Thank you for downloading Autodesk Utility Design 2009 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
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Update
  • Issues Addressed for Autodesk Utility Design 2009 Update 2
  • Issues Addressed for Autodesk Utility Design 2009 Update 1
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 3
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 2
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 1
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 3
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 2
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 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
  • Manually Modified Files
  • Information for Custom Development

  Who Should Install This Update?

  This Update 2 is for all customers of Autodesk Utility Design 2009 (AUD). It addresses AUD specific issues reported since the release in 2008 and the cumulative updates to the foundation products AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 and AutoCAD 2009 which AUD is built on (AutoCAD Map 3D Updates 1, 2 and 3, and AutoCAD Updates 1, 2 and 3).

  To install this update, you do not have to install Update 1. This update includes Update 1.

  Product:

  Autodesk Utility Design 2009

  Update:

  AUD2009SWLSP2.exe

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  Supported Operating Systems

  You can use this update with the following operating systems:

  • Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following:
    • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

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  Primary Issues Resolved by This Update

  • Issues Addressed for Autodesk Utility Design 2009 Update 2
  • Issues Addressed for Autodesk Utility Design 2009 Update 1
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 3
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 2
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 1
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 3
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 2
  • Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 1

  Issues Addressed for Autodesk Utility Design 2009 Update 2

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have also been fixed:

  Project Explorer

  • Project Explorer will not open project if < or > is in a text field.

  AUDINFO

  • If you insert a house corner and draw a connecting service line, the cable length in AUDINFO is incorrect.
  • AUD incorrectly calculates additional cable length for a stubbed conduit in AUDINFO and material ordering.
  • Zoom level and connected lines causes AUDINFO to report erratic Connected To results.
  • Connectivity between structures can change depending on the zoom level of the viewport, leading to perceived discrepancies between AUDINFO and Voltage Drop results.
  • The automatic addition of existing stubbed conduit length to a new cable extending from a stub cannot be disabled in AUDINFO. With this Update you can disable the functionality.

  UDSSTUB

  • UDSSTUB does not allow suppression of prompts for I:UTLWHAT unit and Block name.
    With this Update, the command still can be called in lisp without parameters: (C:UDSSTUB).
    And now it can also be called with 3 parameters to suppress the prompts: (C:UDSSTUB "AssemblyUnit" "BlockName" "Single/Multiple") .
    You can either specify values for "AssemblyUnit" and "BlockName", or leave them empty "" to accept the default settings. For the third parameter "Single/Multiple", with "Multiple" you can repeat to stub several lines until you press Enter; while with "Single", the prompt will not repeat.
    Examples:
    (C:UDSSTUB "" "" "Single ")
    (C:UDSSTUB "" "T-STUB" " Multiple ")
  • The UDSSTUB command incorrectly sets the Global Line Width variable setting of the selected line to zero.
  • UDSSTUB, UDSSWEEP, UDSCONNECT, UDSTHICKEN, and UDSIDLINE do not work correctly when the line selected has significant thickness and is selected by the edge.

  Change Status

  • The I:LOAD value is lost after changing the status of a facility with UDSCHSTATUS command.

  Voltage Drop

  • Voltage Drop uses KW instead of KVA to determine transformer size.
  • Transformer available candidate list does not filter out candidates with invalid Secondary Voltage.

  Sag/Ruling Span

  • Ruling Span operation fails when an underground cable is connected to a pole.
  • Transformer Poles are not recognized by the Ruling Span operation.
  • Ruling Span calculation produces inconsistent attachment heights when an even number of spans (odd number of poles) are selected for the calculation.
  • With both equipment and service line on a pole, Sag/Ruling Span calculation may fail.

  Material Ordering

  • A Material Callout block attached to a structure is not recognized by custom and core components when its name is less than 8 characters.
  • When you run the UDSSPECIALMAT command, OSNAP remains on.
  • When you run the UDSCALLOUT command, OSNAP turns off.

  API

  • When you change a station callout block, a new interface HRESULT ReloadCfg (BOOL bJobOnly) is added and is used to reload the configuration in the memory.
  • Using the AudEntityLabel COM API to create new line labels randomly fails and causes an unhandled exception.
  • The GetValue function (objStrHacker.GetValue strConfigKey, strConfigValue) gets "" when a value is over 128 characters in EV_WORK_ORDER table.

