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

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 2 or Service Pack 2.1 are pre-requisites of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 3.

Contents

• Who Should Install This Service Pack?
• Supported Operating Systems
• Information for Windows 7 Users
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Update
• General Installation Information
• 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 does not include previous hotfixes or Service Packs for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012. In order to install AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 3 you must have already applied AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 2.1.

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_sp3.0.exe

64-bit Product	Update
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012	c3d2012_x64_sp3.0.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 Professional Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

The following Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
• Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
• Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise 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 in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 3:

Alignments

• The accuracy of profile station labels that use station index format has been improved.

COGO

• COGO Editor now accepts DMS input containing spaces.

Corridor Design

• An issue that caused a feature line to erroneously span between two stations ignoring all of the corridor sections in between has been resolved.
• An issue that caused Feature lines to not display as expected has been resolved.

Data Shortcuts

• Profiles are no longer duplicated in multiple alignments.
• An issue that prevented users from creating Data Shortcuts has been resolved.
• Referenced pipes and pipe labels are now displayed as expected when plotted.
• Creating a reference to a grid surface no longer causes AutoCAD Civil 3D to stop responding.

General

• The stability of the drawing opening command has been improved.

Hydrology

• Creating a catchment without flow path results no longer causes AutoCAD Civil 3D to stop responding.
• The accuracy of pond calculations in Hydraflow Hydrograph has been improved.
• The accuracy of Hydraflow Express SDF Curve values has been improved.

LandXML

• LandXML import now respects wildcards in the object layer.

Superelevation

• Superelevation diagram is now displayed as expected when the alignment is data referenced.

Surfaces

• Surface smoothing no longer introduces erroneous elevations into surface.
• Coordinate system settings are now applied to DEM when adding to a TIN Model.
• Stability and accuracy when pasting surfaces has been improved.

Survey

• The stability of Traverse Analysis has been improved.

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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

This service pack cannot be added to a network Deployment. Administrators cannot deploy this service pack over a network using the Deployment Wizard.

About Your Product

After you install, product information is displayed in the About dialog box.

Reboot

After you install, it is recommended to reboot your system even if not prompted.

 

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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 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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Distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 3 using administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Network Installation wizard is not supported.

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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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