Notice to Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Customers

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to the following products:

• Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2009

This README file highlights what has been fixed or addressed, where to download the update, and how to install it.

Contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation Instructions
  • Before you begin
  • Standalone installation
  • Network deployment
  • After you install
• Uninstalling this Service Pack
• Issues addressed by Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1
• Miscellaneous Notes
• Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1 download location

Prerequisites

Installation Instructions

Before you begin to install, ensure that ...

Standalone installation

Network deployment

To add the service pack to a new administrative image

1. Insert the product install disc and launch Setup .exe.
2. Select Create Deployments.
3. Continue through the deployment wizard until you come to the Configuration page.
4. In the Configuration of Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 page, select Network license and specify your license server location.
5. Click Next until you come to the Include Service Packs page.
6. Click the Updates are available. button. If this button is not enabled please follow the steps in Note.
7. In the Manage Patch Folder dialog box,
1. Click Action type
2. Select <Add to patch folder>
3. Click the Update Patch Folder button.
The patch will be downloaded to <your deployment location>\AdminImage\ServicePacks folder.
Once the download is completed, you will receive a message stating that your local patch folder has been updated.
8. Click Close on the Manage Patch Folder dialog.
9. Back in the Include Service Packs. page, click the Browse button to locate your patch file (step 7).
10. Verify that the service pack has been added to the Service packs included in this deployment box.
11. Continue through the configuration or click Configuration Complete.
12. Click Create Deployment to start your deployment creation.

To apply the service pack to an existing administrative image

1. Browse to the location containing the existing administrative image.
2. In the Tools folder, double-click the <Create & modify a deployment>  shortcut to launch the deployment wizard.
3. Click the <Modify an existing deployment> option.
4. Continue through the deployment wizard until you come to the Configuration page.
5. In the Configuration of Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 , click Next until you come to the Include Service Packs page.
6. Click the Updates are available. button. If this button is not enabled please follow the steps in Note.
7. In the Manage Patch Folder dialog box,
   1. Click Action type
   2. Select <Add to patch folder>
   3. Click the Update Patch Folder. button.
The patch will be downloaded to <your deployment location>\AdminImage\ServicePacks folder.
Once the download is completed, you will receive a message stating that your local patch folder has been updated.
8. Click Close on the Manage Patch Folder dialog.
9. Back in the Include Service Packs. page, click the Browse button to locate your patch file (step 7).
10. Verify that the service pack has been added to the Service packs included in this deployment box.
11. Continue through the configuration or click Configuration Complete.
12. Click Create Deployment to modify your existing deployment. 

Note

After you install the Service Pack

Uninstalling this Service Pack

Issues addressed by Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1

This service pack includes AutoCAD 2009 Update 1. For information on the issues addressed by AutoCAD 2009 Update 1, please refer to the Readme at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?siteID=123112&id=2334435&linkID=9240618.

The following AutoCAD Mechanical issues are resolved by this Service Pack:

Fatal Errors:

• Fatal error when clicking the browse button in "value" column after adding a new property in Bill of Materials Settings dialog.
• Fatal error in AMPOWERDIM_CHAIN baseline dimensions.
• Fatal error when invoking command AMVISIBLE after setting CMDDIA=0.
• Fatal error when opening certain drawings.
• Fatal error in MTEXT editor after drag and drop a drawing file from Windows Explorer to Internet Explorer.
• Fatal error in when closing one of the two drawings that have AMPOWERDIM running in both sessions.
• Fatal error in Lock function in command line interface of AMLAYERGROUP command.
• Fatal error in Structure Catalog when an active drawing is renamed in Windows Explorer.

Bill of Materials, Parts List & Balloons:

• An additional item "Browse..." listed in the drop down list for custom Balloon.
• Two empty rows in Parts List table of BOM Settings dialog.
• Missing geometries caused by binding (with "Bind" and "Insert") an already loaded external reference.
• Parts List does not update after editing component mass value. 
• Close button of "Parts List" task dialog is not working in Balloon setting dialog box.
• Help page does not launch after executing F1 key in BOM and Parts List dialogs.
• Help page does not launch after executing F1 key in Balloon Style combo box.
• Cannot attach a predefined part reference to newly inserted title block.
• Fits representation returns a blank box once changes are made in the Fits preview box.
• "Wrap around title block" in Parts List column split is not working for imperial unit drawings.
• Warning task dialog does not show up to warn against empty Property column name.
• Deleting a screw using the keyboard "Delete" key does not update the Parts List automatically.
• Text function in Bill of Material property does not include suffix if the value is less than 1.