  Other

  • UDSSETIVARS fails to set I:Variables.
  • When integrated with an external work order system, AUD does not disconnect from the database cleanly, causing an ODBC COM leak.
  • In the Insert House Corner function, the first house corner is inserted correctly but as you continue to insert house corners, you are incorrectly prompted to specify attributes.

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  Issues Addressed for Autodesk Utility Design 2009 Update 1

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have also been fixed:

  Project Explorer

  • Project Explorer now correctly accepts field length values greater than 256.
  • It is no longer possible to delete the current open sheet.
  • A defect prevented customized Project Explorer buttons from launching external programs. This has been corrected so customized tool buttons are supported in Project Explorer.

  Voltage Drop

  • The Voltage Drop/Flicker calculation has been restored to the version used in Autodesk Utility Design 2006.
  • Fields have been added to the Voltage Drop Configuration dialog box to enable users to set maximum voltage drop and maximum flicker directly, without exiting AUD.

  Pulling Tension

  • The Pulling Tension report now supports the special characters & and < in assembly unit description fields.

  UDSPROFILE

  • UDSPROFILE correctly averages the ground contours to get a smooth transition.

  Material Ordering

  • The category hierarchy in the Edit Locations dialog box displays incorrectly if you create categories at the beginning of the predefined Part and Assembly categories. This issue has been corrected. The category hierarchy now displays correctly.
  • In some cases AUD prompts for a location number when this number is already defined. This has been addressed. AUD now only prompts for a location number if I:DBLNUB is empty or specifies a duplicate of an existing location number.
  • In some cases OSNAP was not being restored after UDSAUTOMAT.

  Configuration

  • Long I:Variable strings in AUDCONFIG are now truncated to the internal maximum string length and no longer cause a corruption of the .cfg file.
  • Some errors in the UDSSETCFG command were corrupting the aud.cfg file.
  • Some AUDCONFIG sections that were missing have been reintroduced.
  • A defect that caused AUDCONFIG to corrupt custom labeling values in Facility tables that support labeling has been corrected.
  • AUDCONFIG now allows users to create duplicate labels in Facility tables.
  • Some combo boxes in the Facility tables in AUDCONFIG did not accept entry of an existing value.
  • You can now copy and paste entire rows in Facility tables in AUDCONFIG.
  • An issue with underscores in field names caused field lengths to be modified incorrectly in Edit Material Format configuration.
  • AUDCONFIG now displays and writes I:Variables in the order they are set in the original schema.

  Other

  • Title Block attributes are correctly populated from an Oracle database EV_WORK_ORDER table as they are from the aud.mdb.
  • An issue with layout tabs in the Create Map Book command has been addressed.
  • An issue that prevented saving a drawing from a drawing template (dwt) has been addressed.

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  Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 3

  AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 3 does not include any specific fixes to product commands and features.

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  Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 2

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have been fixed:

  ADE Query

  • Corrupt drawing data can result in a crash while executing ADE Query.
  • When you hover over entities with generating links, an out of memory condition occurs.

  ADE Save Back

  • In the Map Classic workspace, the Map > Save Back > Save to Source Drawing command creates an invalid backup (.BAK) drawing file.

  AutoCAD Interoperability

  • Selecting all the objects in a large drawing causes an out of memory condition resulting in a program crash.

  Classification

  • When you define a Feature Class using Object Data and you do not have administrator rights, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes when you try to save or define the Object Classification definition you want to use. This issue only applies if you are running Windows Vista.

  Data Table

  • When you edit FDO data in the Data Table and a VBA project is loaded, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  Display Manager

  • Draping vector data on a surface does not work correctly after applying AutoCAD Map 3D Update 1.
  • Annotative blocks are not recognized by the Style Editor.
  • The fence line style does not display correctly at all zoom levels.
  • After using the Style Dialog to change the style for a layer, memory is not released.
  • When a polyline layer with Advanced Placement labels is present in your map, point feature labels fail to display.
  • When you cut or copy a layer, an error message may display.
  • When you add and theme raster drawing data using a raster image referenced on an FDO layer, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • After you copy a layer from one drawing to another and switch to a new map, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • When you delete a map that contains a layer copied from another map AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • Editing the style of a layer with a location query results in a program crash.

