAD Revit® Architecture Suite 2009 1 |
AutoCAD2009REVITS110SP1.exe |
| AutoCAD Revit® Structure Suite 2009 1 |
AutoCAD2009REVSU60SP1.exe |
64-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD 2009 |
AutoCAD2009lockedSP1x64.exe |
| AutoCAD LT 2009 |
AutoCADLT2009lockedSP1x64.exe |
| AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2009 1 |
AutoCAD2009REVITS110SP1x64.exe |
| AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2009 1 |
AutoCAD2009REVSU60SP1x64.exe |
1 Apply the patch only if the installation includes AutoCAD 2009.
This update can be used with the following:
- Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of
the following operating systems:
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 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
When applying this update while running AutoCAD, it is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, before you install this update, close AutoCAD manually.
Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility
As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error
Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following feature areas:
- 3D Visual Styles
- Annotation Scaling
- External References (xref) palette
- Raster Images
- Partial Open
- Plot
- Properties Palette
- Hatch
- Remote text (rtext)
General Updates
The following defects have also been fixed:
.NET API
- When a .NET function with a LispFunction attribute has the return type as object, an exception is thrown in AutoCAD.
Annotation Scaling
- A drawing that contains a large number of anonymous blocks and copies of annotative entities created in AutoCAD 2007, or an earlier release, opens slowly in AutoCAD 2009.
- A scale is infinitely enumerated when you insert a drawing that contains the same scale as a block or an external reference (xref).
Attributes
- When you attempt to display a tooltip of a multiline text (mtext) attribute that contains 281 characters or more, AutoCAD crashes.
- When you move a block using an insertion grip, mtext attributes move incorrectly.
- When the default value of an mtext attribute in a block contains a field, you cannot edit the attribute text to replace the field with other data.
Blocks
- When you insert or redefine a block that contains attributes on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.
- When you change the scale of a block through the Properties Palette, an attribute displays incorrectly.
Export a Layout to Model Space
When you export a layout to model space the following occurs:
- The linetype scale changes.
- Dimension arrowheads do not display.
- Text does not rotate correctly.
- Drawing properties are lost.
External Reference ESW
- The External References palette does not display when auto-hidden and used with the XREF or IMAGE commands are used.
Hatch
- When you recreate a hatch boundary, it consists of separate line segments rather than a closed polyline.
Hide/Shade
- When you plot, objects in an xref are not correctly hidden.
Menu Browser
- You cannot access the menu browser in a non-English version of AutoCAD using the shortcut Alt+Key.
Multileader (mleader)
- When created on a rotated UCS, a multileader does not respect POLAR or ORTHO settings.
Multiline Text (mtext)
- When you drag and drop a drawing while the In-Place Text Editor is active, AutoCAD crashes.
- When some of the values in the In-Place Text Editor are changed, AutoCAD crashes.
- Some mtext objects with double byte characters display as a single line.
Open/Save
- When you attempt to save a file with a long file name, AutoCAD may crash.
- When you drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer into the AutoCAD title bar while in Single Document Interface (SDI) mode, AutoCAD may crash.
- When you attempt to open multiple files from Windows Explorer, only the first selected file opens.
Partial Open
- When the OPENPARTIAL system variable is set to 1, if you use the PURGE command, drawings may become corrupted.
Plot
- When you plot upside-down, an OLE object does not plot correctly.
Property Palette
- In the Properties palette, the Dimension Style control may display an incorrect dimension style name.
Publish
- In the Publish dialog box, the Publish To setting always defaults to DWF format even if you select a different setting.
Quick Properties
- When you change the theme of your operating system while running AutoCAD and then click the Quick Properties window, AutoCAD crashes.
RECOVER
- When you open some valid drawings, you are prompted to use the RECOVER command.
Render
- When you use the RENDER command with certain drawings that contain textured object, AutoCAD crashes.
Ribbon
- When acad.CUI is loaded as a partial CUI, some buttons in the multiline text (mtext) ribbon contextual tab fail.
- On a ribbon panel, you may not be able to move items between rows.
- A ribbon panel continues to display after it is removed from a ribbon tab.
- A button image used on a ribbon panel that is loaded from a resource DLL file lacks a transparent background.
- If you transfer a ribbon panel and a tab, buttons display small.
