Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008 SP2 (build #320) November 26, 2007 ======================================= Notice to Autodesk Inventor Customers ======================================= In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to Autodesk Inventor 2008. This README file highlights how to install the patch, what has been fixed, and how to download the update. =================================================================== CONTENTS ========= - Installation Instructions - Summary of issues addressed by this Service Pack - Service Pack download information =================================================================== INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ========================= NOTE: This patch update applies to all flavors of Autodesk Inventor 2008. (1) Download the Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 patch file "Inventor2008_SP2.msp" **You must either have the release version of Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 1 or have the SP1 patch applied to the release version of Autodesk Inventor 2008 before you can apply the SP2 patch.** **You must have Administrator privileges on your local machine to install Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2** (2) Double-click on the downloaded file to start the install. You will also have a progress meter on your screen while the setup program is updating the files on your system. Click Finish when done. (3) If requested, please reboot your system after the service pack is installed. *For final verification, from within Autodesk Inventor, select "About Autodesk Inventor" from the Help menu. If Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 has been successfully installed, the About box displays: "Build: 320, Release: 2008 SP2 - Date: Mon 11/26/2007" =================================================================== Summary of issues addressed in Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 include: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: CER stands for Crash Error Report and NG stands for News Group AUTODESK INVENTOR PROFESSIONAL 2008 – MODULES ============================================ CABLE & HARNESS =============== Fixed the following issues: - Nailboard fails to update in some cases - NG: "Failed to configure Cable&Harness environment" dialog pops up when launching Inventor in some cases DYNAMIC SIMULATION ================== Fixed the following issues: - Amplitude of a sine law is incorrect if an offset is checked in the degree of freedom - The unknown force is not expressed in the absolute coordinate system - False results for the joint's forces and moments in some models with rolling or sliding joints STRESS ANALYSIS ============== Fixed the following issues: - Actual deformation graphics are displayed as undeformed - Reaction moments are reported too large in some cases - English units are changed to metric if units are omitted when editing a load - Gravity acts opposite to the specified direction TUBE & PIPE ========== Fixed the following issues: - Cannot save Tube & Pipe style which uses a pipe member copied from an existing one - Styles missing in Tube & Pipe styles dialog in some specific scenarios - Crash when performing "Rebuild all" or "Refresh Standard Components" on some legacy datasets - In some cases, crash without CER when updating constraints of Tube & Pipe components - NG: Wrong fitting resolution when updating with "Routed Systems: Tube & Pipe" add-in loaded in some cases - Route doesn't update with the component which is in another run and constrained - Custom fitting cannot be placed on the pipe segment using "Place Fitting" command, if it is placed from non-default Content Center files location - Hose fittings fail to be connected to other parts using "Connect Fitting" command - Get nominal size error when route with a style which uses a fitting that has Nominal Size mapped to parameters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTODESK INVENTOR 2008 ====================== API === Fixed the following issues: - Default value is returned instead of custom value for custom iPartMember - Sketch.Edit in DrawingViewEvents.OnViewUpdate(kBefore) disables the update of other views - NG: AssemblySolverNode::OnSolve event is not fired for patterned components(nodes) - NG: WorkAxis GetSize and SetSize methods should return and accept model space points - Specified custom XML file is ignored when exporting flat pattern DXF - iAssemblyTableRow.DocumentName should not be modifiable when it is based on member name - FileDialog.FileName value is ignored when doing a ShowOpen - CER: SelectSet.Count crashes if document is closed - CER: If a file dialog is already open, FileDialog.ShowOpen and ShowSave crashes Inventor - Can't access DimensionText.Origin for ordinate dimension set members - NG: Unable to reorder browser nodes in certain assemblies - NG: Problem with browser node and definition when occurrences have positional representation overrides - Missing OnFileDirty event for out-of-date documents that are dirtied during open - Severe performance issue when accessing parameters APPLICATIONS ============ Fixed the following issues: - In Design Assistant, omitting