  FDO ArcSDE

  • When you activate a child version, AutoCAD Map 3D may stop responding or crash.

  FDO Create/Edit

  • New features fail to save to an SHP feature source.
  • When you cycle through the grip edit commands, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • Switching to 3D mode while attached to an FDO data set containing only a single checked-out point feature results in a program crash.

  FDO Oracle

  • Creating a new version while features are checked-out causes the layer to disappear.
  • Read-only users are not supported.

  FDO Raster

  • You cannot delete a .PNG file from the External Reference (Xref) Manager.
  • Editing a Raster Style while the incorrect band details are displayed results in program crash.

  FDO SHP

  • When you create a SHP polygon from a MPolygon object, the directions of loops are reversed.
  • If you connect to a Shape data set with a corrupted SHX index file, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  FDO WMS

  • When you load multiple WMS layers with the Cache WMS data option enabled, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • When you combine WMS layers into one layer, and then set the combined layer's background to a customized color, an exception is thrown in AutoCAD Map 3D.

  GIS Annotation

  • When you have a drawing with checked-out annotation points, zooming to a very small view scale causes AutoCAD Map 3D to crash.

  Import/Export

  • When you export to a Shape file, multipolygons are split into separate features.
  • When you import data, some attribute values are not retrieved from fields.
  • When you export a text element to a Shape file as a text object, table columns for the text size and angle are missing.
  • When you export nested polygons to a Shape file, the loop directions can be reversed.
  • When you import data from ArcSDE, the import fails.
  • When you import an SDF file created by AutoCAD Map 3D, the imported MPolygons may be distorted.
  • When you export a DWG file to an SDF and then connect to the resulting SDF, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • When you save a map with connections to FDO data sources to a DWG file, the resulting polygon and polyline entities may be distorted.
  • When you export a map to a DWG file, the resulting entities may not have the correct scale, lineweight, or style.
  • If you import a Shape data set with a corrupted IDX index file, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • Shape files exported from AutoCAD Map 3D are not compatible with ArcGIS 9.2.
  • When you export MPolygons with multiple loops to SHP, the output Shape file contains only multiple single polygons.

  Map Books

  • Geometry in inserted viewports is not published to DWF files.

  Map Explorer

  • When you create a drawing index for an attached drawing, AutoCAD Map creates an invalid backup (.BAK) drawing file.
  • When you Quick View on attached drawings containing a large number of entities, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  Map Options

  • When you clear the cache, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  Other

  • When you drop a template file into the drawing area and attempt to save your changes, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • Numerous memory leaks have been addressed.
  • When you open and close a drawing, AutoCAD Map 3D leaks 12 GDI objects.
  • When you use the PEDIT command to join some polylines, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  Plot/Publish

  • When you publish a drawing containing a large number of entities with object data, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • When you publish to DWF using a password, an AutoCAD Map 3D error report displays.
  • If you change the plot scale of a layout view before using Plot Preview, the preview may be blank.
  • When you plot a layout view using a non-rectangular viewport, your plot may be blank.
  • FDO data is not plotted or published when your layout view contains multiple viewports.
  • When you plot drawings with raster images, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes due to an out of memory condition.

  Points To Surfaces

  • Surveying Tools do not work correctly after applying AutoCAD Map 3D Update 1.

  Split/Merge

  • When you merge polygons with certain rules applied, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

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  Issues Addressed for AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 Update 1

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have been fixed:

  ADE Save Back

  • When you save back edited objects in the save set, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  Display Manager

  • When you add a new theme to your drawing and use global characters for the legend labels, you cannot save your drawing as an AutoCAD 2004/LT 2004 drawing.
  • When you hover over a rotated point feature, a different highlighting style appears for this feature than for a non-rotated feature.
  • The Legend thumbnail becomes a long line after you zoom in and out of your drawing.
  • When you perform simple ACAD commands, which trigger a ACAD reactor to REGEN, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • When you transform a coordinate system for FDO data, the composite line style does not display.
  • You cannot link any stylization to LineString layers with more than one thematic rule.
  • You cannot script the MAPEXPORTCURRENTMAPTODWG command because it does not respect the FILEDIA setting.

