Thank you for downloading AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 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

• Who Should Install This Update?
• Supported Operating Systems
• Information for Windows Vista Users
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Update
  • Known Issues with This Update
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2010 Update 1
• General Installation Information
  • Before You Begin
  • About Windows Command Line Switches
• Installation Instructions
  • Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation
  • Apply This Update Through a Local Network
  • Apply This Update to a Network Administrative Image
  • Uninstall This Update
• Files Patched by This Update

You can apply this update to 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 Map 3D 2010	AutoCADMap3D2010lockedSP1.exe

64-bit Product	Update
AutoCAD Map 3D 2010	AutoCADMap3D2010lockedSP1x64.exe

Return to Top

Supported Operating Systems

This update can be used with the following:

• Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following operating system:
  • 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 Business 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Return to Top

When applying this update while running AutoCAD Map 3D, 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 Map 3D manually.

Return to Top

• Known Issues with This Update
• Issues Resolved for AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1
• Issues Resolved for AutoCAD 2010 Update 1

The following are known issues in AutoCAD Map 3D 2010:

Issue: Cache files remain in MapCache directory.

Known Issue: If you close the program without saving your drawing, the cache files remain in the MapCache directory.

Workaround: To clear the MapCache directory, turn off autosave.

Issue: Intersection overlay does not create output file.

Known Issue: Doing an intersection overlay on a data set fails to create the output file.

Workaround: Currently, a workaround is not available.

Issue: Doing an overlay on certain data sets causes the program to display a "Duplicate Object" error.

Known Issue: Doing an overlay on the following data sets causes the program to display a "Dupticate Object" error message: Redding, Walton County, and SF_BIKE_NETWORK_CA83IIIF.

Workaround: Currently, a workaround is not available.

Return to Top

This update includes the resolution of the following issues:

General

• Creating vector layers no longer causes a memory leak.

64-bit

• An issue with the IRD module of ADE on a 64-bit operating system has been resolved. The program no longer closes unexpectedly if it has been running for a long time or the user has loaded a large data set that results in a higher address value.

ADE Query

• The <F1> Help button for the Data Condition dialog box now works as expected.

CAD on GIS

• The following issues with overlay scalability have been resolved.
• Previously, when you used overlay the program closed unexpectedly.
• Using Intersect Overlay on the Harris data set with zipcodep and parcels layers no longer causes your map to disappear.
• Using overlay on the complete Harris County database no longer causes the program to fail unexpectedly.
• Overlaying PARCELS.shp with FLOOD.shp no longer results in a loss of feature data.
• Overlaying files with dense data no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Doing an intersection overlay on the Walton County .SHP file now works as expected.
• Doing an overlay analysis on an intersection now works as expected. You no longer receive a message stating that you do not have enough memory to complete the analysis.
• The X marker now displays the correct value in non-WCS.
• A feature that is joined to a source is no longer deleted when it is from a different feature class.
• Editing primary table attibutes that are not part of a joined layer now works as expected.
• The Ignore Rules setting in the Split/Merge group now works as expected.
• An issue with opening the Overlay Input dialog box has been resolved. Previously, the layer and feature class settings did not display and the program closed unexpectedly.
• Clicking the vertex layer of a multipolygon no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.

COGO

• When you use the MAPCGSETUP command, the Create Text Log checkbox is now selected as the default status.
• The number of temporary point symbols that display is now the same as the temporary symbols of the resulting point.
  

Display Manager

• Using the REGEN command while setting up a plot no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.

FDO Display Manager

• Advanced placement now displays all map labels.
• A performance issue with turning off all 150 layers in an Electric_NA has been resolved. Previously, selecting all layers and turning them off caused the program to run slowly.
• Loading a layer file with joined layers no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
  

FDO Oracle

• Disconnecting a RDBMS data store with an empty feature class and then clicking Maximize/Restore Down no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• An issue with loading a dump file and connecting to the schema has been resolved. Previously, some of the schema features did not display correctly and the data set was unusable.

FDO Raster

• Converting a new image to a grid layer no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.

FDO SDF

• Recreating an SDF spatial index on an existing SDF file now works as expected.

FDO SHP

• Deleted rows no longer appear in the data source.

FDO SQL Server 2008

• Connecting to the bikeway data source no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.

FDO WFS

• Connecting to a WFS server now works as expected. The FDO WFS provider now retrieves all the feature classes from the server.

