Thank you for downloading AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 2.

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 2
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2010 Update 2 and 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. You do not have to install Update 1 in order to install Update 2. This update includes Update 1.

32-bit Product	Update
AutoCAD Map 3D 2010	AutoCADMap3D2010lockedSP2.exe

64-bit Product	Update
AutoCAD Map 3D 2010	AutoCADMap3D2010lockedSP2x64.exe

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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

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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.

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• Known Issues with This Update
• Issues Resolved for AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 2
• Issues Resolved for AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1
• Issues Resolved for AutoCAD 2010 Update 2 and Update 1

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

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.

Issue: Windows Find and Desktop Search tools no longer function against DWGs after installing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1.

Known Issue: AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1 breaks the ability to find text inside drawings with Windows Find and Desktop Search.

Workaround: Manually copy AcUt.dll from your Map 3D 2010 product installation folder (typically C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010) to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AcDwgFilter.

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This update includes the resolution of the following issues:
General

• Cache files are left in the MapCache directory after closing AutoCAD Map 3D without saving the new drawing.

64-bit

• Saving a drawing with link templates sometimes crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.

ADE Save Back

• After an autosave, closing a drawing containing ADE queried objects crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.

Bulk Copy

• Bulk copying from a SHP data set to Oracle would sometimes fail to copy numeric fields.

CAD on GIS

• Checking out a large number of features crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Attempting to join a linestring to a multi-linestring via the PEDIT command fails.

Classification

• Some menu items in the “Define Object Classification” dialog box are drawn covered in black.

COGO

• The MAPCGLIST command does not work on arcs.

Display Manager

• Loading a .layer file created by Topobase and then closing the drawing crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Running the REGEN command after undoing the delete of a topology element crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• After creating a new map and closing the drawing, attempting to create and close another drawing crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Drawing layers based on an XREF data are incorrectly drawn using the line weight from an FDO layer.
• Feature label performance is much slower after applying AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1.
• FDO raster layers containing elevation data do not respect scale ranges.

DWF Publishing

• Individual point features are merged into groups when publishing to DWF.

FDO Oracle

• Features containing null Z values cannot be edited.
• Remove version operation fails on Oracle 11.1.0.7.
• FDO curve strings containing only one segment are translated into SDO geometry with the wrong SDO_ETYPE definition.
• SQL requests are incorrectly constructed when table names have a length of 30 characters.

FDO Raster

• FDO rasters draw at the wrong location in layout view if the layer coordinate system is different from the map coordinate system.
• FDO rasters plot at the wrong location if the layer coordinate system is different from the map coordinate system.
• Adding a bitonal raster image crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Gaps sometimes display between tiled images.
• Themed DEMs are not correctly displayed when running AutoCAD Map 3D on non-English operating systems.
• After connecting to a raster image with a very long file name, clicking on the connection in the Data Connect dialog crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Zooming in/out after the raster file is renamed crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.

FDO SHP

• Attributes containing Hebrew, Greek, or Cyrillic characters are not displayed correctly in the Data Table.
• Under certain conditions, a SHP file can become corrupted when updating the geometry of features.
• Connecting to a SHP data set containing an invalid SHX index file crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.

FDO SQL Server Spatial

• Cannot set identity properties for view-based classes in which the view is based on multiple tables.

FDO WFS

• AutoCAD Map 3D cannot consume WFS layers published by MapGuide Enterprise 2008/2009.

FDO WMS

• Enabling the “Cache WMS data” option in the Data Connect dialog after connecting to a WMS service crashes Map.
• Connecting to a WMS service fails with an unhandled exception while trying to read the WMS schema.

GIS Joins

• Selecting a large number of features on layer containing joined data uses excessive memory and can crash AutoCAD Map 3D.

Globalization

• AutoCAD Map 3D sometimes crashes in module AcMapRightClickMenu.arx during start up.

