Readme for the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion
2008 Service Pack 1
AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008
Service Pack 1
In a continuing effort to provide high quality products,
Autodesk has released the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 Service
Pack 1. This Service Pack applies only to AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion
2008. (Note that there is a separate Service Pack for AutoCAD Land Desktop 2008.)
This
Readme contains information regarding the installation and use of this Service
Pack. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you
apply the Service Pack to your product. For your reference, you should save this
Readme to your hard drive or print a copy.
This Readme includes the following
topics:
Issues Resolved for AutoCAD
Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008
This Service Pack resolves
the following issues:
An issue with annotation scaling has been resolved. Now when you select a text
style that supports annotation scaling (such as Leroy_a.stp), the Annotative property
is set to Yes, and the text scales as expected.
The program no longer fails unexpectedly when using projects with long project
file names.
Editing Design Control using
the View/Edit Sections command no longer applies the template to the entire alignment
. Now it applies the template to only the selected station, as expected.
Labels
An issue with inserted blocks not displaying on point labels has been resolved.
Now when you insert a block into a point label style, and then create or insert
a point into a drawing, the block is displayed as expected for the point.
An issue with north, south, east, and west designators displayed for azimuth angle
labels has been resolved. Now azimuth angle labels do not display north, south,
east, and\or west designators.
An issue with
labels displaying spaces between north, south, east, and west designators has
been resolved.
An issue with labels (dynamic
and static) not displaying zeros for units less than ten has been resolved. For
example, instead of displaying units less than 10 as 9, 7, 5, labels now display
units less than 10 as 09, 07, 05 as expected.
An issue with dynamic labels resetting values after grip editing has been resolved.
Profiles
Who Should Install This Service Pack?
This
Service Pack, LDC2008_SP1_Locked.exe, is for all versions of AutoCAD Civil
3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 running on English-language and non-English-language
operating systems.
Important: You cannot run an automatic
uninstall to remove this Service Pack.
General
Installation Information
Important:
You cannot run an automatic uninstall to remove this service pack. To restore
your version of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008, to its pre-service
pack state, uninstall AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008, and then reinstall
it.
Windows Command Line Switches
The
Windows command line switches built into this service pack are as follows:
- /e - Extracts the MSP file from the service pack executable.
- /p - Extracts
a patch list 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 the service pack to multiple computers.
Instructions
about how to use these command line switches are included in the procedures that
follow.
Applying this Service Pack
to a Stand-alone Installation
- Download LDC2008_SP1_Locked.exe
and save it to any folder.
- Insert your AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion
2008 media into your media drive.
- Navigate to the folder where you saved the
service pack.
- Double-click the executable file for the service pack to install
it.
Applying
this Service Pack Through Your Local Network Using a Patch List
Use
this procedure if you want to use Communication Center to apply this service pack
through your local network.
To apply this service pack
through Communication Center using local patch list functionality
- From the Autodesk Product Support website, download <LDC2008_SP1_Locked.exe>
and <AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 Service Pack 1 Readme.htm>
to a local server.
NOTE: Make sure that all users who need
to apply the service pack have access to this server.
- On the Start
menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information, and then click OK:
<local server name>\<patch name> /p <patch
list location name>\<patch list name>
For
example:
c:\LDC2008_SP1_Locked.exe /p c:\patchlist.txt
The
contents of the patch list file are similar to the following:
*****
ProductCode={5783F2D7-5000-0409-0002-0060B0CE6BBA}
ProductVersionCandidate=500.0.337.1
PatchTitle=Land Desktop 2008 SP1
PatchGUID={2369FE8C-F185-4039-BE1C-AFC1AD9294FD}
PatchFileLocation=\\\\your_server_name\\your_share_name\\subfolders\\patch_name.exe
or ftp://your_server_name/your_share_name/your_path/patch_name.exe
PatchSize=9546240
PatchDesc=This
Service Pack updates Land Desktop 2008. The use of this software is subject to
the terms and conditions contained in the software license agreement that accompanied
Land Desktop 2008. YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ASSENT TO BE BOUND
BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH LICENSE AGREEMENT. COPYING OR USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
IS UNAUTHORIZED AND IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT UNDER THE LAWS OF YOUR COUNTRY.
IF YOU COPY OR USE THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION WITHOUT PERMISSION OF AUTODESK,
YOU ARE VIOLATING THE LAW. YOU MAY BE LIABLE TO AUTODESK FOR DAMAGES, AND YOU
MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
PatchDescLocation=\\\\your_server_name\\your_share_name\\subfolders\\readme_name.html
or ftp://your_server_name/your_share_name/your_path/readme_name.html
NOTE:
If a patch list file already exists in this location, the new patch list information
is added to the end of that file. The original file is not overwritten.
