Thank you for downloading AutoCAD^® Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1

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 this service pack to your product. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1 contains the fixes included in AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 Service Pack 1. Because AutoCAD Civil 3D is built on AutoCAD® and AutoCAD® Map 3D, it is recommended that you also review the AutoCAD and AutoCAD Map 3D readme files at the following locations. For reference, you should save these documents to your hard drive or print a copy.

AutoCAD® 2012 Service Pack 1 Readme

AutoCAD® Map 3D® 2012 Service Pack 1 Readme

Contents

• Who Should Install This Service Pack?
• Supported Operating Systems
• Information for Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Update
• 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.

This service pack includes all previous hotfixes for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012. The AutoCAD 2012 Performance Slowdown Hotfix is also included in this service pack.

You can also use Communication Center to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct service pack for your product.

32-bit Product	Update
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012	c3d2012_win32_sp1.exe

64-bit Product	Update
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012	c3d2012_win64_sp1.exe

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Supported Operating Systems

You can use this service pack with the following operating systems:

Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following:

• Microsoft^® Windows^® XP Home Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2) of the following:

• 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

The following Windows^® 7 operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
• Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
• Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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It is recommended that you right click the installer and select "Run as Administrator" while installing the service pack. When you are installing this service pack a prompt with options to "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" or "Ignore" may be displayed. It is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, click "Ignore" at the prompt. It is also recommended that you reboot your system after installing the service pack.

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The following issues have been resolved:

Alignments

• Performance while adding entities to an alignment has been improved.

API

• An inconsistent result from the Alignment.StationOffset() .NET API has been resolved.
• AlignmentEntity::SubEntityCount now shows the correct value.

Corridor Design

• An issue where corridor overrides cannot be deleted from some migrated drawings has been resolved.
• Corridor Section Editor performance has been improved.
• Corridor rebuilding performance has been improved.
• An issue where corridor feature lines do not connect if the center alignment and offset alignment have different station ranges has been resolved.
• When switching drawings containing corridors, the application no longer becomes unresponsive.
• When running quantities using a LandSuperElevationAOR with a subbase of 0.00', the application no longer becomes unresponsive.

Corridor Volumes

• While generating materials automatically by sample line group in the Quantity Takeoff Criteria dialog box, cancelling the process no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.

Data Shortcuts

• An issue were broken references for the alignment subtype could not be repaired has been resolved.
• The rail alignment icon in the Data Shortcut tree no longer changes to a centerline icon after creating a reference.
• The alignment subtypes and profile information are no longer lost after converting a Vault project into a Data Shortcut project.
• Startup time has been improved when opening projects located on a remote server.
• A permission conflict when creating Data Shortcuts has been resolved.
• An error is no longer generated when creating a profile reference.

General/Other

• Subassembly issues found by the AUDIT command are now repaired.
• Export to AutoCAD no longer changes alignment label or section view label appearance.
• Running Edit Text from the context menu no longer disables the text edit command after first use.
• Undocking the Inquiry Tool no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
• Changing the value of the Object Property Data optionin the Publish Options dialog box no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
• Changing the style of a point group in Toolspace no longer causes the application to become inactive.
• AutoCAD commands are no longer slow to initiate when xref's are attached.
• Clicking the Help button from the Tool Palette now opens content as expected.
• Icons in contextual ribbons now appear as expected.
  

Grading

• The Grading to Surface command no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.

Hydrology and Hydraulics

• Hydraflow Express has been updated to calculate culvert coefficients as expected.
• The Storm Sewers import command now rounds 2" and 8" diameter pipes properly.
• Part styles are no longer mismatched when importing with Part Swapping turned off and Part Family turned on when using the Storm Sewers import command.

Object Enabler

• An unexpected error that occurs when creating a block that contains a grading object has been resolved.
• Referenced pipes are now appearing as expected in section view.

Performance

• Selecting the Map Task Pane button on the View tab of the ribbon in the Planning and Analysis workspace no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.

Pipes

• An error when creating a best fit profile with pipes in profile view has been resolved.
• Null structures with the same location as junction structures are now deleted as expected.
• Using the Repair All References command no longer causes an unexpected error.

Profile View

• Performance while opening a drawing with a surface profile has been improved.

Project Management

• A message that blocks a user from checking in a drawing file when working in a full replication environment has been removed.
• Shared profiles are now displayed as expected in Prospector for Offset, Curb Return, and Miscellaneous alignments.
• When importing a project from a data shortcut folder, profile objects in new drawings can now be seen in Prospector after import.
• After checking a drawing into Vault, referenced objects are now listed on the Where Used tab as expected.
• Check-in performance has been improved.
• The data file no longer loses dependency information upon import into a new Vault project.
• Unnecessary folders are no longer being checked in along with the project during the import process.
  

Quantity Takeoff

• Clearing highlight from QTO Manager no longer causes an unexpected error.
• Corridor reports now work as expected.
• The Transportation Extension Slope Stake report has been updated to the latest version and now runs as designed.

Surface

• There is no longer a discrepancy between the reported bounded volume and the TIN volume surface when the same polyline applied as a boundary.
• Surfaces now tessellate around curves in parcels as expected.
• Surface volume computation performance has been improved.
• Deleting a point from a surface no longer causes the application to close unexpectedly.
• An unexpected error no longer occurs when opening a file with Level of Detail turned on.

Survey

• A latitude and longitude field book file no longer creates reversed northing and easting coordinates.
• The Point File Formats dialog box in the Import Survey Data wizard now saves changes.
• The application now generates the proper point descriptions from the TSS point codes and the "TSS/Comment" field in the survey database.
• Survey linework coding now properly parses descriptions that contain leading or doubled up comment escape delimiters.
  

Superelevation

• The transition length table in the Superelevation wizard is no longer reset to the first one in the list.

User Interface

• The paste icon now appears on the Home tab in the 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace.

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• Before You Begin
• About Windows Command Line Switches

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, 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 update:

• /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 update 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 New 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 Civil 3D installation disc) or make sure the installation source files are available.
3. Find the folder where you saved the service pack and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

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You can use InfoCenter 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 InfoCenter Tab topic in the CAD Manager Control Utility Help.

Note: You can install the CAD Manager Control Utility from the product installation media. Select Install Tools and Utilities and then select Autodesk CAD Manager Tools.

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The following method of distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1 applies only to administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Network Installation wizard. After you complete this procedure, any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 will have the update applied to them automatically.

To apply AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1 to an existing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 administrative image

1. On the workstation where you initially created the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 deployment, open the Tools folder and double-click the Create and Modify a Deployment shortcut icon.
2. On the Create Deployment > Configure page under Modification Options, select Create a New Deployment Using an Existing Deployment as a Template.
3. Specify a new name for the deployment, review and make any other changes, then click Next.
4. On the Create Deployment > License Agreement page, review the agreement and click Next.
5. On the Create Deployment > Product Information page, review the license information and click Next.
6. On the Create Deployment > <Deployment Name> page, click on AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 in the product list to open the Configure options.
7. Under Service Packs, select Include Service Pack from Autodesk.com and click Download.
8. Select the option to append the service pack(s) to the deployment.
9. Review and make any other changes and then click Create. Now any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 will have the Service Pack applied to them automatically.

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NOTE: You cannot run an automatic uninstall to remove this service pack. To restore your version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 to its pre-update state, uninstall AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 and reinstall it.

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