Image

• Inserting an image in a network folder using the MAPIINSERT command crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• The MAPIMANAGE command crashes AutoCAD Map 3D on a system configured with the Windows /3GB startup switch.

Import/Export

• Memory is not reclaimed after running the MAPEXPORTCURRENTMAPTODWG command.
• Object data does not get exported when running the _MAPEXPORT command from the CLI.
• EPF files are not honored when running the _MAPEXPORT command from the CLI.
• The MAPIMPORTFDO and MAPEXPORTFDO commands do not list existing ArcSDE connections.
• Mapping multiple layers to the same DGN level when exporting to DGN does not function correctly.

Install/Uninstall

• An error message is displayed when installing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Update 1 on a non-English version of AutoCAD Map 3D.

MapGuide Interoperability

• Using Publish to MapGuide on a map containing FDO layers styled using external symbol libraries can crash AutoCAD Map 3D.

.NET API

• MPolygon objects cannot be created via the AcMPolygonMGD .NET API.

Plot/Publish

• Advanced placement feature labels do not display when plotting to a DWF or PDF.

Schema Editor

• With database connections, the Schema Editor displays an incomplete schema after adding new properties.

Topology

• The Attribute option of the MAPTHEMTOPO command doesn't work when running from the CLI.

Transform/Rubbersheet

• The ADERSHEET command mishandles MultiLeader and MLine entities.

UI

• Closing an inactive drawing sometimes crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Closing a drawing while a nested object class node is expanded and selected in the Map Explorer panel crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.
• Invoking buttons on the Feature Class Contextual ribbon tab when a feature class is not selected crashes AutoCAD Map 3D.

Workflow

• Custom context menus added using the ActivityDesignerVerb API display as empty strings.
• Custom titles set on the File Open/Save dialog via the FileUIEditorParametersAttribute API display as empty strings.

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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.

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These updates includes the resolution of the following issues:

2D Drawing

Update 1

• 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 become unstable.

Update 2

• When drawing  a closed heavy weight polyline with different width for each segment, the polyline cannot be closed properly.

3D Modeling

Update 1

• 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 may become unstable.

3D Navigation Tools

Update 1

• 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.

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable while dragging the cube and releasing the cursor at the top of the canvas.

Action Recorder

Update 1

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

Annotation Scaling

Update 1

• 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.

API

Update 2

• Exploding a block using "NetExplode" API modifies the "Global width" property of the polyline.

Blocks

Update 1

• 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 become unstable.
• You cannot stretch some dynamic blocks as expected.

Check Spelling

Update 1

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

CUI

Update 1

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

Customer Involvement Program

Update 2

• AutoCAD may fail to start up on Windows 7 workstations with Windows 2008 Server on the same subnet.

Data Extraction

Update 1

• 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.

Update 2

• Constrained attribute values may not extract properly based on drawing order.

DGN Support

Update 1

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

Update 2

• Restores the ability to use any extension when attaching DGN files.
• DGNIMPORT command with "Ignore all external references" option may not work.

Digital Signature

Update 1

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

Dimensions

Update 1

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

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when stretching multiple dimensions with dimbreaks applied.
• Cyrillic characters in dimension text may cause AutoCAD to incorrectly report that the drawing is corrupt after running RECOVER.

DWF

Update 1

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

DXF

Update 2

• When opening some DXF Files, you may receive a DXF error. 

Dynamic Dimensions

Update 1

• When you use the COPYBASE command with Dynamic Input on, AutoCAD may become unstable.

ETransmit

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when using eTransmit.

Express Tools

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when editing height values for arc-aligned text in the Properties Palette.

Export Layout

Update 1

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

External References

Update 1

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

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

Update 2

• Xref's with true color gradients now display properly in 2D graphics modes.
• AutoCAD may display an error message about logic color -5 when attaching an xref.
• AutoCAD may become unstable when binding an xref.
• AutoCAD may become unstable when using right-click menu on an xref.