Standard Parts & Features:

• Some standard parts (nuts) are missing after opening certain drawings.
• Hatched shaft end is drawn instead of Freehand shaft end in AMSHAFTEND.
• Top view of feature hole that is created by Power View is placed in AM_3 instead of AM_0 layer.

Symbols & Dimension:

• AMNOTE command does not show the correct arrowhead when "arrowhead" is set to "block" in Options.
• Point on dimension lines are snapped when created lines are linked.
• Inconsistent behavior with Join Dimensions and Tolerances.
• Error with symbols in AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 when opening files from previous releases.
• Default arrowhead of Marking/Stamping symbol and Weld symbol are wrong.
• The display of "Majority" option in surface texture changes.
• "Copy from" for arc length dimension is not working.
• "Copy from." does not copy the dimension style of the selected dimension.
• No response after clicking "Radius..." or "Diameter..." button under "ISO-25" dimension style in Dimension Settings dialog.
• Extensions of AMPOWERDIM command (eg. AMPOWERDIM_VER) are not blocked when a Mechanical Desktop drawing is opened in AutoCAD Mechanical.
• Dimension style migrated from AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 does not retain Text height value.
• Attachment point of weld symbols did not get mirrored correctly in a MIRROR command.
• AutoCAD dimension style created in AutoCAD 2008 does not get migrated correctly to AutoCAD Mechanical 2009.
• Newly created dimension does not honor the new model scale after it is changed in Options.
• Base dimension in Chain dimension could not be selected after a few UNDO operations.
• Dimension text cannot be moved after opening a corrupted drawing.
• Baseline dimension is not shown correctly if it is created right after a chain dimensioning operation.
• In some drawings, copy and paste of dimensions may cause the application to close unexpectedly to a Customer Error Report.

Mechanical Structure:

• During editing of structure component, "Break at one Point" removes geometries from structure definition.
• Hidden attributes in blocks are visible in hide situations.
• File lock is activated on the external references after running AMSETUPDWG twice.
• Cannot copy and paste objects to an activated structure view.
• Existing objects in hide situation are lost after new objects are added to the hide situations.
• Drop down list for "Store hide situation on:" does not collapse automatically when the Hide Situation dialog is moved.
• In some circumstances, hide situations created on arcs and ellipses are not correct.

Vault:

• Tree View is showing wrong Vault status icon in structure catalog.

GOST Standard :

• Redundant symbol " ~ " displayed when renaming GOST standard part in Parts List.
• Item number can be assigned new item number and "Renumber All Items" is possible in the Material category in Parts List.
• Extension title block attributes did not get imported from external .tit file in AMTITLE dialog.
• Fatal error when pasting value "-5" to the control "Lines to skip after category" in Parts List dialog.
• Standard part name and part number do not appear in the same line in Parts List.

Other issues fixed:

• Detail view cannot be created when ellipse is offset.
• Fillet or chamfer cannot be created on an open polyline.
• When moving items, "Previous" selection does not select the previously selected items correctly.
• Text color and arrow head color settings in Options AM:Standards are changed after inserting a title block.
• Fatal error when clicking "Space + Esc" key combinations in Dimension Settings dialog.
• AMPSCALE is show "Plain text" instead of prompting for new value.
• Switching between AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical sessions causes dashboard to stretch and occupy the entire window.
• In some situations, Text vanishes temporarily after a MOVE operation and appears again after a REGEN. (1079042).
• Problem with AMEQUATEDIT not able to locate genform2.glf file.

The following Mechanical Desktop issues are resolved by this Service Pack:

• Fatal error when attempting to "Open to Edit" an external component in some circumstances.
• Not able to externalize a part after a save as operation.

Miscellaneous Notes

Mechanical Desktop 2009 and Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1 use the same file format. All drawing files created in any of these versions are interchangeable.

Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1 download location

You can download the Mechanical Desktop 2009 Service Pack 1 installer through Live Update or obtain it at the following location:

http://www.autodesk.com/mechdesktop-updates

We want to thank all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you, our customers, with the best possible solution in mechanical design. Autodesk would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this update release.

Thank you, once again, for your commitment to Autodesk products.

Respectfully,
AutoCAD Mechanical Team