  FDO ArcSDE

  • When you move a drawing to another machine and open it, AutoCAD Map 3D freezes when it populates the feature cache.

  FDO Connect

  • When you connect to feature sources with unknown coordinate systems, long schema loading times can occur.

  FDO Coordsys

  • Changing the coordinate system of a map may cause performance issues and change the drawing order of the layers.

  FDO Create/Edit

  • The MAPFEATUREEDIT command does not work properly.
  • When using the COPY command, if you cancel the check out of a large number of features, AutoCAD Map 3D becomes inactive.
  • When you create a new road using an arc, you cannot check it into the SHP source.
  • When you select to work offline after deleting a SHP feature, a fatal error occurs.
  • When you copy a checked-out object while in 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.
  • You cannot copy a feature on a joined layer if that feature has a match in the secondary table.
  • OSNAP intersection does not work correctly with FDO features that are not checked-out.
  • When you use the MAPLINESTRINGCREATE command, the node OSNAP does not work for some points.

  FDO Raster

  • When you use FDO Raster, the resolution of the image decreases compared to using the MAPIINSERT command.
  • When you zoom in on a 24 bit uncompressed tiff, the alignment of the image shifts.

  Geospatial API

  • In the Draw Order mode, platform API reports incorrect layer group information.
  • When you remove layers and reinsert them, the draw order changes.

  GIS Annotation

  • When you create a new annotation and add multiple '\P' codes to the label text, the space progressively increases between each line.
  • The new annotation text size differs from the old stylization.
  • Device context labels render at twice the expected size.
  • The plot preview is inconsistent with the map drawing.
  • The text features in the Quick View Layout appear larger than in the Map drawing.

  GIS Display Manager

  • When you paste an FDO layer into the Display Manager, the feature graphics will not display in your map.
  • When the theming dialog attempts to retrieve a non-existent symbol using the index from a previous selection, an unhandled exception occurs.
  • When you create a legend using sample data, the drawing fills with color.
  • When you change a band in the Style Editor dialog, you must close and then re-open the Style Editor in order to change another band.
  • When you edit the scale order of a drawing, an unhandled exception occurs.
  • When you add a thematic rule and select a block from the symbol library as a point style, the point disappears from your drawing.
  • Layers that use scale dependent line styles may use an incorrect line style in the layout view and plot preview.
  • When you select Band details in the Style Editor, the first color in the palette may replace the last color previewed in the Theme dialog box.

  GIS Joins

  • The Expression Builder properties list does not list the joined class properties.

  Import/Export

  • When you export to a Shape file, if your drawing contains a Japanese field name, AutoCAD Map 3D converts that name to English.
  • When you import an object data table from AutoCAD Map 3D 2007, the order of the data fields changes.

  Publish to Autodesk MapGuide

  • When you publish a symbol layer to Autodesk MapGuide, an unhandled exception may occur.
  • When you publish block symbols to Autodesk MapGuide, AutoCAD Map 3D ignores the symbol’s insertion point.

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  Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 3

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have been fixed:

  2D Display

  • O n Windows XP, AutoCAD 2009 may crash when Windows XP is suspended or placed in hibernation mode.
  • If a layer is set to the color BYBLOCK and you plot the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

  3D Navigation Tools

  • When you use a 3D navigation command, such as 3DORBIT or 3DPAN, to maintain performance, the display degrades. AutoCAD may crash.
  • When orbiting a 3D model with a 3D polyline, AutoCAD may crash.

  3D Plot

  • When you plot a drawing, a plot style assigned to a layer does not display in the plotted output.

  Annotation Scaling

  • When a multileader (mleader) with a missing or invalid style is edited, it disappears from the display. If you select undo or close the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When a drawing contains incorrect block references and the SAVEFIDELITY system variable is set to 1, if you attempt to save the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.
  • Switching layouts that contain viewports with hatched objects may take an unusually long time.
  • If you use annotation scaling to delete a layout viewport, AutoCAD may crash.

  ARX-OTHER

  • If AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 is installed on your system, attribute text may be misaligned.

  ATIL

  • TIFF files may display incorrectly.

  Blocks

  • When a drawing contains a block that references itself, if you use the INSERT command, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you use the PASTEBLOCK command, AutoCAD may crash.
  • If you explode mirrored blocks and then save your drawing, AutoCAD may crash.

