Closing Drawings Hotfix

This update will repair a problem that may cause a crash when closing drawings.

Description of Problem

AutoCAD^® 2007-based products may crash when closing drawings. This problem can also manifest itself while saving or plotting drawings.

Affected Products

AutoCAD^® 2007
AutoCAD Electrical 2007
AutoCAD Mechanical 2007
Autodesk^® Architectural Desktop 2007
Autodesk Building Systems 2007
Autodesk Civil 3D^® 2007
Autodesk Inventor^® Professional 11⁽¹⁾
Autodesk Inventor Series 11⁽¹⁾
Autodesk Land Desktop 2007
Autodesk Map^® 3D 2007
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2007
Autodesk Raster Design 2007
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit^® Series Building 9.x ⁽²⁾
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series Structure 3 ⁽²⁾
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series Structure 4 ⁽²⁾

⁽¹⁾ Apply this patch only if the installation includes AutoCAD Mechanical 2007 or Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2007.
⁽²⁾ Apply this patch only if the installation includes AutoCAD 2007.

Note: This hotfix cannot be applied to AutoCAD LT^® 2007. Please see Closing Drawings LT Hotfix to apply to AutoCAD LT 2007.

Installation Instructions

To install the Closing Drawings Hotfix

You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system to complete the installation process.

Close all software applications.
Find the product installation folder; for example c:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2007.
In this folder, right-click the acmgd.dll file and select Properties.
Click the Version tab and confirm the file version.
- If this file is version 17.0.54.0, then proceed with the installation.
- If this file is version 17.0.116.0 or greater, then this hotfix has already been applied and you do not need to proceed with the installation.
In the product installation folder, right-click the file acmgd.dll and rename it acmgd.bak.
Download and copy the acmgd.dll file to the same product installation folder.
Right-click the new acmgd.dll file and select Properties. Click the Version tab and confirm that this file is version 17.0.116.0.

Note: To remove this hotfix, delete the new acmgd.dll file that you downloaded to the product install folder and restore the file you renamed in Step 5 to its original name.