- Enterprise, main, and partial CUI files display multiple ribbon tabs in workspaces.
- You cannot control a ribbon tab when you use more than one non-AutoCAD CUI file.
- A ribbon tab and/or menu macro may not function properly when referenced from multiple CUI files.
- If you load a CUI file that references a missing BMP file, a fatal error displays.
Visual LISP
- The AutoLISP Redraw function fails to hide or highlight objects.
ZOOM
- When you zoom while inserting some blocks, AutoCAD crashes.
Known Issues with This Update
After you apply this update, you may experience the following ribbon customization-related problems:
An Incorrect or Missing Ribbon Tab
Known Issue: When you display a ribbon tab from a partial of Enterprise CUI file, on the ribbon, the ribbon tab displays incorrectly or is missing.
Workaround: To correctly display a ribbon tab, recreate the workspace used to display the ribbon tab from scratch. Do not duplicate or attempt to update the workspace. Once you create a new workspace, set the workspace current. The ribbon tab should display correctly.
For a partial CUI file, before you add a ribbon tab to a workspace, use the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor to change the customization group name of the file. The customization group name is represented by the uppermost node of the tree in the Customization In pane.
A Blank Image for a Command
Known Issue: On a ribbon panel, the image associated with a command defined in the Command List pane displays as a blank icon.
Workaround: To recreate a ribbon command item on a ribbon panel, delete it. Then, from the Command List pane, add the command to the ribbon panel.
Before You Begin
As you prepare to install this update, keep these points in mind:
Back up all custom CUI, MNR, and MNL files before applying this update.
- 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.
Administrators can deploy this update
over a network using the Deployment wizard.
About Windows Command Line Switches
Two Microsoft Windows command line switches are built
into this update:
- /e – Extracts the MSP file from the update executable.
- /q – Suppresses the completion message after this update is applied.
This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply this update to
multiple computers.
Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the
procedures that follow.
Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation
Follow these instructions to install this update on a single
computer.
To update a stand-alone installation
- Download the update and save it to any folder.
- Insert the product media (for example, AutoCAD).
- Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the
executable (EXE) file.
Apply This Update Through a Local Network
You can use Communication Center to apply this update 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.
Apply This Update 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 this update.
In all cases, please "Append" this update to a deployment. The only time it is appropriate to "Merge" an update is if you intend to distribute the deployment through a group policy object.
The patch (update) file that you download contains a 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 this update to a new administrative image
- From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the update EXE
file to your local computer.
- 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
- Insert the Autodesk media and launch setup.exe.
- Select "Create Deployments". Click Next.
- 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.
- In the "Specify a Deployment Name" box, enter the name for your deployment.
- Continue through the Deployment wizard, and Configure when allowed. On the
"Include Service Packs" page, click "Browse" to browse to the update extracted
in Step 2. Notice that the update has been added in the "Service Packs
Included in this Deployment" box. Click "Configuration Complete".
- Follow the instructions in the Deployment wizard to complete the update deployment.
To apply this update to an existing administrative image
- From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the update EXE
file to your local computer.
- On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information
and click OK.
<local_drive:>\<patch_name>\ /e
<local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp
- Browse to the location of the existing Administrative image.
- In the Tools folder, select the "Create and Modify a Deployment" shortcut.
- On the "Begin Deployment" page, you may change the name of the existing deployment
in the "Specify the Deployment Name" box.
- 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.
- Continue through the Deployment wizard, and Configure when allowed. On the "Include Service Packs" page, click "Browse" to browse to the update extracted in Step 2.
Notice that the update has been added in the "Service Packs
Included in this Deployment" box. Click "Configuration Complete".
- Follow the instructions in the Deployment wizard to complete the update deployment.
NOTE: This update cannot be uninstalled when the product is installed from a deployment (also called an administrative image) with a merged update.
Windows XP
- On the Windows Start menu, click Settings > Control Panel.
- In the control panel, click "Add or Remove Programs".
- In the Add or Remove Programs window, select the Show Updates option.
- Find the appropriate update in the list of programs. Click Remove.
Windows Vista
- On the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel.
- Click Programs.
- Click Programs and Features.
- In the Programs and Features window, in the left pane, click View Installed Updates.
- Find the appropriate update in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.
Depending on the product and the type of installation, this service pack
updates the following files:
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