  Corrupt DWG file

  • When you audit a drawing, erased objects may be identified as invalid objects. AutoCAD attempts to fix these and crashes.
  • In some situations, when you attempt to open a corrupt drawing, if data cannot be recovered, AutoCAD crashes.

  CUI

  • When you use the Refedit toolbar to reference edit, AutoCAD may crash.

  DBX-ACDB

  • When all drawings are closed, if you preview a drawing from the Recent Files list on the menu browser, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you add extended entity data (Xdata) to a table style, AutoCAD may crash.

  DGN Support

  • When you use the DGNEXPORT command, you cannot save the file to a FAT32 formatted drive.

  Display Drivers

  • If you are running AutoCAD on Windows with limited user privileges, you cannot download the updated certified driver list. The latest list of certified drivers is included with this update.
  • If you use OpenGL with uncertified graphics drivers, AutoCAD may crash.
  • If your screen saver starts, the connection between AutoCAD and your graphics card may be lost, causing AutoCAD to crash.

  Draw 2D

  • When you copy multiline text (mtext) or dimensions with breaks, a memory leak may occur.
  • When AutoCAD 2009 Update 2, AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 2, or AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 3 is installed, polylines are incorrectly closed.
  • When AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 is installed, polylines with different widths are incorrectly closed.

  Dynamic Dimensions

  • If you enable Dynamic Input while grip editing an object and then save and close the drawing, AutoCAD may crash.

  DWFIN

  • In AutoCAD, if the background of a drawing is black, the file may not display correctly. This problem applies to DWF files only.

  ETRANSMIT

  • When AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 3 is installed, if you attempt to eTransmit drawings to a ZIP file, AutoCAD crashes.

  Graphic System

  • On Windows Vista, if your drawing contains a large block of text and the text is being refreshed for display on the screen, AutoCAD crashes.

  Hatch

  • When you view or plot large hatched objects, AutoCAD may run out of memory.
  • When you open a drawing that has a hatch pattern name greater than 35 characters, AutoCAD crashes.

  Image

  • If AutoCAD Update 1 is installed, TIFF files display incorrectly.

  Impression Toolbar

  • In some situations, when the AcImpression.cui file is loaded and you open a drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

  Inquiry

  • When you use the MEASUREGEOM command, a memory leak occurs.

  Install

  • If you install AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 on Windows Vista 64-bit, AutoCAD fails to launch.
  • When you attempt to install AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 on AutoCAD Civil 3D or AutoCAD Architecture, if you do not restart, the installation fails. If you attempt to reinstall the update, a message displays stating that the update is already installed even though it is not.
  • When the AutoCAD LT 2009 Update 2 is installed, AutoCAD Civil LT 2009 Update 2 fails to install.

  Layer

  • The VPLAYER command does not freeze selected layers in all layout viewports.
  • When you use the LAYMRG command, an error message displays.
  • When you use the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, instead of the CLASSICLAYER command, and you attempt to remove the viewport overrides for the current viewport, an error message displays and the overrides are not removed.
  • In the Layer Properties Manager, if you click New Group Filter and then click Set Current, an error message displays.
  • In drawings with many layers, if you sort layers by name, AutoCAD may freeze.

  Licensing

  • In AutoCAD LT 2009, when you use the -UNITS or TIME commands, a crash may occur.
  • If you install a network version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD may fail to start.

  Materials

  • When you open a drawing with missing referenced files, if you click Cancel to ignore the missing references, AutoCAD may crash.

  MDI

  • If you right-click in the drawing area while a drawing is closing, AutoCAD may crash.

  Modify

  • When you use the TABLEEXPORT command and then grip edit a viewport, AutoCAD may crash.
  • When you offset a polyline with a distance of zero, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you use the FILLET command on non-orthogonal lines, the inclination of the lines change by a small amount. This amount is small enough that it cannot be measured, but may cause problems.

  Multiline Text (mtext)

  • When you open a drawing created in a non-English version of AutoCAD 2006 that contains multiline text, multiline text does not display correctly.

  Object Snaps

  • Depending on the objects in a drawing and your current object snap settings, after you start the MOVE command and select objects, AutoCAD may fail to respond.