File Open

Update 1

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

Update 2

• After applying Vista SP2 or on Windows 7 it is not possible to double click and open a folder that is using DFS Namespace.
• AutoCAD drawings saved in Vault may not display 2010 properties properly.
• Opening drawing files from older releases of AutoCAD may take a while to open.
• Unable to use asterisk "*" symbol on wildcard searches.

Find and Replace

Update 1

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

Font

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when using older version ".SHX" fonts.

General UI

Update 1

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

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when more than one bubble is displayed and then closed.

Graphic System

Update 1

• 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 become unstable.

Hatch

Update 1

• When you turn off the current layer while grip editing a hatch boundary, AutoCAD may become unstable.
• 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 may become unstable.

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when double clicking on hatched areas in a drawing.

Image

Update 1

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

Update 2

• Rotating an image with plines may appear to offset from the image.
• AutoCAD session may hang when plotting drawings with rotated Mr SID images attached.

InfoCenter

Update 2

• Balloon notification in InfoCenter is blank when Windows 7 display Theme is set to Classic.

Inquiry Tools

Update 1

• The AREA command fails on some polylines.

Keyboard Modifiers

Update 1

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

Layers

Update 1

• 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.

Update 2

• Layer groups may not remain deleted after reopening the Layer Manager.
• AutoCAD may become unstable when switching layouts if the Layer Description column is frozen.

• Objects on "layer 0" in an external reference do not display when the layer is turned on from the current drawing.

Licensing

Update 1

• 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.

Linetype

Update2

• Some of the linetypes with text do not display correctly.

LiveUpdate

Update 1

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

Measurement Tools

Update 1

• 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

Update 1

• When you export certain profiles, AutoCAD may become unstable.

• When you save certain profiles migrated from AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 may become unstable.

Multileader (mleader)

Update 1

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

OLE

Update 2

• AutoCAD can be slow when updating OLE objects in Microsoft Word 2007.
• "Paste to Original Coordinates" is disabled in right-click context menu after copying objects from another open drawing.
• AutoCAD may become unstable when pasting drawing files into Microsoft Word.

Organic Modeling

Update 2

• Gizmo may not display while in 3D Orbit.

Osnap

Update 2

• 64-bit AutoCAD may become unstable when using PRESSPULL on mesh object.

PDF

Update 1

• 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.

Update 2

• AutoCAD may hang when plotting large images to PDF.

Property Palette

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when using the Property Palette.

Publish

Update 1

• 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

Update 1

• 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.

Quick Access Toolbar

Update 2

• Opening a linked drawing from a Microsoft Office product may cause the Quick Access Toolbar to no longer display.

QUICKCALC

Update 1

• Calculations performed by the QUICKCALC command may be incorrect.

Recover

Update 1

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

Update 2

• Opening drawings with dense hatch appear to hang at 31%.
• Some older drawings containing 3DSOLIDS do not display.

Reference Edit

Update 1

• 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

Update 1

• 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 may become unstable.

Update 2

• AutoCAD may become unstable when switching to the Render tab of the Ribbon when .NET 4 is on the system.
• Legacy menu bar may display over the Ribbon when AutoCAD is not responding while opening large drawings.
• AutoCAD may become unstable when using Clipping Boundary control in the Ribbon.
• AutoCAD may become unstable when dragging a Ribbon Panel on Windows 7 64-bit operating system.

Section & Flatten

Update 1

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

Update 2

• SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK  may not work correctly when the sectionplane is not intersecting an object.
• After using the command SECTIONPLANE AutoCAD may become unstable.
• SECTIONPLANE may not display all cutaway geometry.

Seek

Update 1

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

Snaps

Update 1

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

Text

Update 2

• Bigfont may not be converted properly when saving a DWG to 2004 file format.

UCS

Update 1

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

Visual Basic

Update 2

• May not be able to restore minimized AutoCAD with VBA loaded.

Visual Lisp

Update 1

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

Update 2

• LISP incorrectly converts some Japanese characters to CIF.

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• 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.

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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.

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This release updates all AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 files.

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