Readme for the Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1

Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1

This Readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this service pack. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you apply the service pack to your product. For your reference, you should save this Readme to your hard drive or print a copy.

Important: You must also install the latest service packs for any supported AutoCAD based desktop on which you plan to install the Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1.

This Readme includes the following topics:

Resolved Issues in Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1

This Service Pack includes many new updates for Autodesk Raster Design 2007.

Autodesk Raster Design Resolved Issues

Crop: Crop selections that extend beyond image boundaries are now properly clipped.
Formats: Added support for DEM data from the Texas Natural Resources Information System.
Image Processing: The density of bitonal images can now be adjusted by any of the resampling methods.
Merge: TrueType font text can now be merged to raster.
OCR: Text recognition of large tables now works correctly.
Query: Shift-left-click image selection is no longer blocked by Raster Data Query.
Save/Export: File locking issues that prevented some image saves have been addressed.
Save/Export: The drawing Save command now checks for image edits and prompts accordingly.
Save/Export: An Image Save As command can now be successfully executed when in Layout.
Save/Export: Binary Grid data can now be exported to DEM format.
Vectorization: Improved stability of the Contour Follower.

Who Should Install the Service Pack?

This service pack, ARD2007_SP1.exe, is for all language versions of Autodesk Raster Design 2007.

General Installation Information

  • During the installation of this update, you will be prompted for the original installation CD or network image.

Important: You cannot run an automatic uninstall to remove this service pack. To restore your version of Autodesk Raster Design 2007 to its pre–service pack state, uninstall Autodesk Raster Design 2007 and reinstall it.

Installation Information for Side-By-Side Installs

If you have additional AutoCAD-based products installed on your computer, you may need to apply additional service packs to ensure all the products continue to work properly after you install the Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1.

These include the following service packs:

  • AutoCAD 2007 SP1
  • Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2007 SP1
  • Autodesk Map 3D 2007 SP3
  • Autodesk Land Desktop 2007 SP2
  • Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 SP3

For example, if you have Autodesk Map 3D 2007 installed on the same computer as Autodesk Raster Design 2007, you must install both Autodesk Map 3D 2007 SP3 and Autodesk Raster Design 2007 SP1 to ensure that both products continue to work properly. 

Windows Command Line Switches

The Windows command line switches built into this service pack are as follows:

  • /e - Extracts the MSP file from the service pack executable.
  • /q - Suppresses the completion message after the service pack is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply the service pack to multiple computers.

Instructions about how to use these command line switches are included in the procedures that follow.

Applying this Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation

  1. Download ARD2007_SP1.exe and save it to any folder.
  2. Insert your Autodesk Raster Design 2007 CD into your CD drive.
  3. Navigate to the folder where you saved the service pack.
  4. Double-click the executable file for the service pack to install it.

Applying this Service Pack to an Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Network Administrative Image

The following two methods of distributing Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1 apply only to administrative images created with the Autodesk Deployment Wizard. After you complete these procedures, any new deployments of Autodesk Raster Design 2007 will have the service pack applied to them automatically.

NOTE: In both of the following procedures, the service pack file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft Patch) file. You must extract that file from the executable file. To extract the MSP file from the executable, use the /e ("extract") switch.

To add Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1 to a new Autodesk Raster Design 2007 administrative image

  1. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download ARD2007_SP1.exe to your local computer.
  2. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information, and then click OK to extract the MSP file.

<local drive>:\<patch name>\ /e <local drive>:\<patch name.msp>

  1. On the computer where you installed the Deployment Wizard, on the Start menu (Windows), click Programs > Autodesk > Deployment Wizard.
  2. In the Deployment Wizard, on the Welcome page, select Create An Administrative Image, and then click Next.
  3. On the Create Administrative Image page, in the Select Autodesk Installer (MSI) File box, enter the path to ard.msi, the MSI file you use as the basis for your administrative image. This file is found on your product CD-ROM, in CDROM:\BIN\Installer.
  4. In the Administrative Image Location box, enter an existing shared network location where you want to create an administrative image, or click Browse to navigate to a location.
  5. Select the option Apply A Patch (Service Pack) To This Image.
  6. In the Select Patch box, enter the path to the patch location (the location you entered in step 2, including the extension .msp). You can also Browse to locate the MSP file.
  7. Click Next, and follow the instructions in the Deployment Wizard to complete the deployment of this service pack.

To apply Autodesk Raster Design 2007 Service Pack 1 to an existing Autodesk Raster Design 2007 administrative image

  1. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download ARD2007_SP1.exe to your local computer.
  2. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information, and then click OK to extract the MSP file.

<Local drive>:\<patch name>\ /e <local drive>:\<patch name.msp>

  1. On the computer where you installed the Deployment Wizard, on the Start menu (Windows), click Programs > Autodesk > Deployment Wizard.
  2. In the Deployment Wizard, on the Welcome page, select Modify An Administrative Image, and then click Next.
  3. On the Modify Administrative Image page, in the Select An MSI File box, select the existing Autodesk installer file (MSI) from the shared network location that contains the administrative image you want to modify.
  4. Select the option Apply A Patch (Service Pack) To This Image.
  5. In the Select Patch box, enter the path to the patch location (the location you entered in step 2, including the extension .msp). You can also Browse to locate the MSP file.
  6. Click Next, and follow the instructions in the Deployment Wizard to complete the deployment of this service pack.

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