- Open the patch list file. If there is more than one patch list,
the lists are separated by asterisks (*****).
- Change the fifth line in step
3, PatchFileLocation, to one of the following:
- If you want to make
the service pack available from a file server, enter:
PatchFileLocation=\\\\<your_server_name>\\<your_share_name>\\<subfolders>
\\<patch_name>.exe - If you want to make the
service pack available from an FTP server, enter:
ftp://<your_server_name>/<your_share_name>/<your_path>
/<patch_name>.exe
- Change the last
line in step 3, PatchDescLocation, to one of the following:
- If
you want to make the Readme available from a file server, enter:
PatchDescLocation=\\\\<your_server_name>\\<your_share_name>\\<subfolders>
\\<readme_name>.htm - If you want to make the
Readme available from an FTP server, enter:
ftp:////<your_server_name>//<your_share_name>//<your_path>
//<readme_name>.htm
- Save and close
the patch list file.
- Insert the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008
media into your local computer's media drive.
- On the Start menu (Windows),
click Run. Enter the following:
<your_CD-ROM drive>:\BIN\Installer\Support\CADManagerControl
- Double-click CMControl.exe.
- In the CAD Manager utility,
in the product list, select AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008, and
then click OK.
- In the CAD Manager utility, on the Communication Center tab,
do the following:
- In the Live Update Configuration list, select Enable
Using Local Patch List.
- In the Local Patch List Location box, enter the patch
list file location (the UNC network path).
- Click Apply to save these settings
to your own system.
- At the bottom of the CAD Manager utility,
in the drop-down list, select Create .reg Registry File. Then click OK.
- In
the Save As dialog box, save the file to your system. Make note of this location.
- The registry file must be run at each workstation so the service pack can
be applied. Distribute the registry file to each user (workstation). Each user
should save the file locally and double-click the file from Windows Explorer to
run it.
- At each workstation, the service pack must then be applied using the
Communication Center.
NOTE: Once the registry changes have
been applied to the client, the Communication Center in AutoCAD Civil 3D Land
Desktop Companion 2008 will alert the users with a "Maintenance Update Available"
notice. When the user clicks on the notice, a page will be displayed that says
"Autodesk Live Update." This page contains instructions, a description of the
patch, and an "Update" button that will start the patch download and install.
Applying
this Service Pack to an AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 Network Administrative
Image
The following two methods of distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D
Land Desktop Companion 2008 Service Pack 1 apply only to administrative images
created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 Network Installation
wizard. After you complete these procedures, any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil
3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 will have the service pack applied to them automatically.
NOTE: In both of the following procedures, the service pack
file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft Patch) file. You must extract
that file from the executable file. To extract the MSP file from the executable,
use the /e ("extract") switch.
To add AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop
Companion 2008 Service Pack 1 to a new AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion
2008 administrative image
- From the Autodesk
Product Support website, download <LDC2008_SP1_Locked.exe> to your
local computer.
- On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following
information, and then click OK.
<local drive>:\<patch name>\
/e <local drive>:\<patch name.msp>
- From the
installation media, select Create Deployment.
- Select the location of your
deployment and provide a name, then click Next.
- Select the products you would
like to install, then click Next.
- On the Configure page, select the Configure
button to customize the deployment.
- Continue with the customizations of the
deployment. On the Include Service Packs page, use the ellipses button to browse
to the location of the MSP file that was downloaded and extracted from the executable
file.
- Select the merge installation of the service pack option. Merging the
installation installs both during the product installation.
NOTE: Do
not select the option to append the administrative image because this method will
not include the service pack in the installation. - Complete the customizations
and select Configuration Complete, then select Create Deployment.
To
apply AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 Service Pack 1 to an existing
AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 administrative image
NOTE:
Before applying this AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 Service Pack
1 to the existing AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 administrative
image, make sure that all client machines have already been updated with the Service
Pack 1.
- From the Autodesk Product Support website,
download LDC2008_SP1_Locked.exe to your local computer.
- On the Start
menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information, and then click OK.
<local drive>:\<patch name>\ /e <local drive>:\<patch
name.msp>
- On the computer where you created the original
AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 deployment there is a "modify <deployment
name>" shortcut. Double-click this shortcut.
- In the Install framework,
you can select a new name or location for the deployment.
- In the Begin Deployment
page, specify a new name or leave the name as-is.
- Review and make any changes
required in the Review - configure - create deployment page.
- Select Configure,
then make any appropriate changes in the Include Service Packs page, then use
the ellipses button to browse to the location of the MSP file that was downloaded
and extracted from the executable file.You must select the “Merge the service
packs into the administrative image MSI file” method of including the service
pack.
- Complete the customizations and select Configuration Complete, then
select Create Deployment. Now any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop
Companion 2008 will have the service pack applied to them automatically.
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