  OLE

  • When you right-click an OLE object, AutoCAD may crash.
    

  Open/Save

  • On Windows XP 64-bit or Windows Vista 64-bit, after you work on a large number of drawings during a single session, after saving, AutoCAD may crash.
  • When you use the COPYCLIP or INSERT commands, an error message warning about duplicate blocks may display. When you save the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.
  • If you click on a hyperlink to a drawing file in another application, AutoCAD may crash.

  Plot

  • When you attempt to plot a drawing with an OLE object, the OLE object may not display in the plotted output.
  • If you plot a drawing that contains geometry with corrupt layers, AutoCAD crashes.

  Properties Palette

  • When you list the properties of a dynamic block containing an attribute with an empty tag, AutoCAD crashes.

  Publish

  • When you use the Markup Set Manager to republish a file and open the new file, AutoCAD crashes.

  PURGE

  • When you attempt to purge nested items from a drawing with nothing to purge, AutoCAD does not respond.
  • When AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 1 is installed, if you use PURGE or -PURGE and select purge zero-length geometry and the geometry is on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you use the PURGE command, zero-length geometry is removed from block definitions.

  RECOVER

  • RECOVER does not identify multileader (mleader) objects with missing or invalid styles.
  • In AutoCAD, you may not be able to open files created in previous releases.

  Render

  • When you use the RPREF command, AutoCAD may crash.

  Ribbon

  • When you load a CUI file or select an object for edit before a command is active, AutoCAD may crash.

  Section and Flatten

  • When you use the SECTION command or AutoCAD .NET API methods for working with sections, a memory leak occurs.
  • When you select objects before you use the SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK command, a memory leak occurs.
  • When you use the SECTIONPLANE command and select a face for the location of the section plane, a memory leak occurs.
  • When you attempt to generate a 2D/3D section from a section plane that overlaps an ellipse, AutoCAD crashes.

  Tables

  • When you select objects before you start the TABLEEXPORT or TABLESTYLE command and cancel the command, a memory leak occurs.

  Visual Styles

  • When you edit objects with grips, the 3D gizmo is not hidden properly. When you close the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you attempt to open a 3D model, as the model begins to display, AutoCAD may crash.

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  Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 2

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have been fixed:

  3D Navigation Tools

  • When you use the ViewCube in some drawings, AutoCAD freezes.
  • When you select Home on ViewCube, AutoCAD Map 3D may stop responding.
  • When you close a drawing while in 3D mode, AutoCAD Map 3D crashes.

  .NET API

  • If you create a wipeout object through .NET API, a fatal error may occur.

  Annotation Scaling

  • The scale of annotative text changes when you use LISP entmod() to change the properties of the annotative text.

  Attributes

  • When a drawing contains xrefs, the -ATTEDIT command fails.

  Autodesk Buzzsaw

  • In the File Navigation dialog box, when you use the Add a Buzzsaw location shortcut option, AutoCAD crashes.

  Blocks

  • When you copy and paste a dynamic block, associative hatches do not work.
  • After you redefine a block definition, associative hatches in dynamic blocks display incorrectly.
  • When you open a drawing, a polyline in a block may have a very large width.
  • After you open a drawing, some dynamic blocks lose their dynamic properties.

  Data Extraction

  • Data Extraction cannot finish operations in some cases.
  • The Data Extraction Combine Record Mode > Sum values option does not work correctly.

  DGN Support

  • When you import some DGN files, AutoCAD crashes.

  DIM

  • If alternate units is on and you edit dimension text, the alternate units text is duplicated.

  Export a Layout to Model Space

  • If .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 is installed and you use the EXPORTLAYOUT command on some layouts, AutoCAD may stop responding.

  Find

  • The FIND command performs slowly when you search for text.

  Groups

  • Rollover highlighting does not go away.

  Hatch

  • When you bind a drawing with an xref that contains annotative hatches, AutoCAD crashes.

  Hide/Shade

  • When you use the HIDE command with a drawing that contains text, some objects may not be hidden.

  Image

  • When you attach a corrupted raster image to a drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

  Layer

  • When you zoom to a locked viewport, the Layer palette updates

  Layouts

  • When you attempt to switch layouts in drawings, an Out of Memory crash may occur.

