Thank you for downloading AutoCAD® Structural Detailing 2010 Update 3.
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 this update 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 update to the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct update for your software.
Before you install Update 3, please install the previous updates for AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2010, which are available at Autodesk Product Support site.
Please install these updates according to the following sequence:
32-bit Product |
64-bit Product |
| HF1 | SP2 |
| SP1 | HF4 |
| HF2 | HF5 |
| SP2 | SP3 |
| HF3 | - |
| HF4 | - |
| HF5 | - |
| SP3 | - |
You can also use Communication Center to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct update for your product.
32-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2010 | ASD2010SP3_32bit.exe |
64-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2010 | ASD2010SP3_64bit.exe |
You can use this update with the following operating systems below.
Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following:
The following and Service Pack 1 (SP1) of the following:
With this update, if you are a subscription customer, a balloon notification periodically displays, letting you know how much time remains before your subscription expires. This notification will only display three times. You can access selected subscription benefits more quickly, without having to log on to the Subscription Center.
Online Renewal
If you meet the online renewal program rules, you can renew your AutoCAD subscription online. If you have already renewed your subscription, or are not a subscription customer, these options are not available.
eLearning
In InfoCenter, click the Subscription Center button. Under Benefits Center, click View eLearning Catalog. You will be prompted to sign-in to the Subscription Center.
Search
You can access some subscription-only learning and technical support without logging onto the Subscription Center. This includes some eLearning lessons.
New Advantage Packs
When a new Advantage Pack becomes available, a balloon notification and menu option displays. To review and download the Advantage Pack, click the balloon notification or menu option. You must have permission to begin the download. Contract managers and software coordinators can control access to Advantage Packs from Subscription Center > Set Access from Product. Instructions for setting access permissions are provided to contract managers and software coordinators prior to Advantage Pack releases.
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:
The following defects have been fixed:
2D Drawing
- When drawing a closed heavy weight polyline with different width for each segment, the polyline cannot be closed properly.
3D Navigation Tools
- AutoCAD may become unstable while dragging the cube and releasing the cursor at the top of the canvas.
API
- Exploding a block using "NetExplode" API modifies the "Global width" property of the polyline.
Customer Involvement Program
- AutoCAD may fail to start up on Windows 7 workstations with Windows 2008 Server on the same subnet.
Data Extraction
- Constrained attribute values may not extract properly based on drawing order.
DGN Support
- Restores the ability to use any extension when attaching DGN files.
- DGNIMPORT command with "Ignore all external references" option may not work.
Dimensions
- 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.
DXF
- When opening some DXF Files, you may receive a DXF error.
ETransmit
- AutoCAD may become unstable when using eTransmit.
Express Tools
- AutoCAD may become unstable when editing height values for arc-aligned text in the Properties Palette.
External References
- 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
- 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.
Font
- AutoCAD may become unstable when using older version ".SHX" fonts.
General UI
- AutoCAD may become unstable when more than one bubble is displayed and then closed.
Hatch
- AutoCAD may become unstable when double clicking on hatched areas in a drawing.
Image
- 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
- Balloon notification in InfoCenter is blank when Windows 7 display Theme is set to Classic.
Layers
- 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.
Linetype
- Some of the linetypes with text do not display correctly.
OLE
- 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
- Gizmo may not display while in 3D Orbit.
Osnap
- 64-bit AutoCAD may become unstable when using PRESSPULL on mesh object.
- AutoCAD may hang when plotting large images to PDF.
Property Palette
- AutoCAD may become unstable when using the Property Palette.
Quick Access Toolbar
- Opening a linked drawing from a Microsoft Office product may cause the Quick Access Toolbar to no longer display.
Recover
- Opening drawings with dense hatch appear to hang at 31%.
- Some older drawings containing 3DSOLIDS do not display.
Ribbon
- 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
- SECTIONPLANETOBLOCKÂ 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.
Text
- Bigfont may not be converted properly when saving a DWG to 2004 file format.
Visual Basic
- May not be able to restore minimized AutoCAD with VBA loaded.
Visual Lisp
LISP incorrectly converts some Japanese characters to CIF.
As you prepare to install this update, keep the following in mind:
Back Up 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.
About Your Product
After you install, product information displays in the About dialog box.
Reboot
After you install, be sure to reboot your system even if not prompted.
The following Microsoft Windows command line switches are built into this update:
Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the installation procedures that follow.
Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.
You can use InfoCenter to apply this update 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 update.
In all cases, 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 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
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
Windows Vista
NOTE:
After uninstalling all updates for AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2010, you will need to repair your AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2011 install. You should do this right after the Update is uninstalled to avoid issues.