GIS Joins

• Previously, when you selected Preview before launching the Context Menu, and then created a join between layers with multiple objects the program closed unexpectedly.

Import/Export

• An issue with exporting object data points has been resolved. Previously, the point type data column did not contain any data.
• When you connect to a DGN file the program now imports the correct values for ms_link and entity_num.
• After importing a DGN file, all characters are displayed correctly.

.NET API

• Selecting MgLayer.Selectable now works when calling MgLayer.ForceRfresh().

Schema Editor

• Importing a schema while creating a SDF file now displays the correct attribute values.

Survey

• Adding bulk copied survey data to your map now works as expected. The data store structure displays in the Survey tab.

Return to Top

This update includes the resolution of the following issues:

2D Drawing

• If the PLINETYPE system variable is set to 0, STRETCH does not work as expected on arc segments of polylines.
• When the PLINETYPE system variable is set to 0, the closing point of a polyline with segments of different widths do not display correctly.
• If you use the JOIN command on splines, a duplicate control point is inserted.
• When you use the JOIN command on multiple polylines, AutoCAD may crash.

3D Modeling

• When you open a drawing that contains solids, some solids display briefly and then disappear.
• If a grip on a mesh face, edge, or vertex is highlighted and you use the ViewCube, AutoCAD crashes.

3D Navigation Tools

• When you use the 3DORBIT command, you cannot orbit correctly. You can only orbit around a single pivot point and you cannot orbit around a specific object in a large group of objects.

Action Recorder

• An Action Recorder macro created in AutoCAD 2009 may fail to run in AutoCAD 2010.

Annotation Scaling

• When there are xrefs in a drawing, changing annotation scales takes a long time.
• When an annotative style multiline text (mtext) is rotated or surrounded by a hatch, the boundary box does not display correctly.

Blocks

• When you turn off the display of an attribute with a visibility parameter in a dynamic block, the Enhanced Attribute Editor lists attribute prompts incorrectly.
• You cannot copy an object from an AutoCAD 2009 drawing and paste it as a block into an AutoCAD 2010 drawing.
• You cannot use the Properties palette to set the value of a action parameter to 0.
• When you delete a constraint parameter from a dynamic block, AutoCAD may crash.
• You cannot stretch some dynamic blocks as expected.

Check Spelling

• When you run spellcheck on uppercase words, AutoCAD may crash.

CUI

• When you save a workspace, if the Enterprise CUIx file is read-only, AutoCAD crashes.
• Toolbar flyouts close unexpectedly.

Data Extraction

• When you use Data Extraction to extract the value of a block's multiline attribute into a table, text formatting code displays in the table.

DGN Support

• When a DGN file is imported, some attributes are missing.

Digital Signature

• When you open a drawing, the Invalid signature dialog box may display even if the digital signature is valid.

Dimensions

• You cannot create an angular dimension between two lines in different XY planes.

DWF

• When the background color in AutoCAD is black, some DWF underlays do not display correctly.

Dynamic Dimensions

• When you use the COPYBASE command with Dynamic Input on, AutoCAD crashes.

Export Layout

• When you use the EXPORTLAYOUT command on files in which Standard styles have been renamed, AutoCAD crashes.

External References

• You may not be able to bind multiple xrefs that include nested xrefs.

File Open

• When you try to open a drawing file from a FTP site, AutoCAD may crash.

Find and Replace

• If you use Find and Replace, autonumbering is deleted.

General UI

• On the status bar, the model or paperspace button may be missing, even after you have repeatedly turned it on.

Graphic System

• When the background color is changed in an active paperspace viewport, the cursor disappears.
• After you plot a drawing in AutoCAD, if you lock Microsoft Windows and then unlock it, AutoCAD may crash.

Hatch

• When you turn off the current layer while grip editing a hatch boundary, AutoCAD crashes.
• When the UCSVP system variable is set to 0, hatched objects align with the WCS rather than the UCS.
• When you grip edit a hatch with an elliptical boundary, AutoCAD crashes.

Image

• When you attach some TIFF images, AutoCAD crashes.
• TIFF images may not display correctly.

Inquiry Tools

• The AREA command fails on some polylines.

Keyboard Modifiers

• When temporary overrides are enabled, keyboard input using the Shift key may not display on the command line.