  Materials

  • When you import a 3DS file with texture, AutoCAD may crash.

  Multileader (mleader)

  • Mleader custom arrowheads are not brought over to the drawing from the Tool palette.

  Multiline Text (mtext)

  • When you edit mtext in a viewport, it may be duplicated in other viewports.

  Object Snaps

  • Osnaps on polylines and mesh objects do not work correctly.

  Plot

  • When you plot upside-down, an OLE object does not plot correctly.
  • A drawing that contains hatches and gradients may plot slowly.
  • When plot area is set to View, AutoCAD LT may crash.

  Publish

  • When you attempt to publish multiple sheets with PUBLISHCOLLATE=1, only the first sheet of the set is plotted.
  • When you plot stylized FDO entities to DWF, the preview appears blank.

  Quick Properties

  • When you edit multiple mtext objects through the Quick Properties palette, AutoCAD crashes.

  Render

  • When you render some drawings, AutoCAD runs out of memory.

  Ribbon

  • If the ribbon is displayed and you select portions of a mtext object that contains multiple formats, the mtext object becomes distorted.

  Selection

  • When you select objects in groups, AutoCAD may crash.

  Tables

  • When you edit text with space before or after the text within a table cell, AutoCAD crashes.

  Text

  • When you move text to a new position within a drawing, it disappears.

  Tool Palettes

  • When you attempt to edit the properties of multiple Tool Palette tools, an Out of Memory crash may occur.

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  Issues Addressed for AutoCAD 2009 Update 1

  Updates have been made in the following commands and features and the following defects have been fixed:

  .NET API

  • When a .NET function with a LispFunction attribute has the return type as object, an exception is thrown in AutoCAD.

  Annotation Scaling

  • A drawing that contains a large number of anonymous blocks and copies of annotative entities created in AutoCAD 2007 or an earlier release opens slowly in AutoCAD 2009.
  • A scale is infinitely enumerated when you insert a drawing that contains the same scale as a block or an external reference (xref).

  Attributes

  • When you attempt to display a tooltip of a multiline text (mtext) attribute that contains 281 characters or more, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you move a block using an insertion grip, mtext attributes move incorrectly.
  • When the default value of an mtext attribute in a block contains a field, you cannot edit the attribute text to replace the field with other data.

  Blocks

  • When you insert or redefine a block that contains attributes on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When you change the scale of a block through the Properties Palette, an attribute displays incorrectly.

  Export a Layout to Model Space

  When you export a layout to model space the following occurs:

  • The linetype scale changes.
  • Dimension arrowheads do not display.
  • Text does not rotate correctly.
  • Drawing properties are lost.

  External Reference ESW

  • The External References palette does not display when auto-hidden and used with the XREF or IMAGE commands.

  Find

  • When you use the FIND command, AutoCAD does not remain zoomed into an object.

  Hatch

  • When you recreate a hatch boundary, it consists of separate line segments rather than a closed polyline.

  Hide/Shade

  • When you plot, objects in an xref are not correctly hidden.

  Menu Browser

  • You cannot access the menu browser in a non-English version of AutoCAD using the shortcut Alt+Key.

  Menu/Toolbar

  • Some menu macros do not work.

  Multileader (mleader)

  • When created on a rotated UCS, an mleader does not respect POLAR or ORTHO settings.

  Multiline Text (mtext)

  • When you drag and drop a drawing while the In-Place Text Editor is active, AutoCAD crashes.
  • When some of the values in the In-Place Text Editor are changed, AutoCAD crashes.
  • Some mtext objects with double byte characters display as a single line.

  Open/Save

  • When you attempt to save a file with a long file name, AutoCAD may crash.
  • When you drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer into the AutoCAD title bar while in Single Document Interface (SDI) mode, AutoCAD may crash.
  • When you attempt to open multiple files from Windows Explorer, only the first selected file opens.

  Partial Open

  • When the OPENPARTIAL system variable is set to 1 and you use the PURGE command, drawings may become corrupted.

  Properties Palette

  • In the Properties palette, the Dimension Style control may display an incorrect dimension style name.

  Publish

  • In the Publish dialog box, the Publish To setting always defaults to DWF format even if you select a different setting.

  Quick Properties

  • When you change the theme of your operating system while running AutoCAD and then click the Quick Properties window, AutoCAD crashes.

