Thank you for downloading AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012 Service Pack 1
This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of the Service Pack. It is strongly recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the Service Pack to your product. For reference, you should save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.
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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.
NOTE: You can also use Autodesk Exchange to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct Service Pack for your product.
32-bit Product |
Service Pack |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 | ACM2012SP1.exe |
64-bit Product |
Service Pack |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 | ACM2012SP1x64.exe |
You can use this Service Pack with the following operating systems below.
Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following:
Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2) of the following:
The following Windows® 7 operating systems:
When you apply this Service Pack while running AutoCAD Mechanical, it is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, close AutoCAD Mechanical manually, and press "Ignore" at the prompt. It is also recommended that you reboot your system after installing the Service Pack.
As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
Service Pack 1
This update also includes AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1. For information on the issues addressed by AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1, please refer to the Readme on the AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1 page of the AutoCAD Services and Support website.
The following issues have been addressed by AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 Service Pack 1 :
Bill of Materials (BOM), Parts List and Balloons
- Fatal error occurs when creating balloons for some Inventor assembly models.
- Unable to create balloons when the BOM data type of item is changed to Text.
- In some drawings, property overrides entries disappear from the BOM and Parts List.
- Unexpected behavior when rows in Parts List are merged and split again.
- In large drawings with external references, BOM causes performance issues in XREF Insert.
- Properties are lost in the copied instances of a part reference of standard content.
- Merge button in BOM is disabled even when there are similar BOM items.
- Fatal error occurs when importing CSV file in Parts List dialog.
Hatch
- Hatch pattern does not update correctly after a stretch operation.
Annotation Note
- Custom note entries in Symbol tab are lost after making changes in Leader and Text tab of AMNOTE dialog.
- In some custom templates, note text disappears after adding a leader segment.
- The gap distance between the text and landing line of the leader note does not obey the model scale value set in Options.
Symbols
- Weld symbol scaling does not obey the model scale value set in Options.
- Symbol does not obey scaling value set in the Scale Area dialog.
- In GB standard, default value for Datum Identifier arrowhead is Filled45 instead of Filled60.
- Position of Surface Texture changes during block creation and edit.
Title Block
- Poweredit of title block brings up the Enhanced Attribute Editor instead of the Change Title Block Entry dialog.
- In the 64-bit version, if you change the scale of the title block, a new revision line cannot be added to the existing revision table.
Parameters Manager
- Parameters Manager cannot be launched inside Content Editor.
Custom Content
- If a custom content is copied from a standard content, during grip editing, the first size in the size list is always selected regardless of its actual size.
Construction lines
- AMPROJO does not always bend at 45 degrees.
Hide Situations
- In Structure mode, hide situation is lost after a path array when the base point is re-selected.
- Centerline cannot be hidden when there is standard content in the hide situations.
File Migration Utility
- File Migration Utility does not work if AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 is installed in a location with long path.
Default standards template
- Fatal error occurs when opening a drawing after changing the default standards template in Options dialog.
Open/Save
- Errors appear at file open if the drawing has previously being saved to old release format via QSAVE.
- DBMOD value changes when the PUBLISH command is cancelled.
- When multiple drawings are open, closing a drawing can cause a fatal error.
Screw Connection
- Parts in a screw connection disappear after changing the view of the screw connection.
Structure
- Content in browser is lost after reloading an external reference twice.
- Fatal error occurs when clicking on the base point of a line component.
The Service Pack brings back the Array dialog functionality by introducing a new ARRAYCLASSIC command. It also introduces the option to restore legacy Snap behavior by controlling it through the new SNAPGRIDLEGACY system variable:
ARRAYCLASSIC
Creates copies of objects in a regularly spaced rectangular or polar array.
SNAPGRIDLEGACY
1 – Always snap the cursor to the grid
0 – Only snap the cursor to the grid when AutoCAD prompts to specify a point
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 the Service Pack, updated product information displays in the About dialog box.
Reboot
After you install, it is recommended to reboot your system even if not prompted.
The following Microsoft Windows command line switches are built into this Service Pack:
Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the installation procedures that follow.
Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on a single computer.
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 of 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.
The following distribution method applies only to administrative images created with the Deployment Wizard. After you complete these procedures, subsequent deployments of your product will include this Service Pack.
In all cases, append this Service Pack to the deployment. The only time it is appropriate to merge the Service Pack is if you intend to distribute the deployment through a group policy object.
The patch (Service Pack) file that you download contains an 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.
<local_drive:>\<patch_name> /e <local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp
Windows XP
Windows Vista and Windows 7
This update also includes AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1. For information on files patched by AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1, please refer to the Readme on the AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1 page of the AutoCAD Services and Support website.
The following files are patched by AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 Service Pack 1:
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