Layers

• Xrefs on locked layers do not display faded as expected. The LAYLOCKFADECTL system variable fails to alter them.
• When you delete a certain layer, all layers may be deleted.
• On the ribbon, the Layer drop-down does not display layers based on the current layer filter.

Licensing

• When you set your system time back more than 2 days, your license is broken.
• When you use a proxy server for internet access, the License Transfer Utility fails.

LiveUpdate

• When you have Autodesk 2009 and AutoCAD 2010 installed side-by-side, LiveUpdate does not work in AutoCAD 2009.

Measurement Tools

• When you use the MEASUREGEOM command, the tooltip and command line results are different. The tooltip result is incorrect.
• When you use the DIST command in model space, the results at the tooltip and the command line are different. The tooltip result is incorrect.

Migration

• When you export certain profiles, AutoCAD crashes.
• When you save certain profiles migrated from AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 crashes.

Multileader (mleader)

• When you mirror mleaders that contain blocks with multiline attributes, the mirrored attributes are incorrectly justified.

PDF

• When you plot a drawing as a PDF file, the layer order is not alphabetized as expected.
• When a drawing that contains layers with names that include special characters is exported as a PDF, it cannot be opened.
• When you attach a large PDF file to your drawing, or try to attach it and then cancel the operation, performance is slow.

Publish

• When Windows XP is set to Windows Classic theme, on any Asian language version of AutoCAD 2010, if you use the PUBLISH command, AutoCAD freezes.

Purge

• On Windows Vista, in the Purge dialog box, when you attempt to use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select multiple items, the first highlighted item is de-selected.

QUICKCALC

• Calculations performed by the QUICKCALC command may be incorrect.

Recover

• When you use the RECOVER command on a AutoCAD 2000 formatted drawing file, polylines and splines in the drawing are deleted.

Reference Edit

• When you use the REFSET command, you can only add one instance of a block to the reference set. Other instances are rejected and an error message displays.

Ribbon

• Text styles from an attached xref display in the Ribbon text style control.
• When you switch between AutoCAD Classic and other workspaces (for example, 2D Drafting & Annotation or 3D Modeling), performance becomes slow.
• Layers with a VP Freeze for a viewport indicate the VP Freeze status even when the viewport is not active.
• When you click the File menu in the zero doc state, AutoCAD freezes.
• After you unload a partial CUI file, a tab remains on the ribbon. If you click the tab, AutoCAD crashes.

Section & Flatten

• When you section solids through API, multiple memory leaks occur.

Seek

• The SHAREWITHSEEK command may not work if the port used to communicate with Seek is blocked by a firewall.

Snaps

• When you snap to the grid, there may be a slight offset from the grid.

Visual Lisp

• When you use the CECOLOR system variable, the value returned by using the Getvar function is incorrect.

UCS

• In AutoCAD 2010 German, you cannot use ribbon controls to modify coordinates.

Xrefs

• With the XATTACH command, you cannot select multiple xrefs.

Return to Top

• Before You Begin
• About Windows Command Line Switches

As you prepare to install this update, keep the following in mind:

Backup Custom Files

It is recommended that you back up all custom CUI, MNR, and MNL files before you apply this update.

Administrative Privileges

During installation, you will be prompted for the original installation media or a network image. In order to apply this update, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.

Network Deployment

Administrators can deploy this update over a network using the Deployment wizard.

Return to Top

The following 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 the 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.

Return to Top

• Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation
• Apply This Update Through a Local Network
• Apply This Update to a Network Administrative Image
• Uninstall This Update

Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.

1. Download the update and save it to any folder.
2. If required, insert the product media (for example, AutoCAD Map 3D).
3. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

Return to Top

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

Return to Top

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 the 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.

1. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download the update EXE file to your local computer.
2. 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

3. Insert the Autodesk media and launch setup.exe.
4. Select "Create Deployments". Click Next.
5. 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.
6. In the "Specify a Deployment Name" box, enter the name for your deployment.
7. 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".
8. Follow the instructions in the Deployment wizard to complete the update deployment.

Return to Top

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

1. On the Windows Start menu, click Settings > Control Panel.
2. In the control panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
3. In the Add or Remove Programs window, select the Show Updates option.
4. Find the appropriate update in the list of programs. Click Remove.

Windows Vista

1. On the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. In the Programs and Features window, in the left pane, click View Installed Updates.
5. Find the appropriate update in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.

Return to Top

This release updates all AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 files.

Return to Top

Copyright ^© 2009 Autodesk, Inc.