  RECOVER

  • When you open some valid drawings, you are prompted to use the RECOVER command.

  Render

  • When you use the RENDER command with certain drawings that contain textured objects, AutoCAD crashes.

  Ribbon

  • When acad.CUI is loaded as a partial CUI, some buttons in the mtext ribbon contextual tab fail.
  • On a ribbon panel, you may not be able to move items between rows.
  • A ribbon panel continues to display after it is removed from a ribbon tab.
  • A button image used on a ribbon panel that is loaded from a resource DLL file lacks a transparent background.
  • If you transfer a ribbon panel and a tab, buttons display small.
  • Enterprise, main, and partial CUI files display multiple ribbon tabs in workspaces.
  • You cannot control a ribbon tab when you use more than one non-AutoCAD CUI file.
  • A ribbon tab and/or menu macro may not function properly when referenced from multiple CUI files.
  • If you load a CUI file that references a missing BMP file, a fatal error displays.

  Visual LISP

  • The AutoLISP Redraw function fails to hide or highlight objects.

  ZOOM

  • When you zoom while inserting some blocks, AutoCAD crashes.

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  General Installation Information

  • Before You Begin
  • About Windows Command Line Switches

  Before You Begin

  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.

  Back up all customized files under the data directory (default C:\AUD2009).

  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 Windows Command Line Switches

  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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  Installation Instructions

  • Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation
    • To Update a Stand-Alone Installation
  • Apply This Update Through a Local Network
  • Apply This Update to a Network Administrative Image
    • To Add This Update to a New Administrative Image
    • To Apply This Update to an Existing Administrative Image Appended with Update 1
  • Manually Modified Files
  • To modify VoltageDropReport.xsl manually
  • To modify audconfiguration.xml manually (optional)
  • Information for Custom Development
  • Need to generate a new interop.AUDVB.dll
  
  

  Apply This Update to a Stand-Alone Installation

  Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.

  To update a stand-alone installation

  1. Download the update and save it to any folder.
  2. Find the folder where you saved the update and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

  Apply This Update Through a Local Network

  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.
  

  Apply This Update to a Network Administrative Image

  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.

  To add this update to a new administrative image

  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.

  To apply this update to an existing administrative image appended with Update 1

  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 the following information and click OK.

     <local_drive:>\<patch_name>\ /e <local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp

  3. Browse to the location of the existing Administrative image.
  4. In the Tools folder, select the "Create and Modify a Deployment" shortcut.
  5. On the "Begin Deployment" page, you may change the name of the existing deployment in the "Specify the Deployment Name" box.
  6. On the "Begin Deployment page", do one of the following:
     
     • Select "Create a new deployment using an existing deployment as a template". Specify a new deployment name.
     • Select "Modify an existing deployment". Modify the existing 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.
  
  

  Manually Modified Files

  Follow these instructions to modify customized files.

  To modify VoltageDropReport.xsl manually

  This Update fixes a defect in VoltageDropReport.xsl file which is embedded in aud.arx as a resource. If you did not customize VoltageDropReport.xsl, applying this Update fixes the defect. If you customized VoltageDropReport.xsl, you must manually correct the defect following the steps below:

  1. Find the VoltageDropReport.xsl file in the Reports folder under the data directory (By default, C:\AUD2009\Reports).
  2. Open the file in a text editor.
  3. Find the keyword "Maximum KW" and replace it with "Maximum KVA".

  To modify audconfiguration.xml manually (optional)

  By default, AUD provides functionality that calculates an additional length of cable for insertion into a capped empty conduit stub. If you do not need this functionality, you can disable it following the steps below:

  1. Find the audconfiguration.xml file in the All User profile folder (By default, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Autodesk Utility Design 2009\Configuration). .
  2. Add the following section to the <gsiconfiguration> section of the audconfiguration.xml file:
     <function name="LineLength">
          <conduitAutoAddition>false</conduitAutoAddition>
     </function>
  
  

  Information for Custom Development

  Follow these instructions for custom development.

  To generate a new interop.AUDVB.dll

  Following applying this Update all .NET applications using the audvb.dll must remove and reimport audvb.dll. This causes a new interop.AUDVB.dll to be generated.

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