file extension when copying an Inventor drawing creates *.dwg extension instead - Multi-Sheet Plot displays cutline over the edge, which causes the printer zoom the drawing when printing - In Frame Generator, skeleton part now will use frame assembly’s name as prefix in the file name - In Frame Generator, crash on Vista when frame members under a frame assembly (that had been converted to a weldment) were demoted - In Frame Generator, insert dialog could not be canceled if there was no material found in current project’s style library - If Inventor Studio environment is activated on a non-editable part, Inventor may become unstable - In Inventor Studio, if a rendered sub-assembly is saved with the top level assembly active, Inventor may become unstable - In Inventor Studio, viewport may be obscured by camera's graphical representation when camera is created through "Create Camera from View" right-click command ASSEMBLY MODELING ================= Fixed the following issues: - VBA: Promote becomes demote with AssemblyDemoteCmd when SilentOperation is True - Crash when exiting weldment environment in a customer assembly file - Mirror Component: Crash on mirroring a particular customer assembly with suppressed components - Derive: Derived assembly crashes on editing status of components when source has been restructed (promote/demote) - CER: Crash when selecting/adding a particular part in the assembly browser - CER: Crash when deleting entries in particular assembly in browser - CER: Mirror Component: Crash when a customer assembly is mirrored - Assembly Feature: File size of a customer assembly grows and so does memory consumptions in Global BOM editor when a Virtual Component is added - CER: Crash on editing the sketch in a particular customer assembly - CER: Crash on updating circular component pattern in a particular customer file - Global BOM: Mass property displays *Varies* instead of total mass when rows are rolled up in a particular customer assembly - Save: Crash on adding a constraint in partially migrated customer assembly - Assembly Constraints: Constraints on an assembly fail to solve correctly - CER: Crash on creating a constraint between two cylinders in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when creating an assembly constraint in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when opening a customer drawing document after assembly is updated - CER: Crash when updating a component instance in a customer assembly - CER: Crash on creating an assembly constraint in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when solving an assembly in a customer assembly - Assembly Constraints: Crash on constraining a customer assembly - CER: Crash when editing a customer derived assembly - Update: Editing source assembly does not prompt user to update in consuming assembly - CER: Crash when placing constraints in a customer assembly - Update: Crash when clicking update button after opening a customer assembly - Global BOM: iAssembly displays rows as merged in structure view when component being table replaced - Update: Fitting was solved incorrectly when Tube and Pipe add-in unloaded for custom dataset - Derive: Crash on replacing component in an assembly when the part is updated and it has been inserted as derived assembly - Design Doctor: Sick features under subassembly in a customer file cannot be shown - CER: Crash when editing a component pattern in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when initializing Browser InstancedEntry during Open - CER: Crash when rendering assembly constraint selection - CER: Crash when creating a mate assembly constraint in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when closing assembly document while circular component pattern command is still active - CER: Crash when updating a customer assembly - CER: Crash when EdgeLineId fails to compute and calls AddDiagnosis - CER: Crash in solver when a new constraint is added to a customer assembly - CER: Crash when updating component pattern's browser entries in a customer assembly - CER: Crash in the Solver after Constraint is added and solver is being destructed - CER: Crash when updating BOM table in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when adding a fillet weld to a customer assembly - iMate: Infer imates crashes on unresolved constraints - CER: Crash when placing a customer component into an assembly - Mirror Component: Crash when mirroring a component after EOP is moved above assembly fillet - Update: Rebuild All fails with an Invalid Reference to segment object used in a customer assembly - CER: Crash during drive constraint in a customer assembly - Assembly Constraint: Crash when applying mate constraints in a customer assembly - CER: Crash on copying a component with suffix containing colon - CER: Crash due to a null pointer in method GBxMemberComponent::GetFileName - Weldment: Crash on converting a customer assembly to a weldment assembly - CER: Crash on dereferencing deleted item descriptors while updating browser - Solver: Components in a customer assembly cannot move even when all constraints are suppressed - Save: Loading AmBREPSegment is disallowed during save/close when saving an assembly from customer - Pattern Component: A customer assembly generates incorrect pattern result - Pattern Component: Pattern placement in a customer is incorrect and dragging one component will correct the position - CER: Crash when mirroring a customer assembly - Solver: Crash on exiting out a customer weldment due to endless loop - CER: Crash when selecting a constraint in a customer assembly - Bend Part: Crash when turn on adaptive flag on a Bend Part feature triggering a solve - CER: Crash when solving the assembly constraints in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when computing assembly snapshot in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when trying to access WeldParticipant object during feature creation in a customer assembly - CER: Crash when adding a constraint in a customer assembly - Solver: Crash on constrain components in a customer assembly when Contact Solver is turned on CONTENT CENTER ============== Fixed the following issues: - Follow pattern command does not work for countersunk screws - Placing suppressed Content members should be prevented - Unable to copy custom families to other user library - Incorrect string for "Copy From: " property when part is in original library - Some expressions can not update on change for custom library - Inv crash when switch to specific library View and no Read/Write library is visible - Filter doesn't work if change CC language - Display name of family's member is different when use the default "Change Size" to replace in some cases - Families from non updated library which are read-only are visible in CC editor/consumer - In certain cases, mapped parameters do not drive the template model size - Failed to place members from custom Socket Head Cap Screw (Inch) - Custom library files being checked out of vault because of thumbnail update - Cannot edit R11 steel shapes length in R2008 in some cases - Part number is different between display and its Expression after publish a part or an iPart - Units are changed from mm to cm during the publish - Should disable iProperty multi-mapping when adding a new column - Custom library cannot be updated - Failure in update DIN EN 10278 family table - CER: Crash in CEView - CER: Crash in CPrivateCache - CER: Crash in FilterMatcher - CER: Crash in CCCV2App::OnEnvironmentChange DESIGN ACCELERATOR ================== Fixed the following issues: - BEAM - incorrect 3D preview of Forces and Supports - ISO 487:1988 Steel roller chains yield wrong sprockets in Design Accelerator - Worm gear limitation for Tan Module - DIN 6885 Key size is wrong for diameter 30 mm - The model displayed is wrong when the plain key's shaft is created manually - GB 1566-79A Keyway size is wrong for node of diameter for shaft - Involute Spline Connection parameter is wrong in report - DIN 5472 6x46x52 - parallel spline connection results in different model compared to DIN 204 manual - Belleville springs in series are placed in pairs DRAWING MANAGER ================= Fixed the following issues: - Applying units formatting to mass values sets overridden values to zero - Bend Tag leader landing line is partially missing when oriented downward - BOM created in AutoCAD Mechanical is not displayed in Inventor - Cannot create a centerline bisector on a lofted hole in a projected view - Cannot create a closed circular centerline - Cannot place bisecting centerline between two concentric arcs. - CER: Crash adding a leader to an iFeature that is represented by a center mark - CER: Crash on an undo of a revision table clone to another drawing - CER: Crash when clipboard contains reference to a parts list removed from the drawing by the undo operation - CER: Crash when editing columns of a split table - CER: Entering data into the "item" column on a balloon edit causes random crash - CER: Projected geometry in a sheet sketch cause random crash on cloning - CER: Random crash accessing weld symbol style in style editor - CER: Random crash after a title block edit - CER: Random crash creating balloons - CER: Random crash creating hole notes - CER: Random crash inserting AutoCAD blocks in to an Inventor DWG - CER: Random crash when creating a generic table using an Excel file - CER: Random crash when hatch is enabled - CER: Random crash when moving detail views from one sheet to another - CER: Random crashes when opening AutoCAD DWGs - CER: Random crashes when saving Inventor DWGs - CER: Crash when cloning a sheet scope revision tag attached to an assembly view - Crash after edit of invalid balloon instance - Document settings - Highlight and Selection colors not persisting after save and reopen for IDWs - Drawing is marked dirty on open due to global BOM update - Drawings opened locally are not marked dirty even though they are dirty - Hole tags are created on the wrong sheet when the view and hole table are on different sheets - Hospital is not available at times when a center mark is sick - Newly added holes disappear from hole tables after a view update - NG: Custom columns are not stored when migrated and can't be added again after style reapply - NG: Data loss when applying new revision table style to an old revision table - NG: Dimension texts and title block text in an AutoCAD DWG print lighter - NG: Hole note quantity is wrong on certain assembly views - NG: Incorrect symbol attachment to half diameter dimension - NG: ISO view dim text using ISOCPEUR font cannot be printed - NG: Multiple lines should not be allowed for Item and Quantity columns - NG: Multiple rows are added to revision table when you right mouse click on a column - NG: Parts list shows incorrect quantity for an iAssembly - NG: Random crashes when opening .dwg files that are read-only on disk - NG: Crash using templates using legacy revision table - NG: Crash when applying a unit less fractional column format to a parts list roll up - NG: Data of the Helix are lost nearby the boundary of the detail View - NG: Preview is not available for balloons without shapes - NG: Resizing columns in a legacy revision table removes spaces between the words - NG: Wrong dimensions between broken view and an associated sketch - Sheet metal punch centers are missing when exported to dxf - Sheet names are forced to be unique - Slice View can't be created correctly for special sketch geometry - Styles library corruption due to wrong sort behavior in object defaults style - Title blocks unable to display constraints - Update on view makes entities invisible after the part file is replaced by the old version - Views are lost after migration on certain drawings - Wrong retrieved model dimension after model dimension is deleted DWG/DWF ======== Fixed the following issues: - Crash on DWGOUT when a holenote text is not visible - Dimensions on isometric views use wrong scale value on DWGOUT - iProperty values included in the border definition is lost on DWGOUT - No preview when opening a DWGOUT file on Vista - Random crash on DWGOUT of Inventor IDW - Published DWF will be wrong when there are the same file names in different locations - Various typos in DWF API options - Performance is slow when attempting to upload a large number of files to the Vault, with DWF publishing turned on - Generating DWF files for Inventor Samples will crash Inventor GENERAL ======== Fixed the following issues: - Editing linked Excel spreadsheet won't enable the update button in Inventor - Last used file-name should not be pre-populated in the file-name field in File Open/Save dialog - Custom iPart members should not be saved to a library path by default - Default folder location for place component doesn’t pick the last used folder when you have multiple workgroup paths - 3D connexion controller hangs when a document window is closed - Unable to redefine the shortcut-key unless the old key is cleared in UI customization - Excel driven part doesn’t update on updating parameters in the Excel spreadsheet - Crash when opening and closing multiple part windows - Crash when place parts from content center with Zoom operation on Windows Vista - Cannot enter diacritic characters on English keyboard IGS/STEP/SAT ============ Fixed the following issues: - Seemingly an infinite Loop during import found on roundtrip of Shaver (Inventor Sample) Model - Using IGES Surfaces - CER: Crash to CER attempting to import IGES file ["1594044.igs"] - Placing Translated Components leaves documents open but not visible - when not saved PART MODELING ============= Fixed the following issues: - CER: Crash on launching thread command in certain machines - Corner: Tear corner becomes Trim to Bend on reordering a cut across bend - Punch: Sheet metal punch centers are missing on exporting to dxf - CER: Crash when unsuppress, suppress, and then unsupress one feature in a specific part file - Fillet: Variable fillet preview doesn't display correctly - Sketch: Flipping face's offset direction in a derived part causes downstream sketches to fail - Revolve: Preview of ToNext revolve in a particular case is inconsistent with the result - DXFOUT: "Merge profiles into polyline" inf flat pattern output does not work for legacy file and it should be hidden - Flange: Downstream sketch in a particular part fails to compute, when flange is edited and one more edge is added - CER: Crash when updating a particular derived iPart - Revolve: Preview for revolve to-next cut is not consistent with result - CER: Hang or crash on deleting the specific face in a particular part with heal option - Sketch: Crash on editing a sketch on the side face of a sheet metal fold on a customer part with a rolled back work feature - Sheet Metal: Crash on deriving parameter from Sheet Metal flat pattern environment - Hole: Crash on editing termination of hole to concentric cylindrical surface with extend option checked - Doc Settings: Changing units to 'millimeters' for length in document settings in German version does not work - Parameters: Edit Start Cell dialog misses a button - Derive: Multi-level derived part from a customer doesn't fully update after source has been changed - Sketch: Crash on clicking the precise input tool bar in a particular workflow - Derive: A customer part becomes dirty on reopening after the derived part is saved - CER: Crash when creating a 2D Sketch dimension in a customer part - CER: Crash on suppressing a component in a customer assembly - Migration: Inventor crash when opening a customer R8 part file - CER: Crash when trying to make a Sketch Trim selection in a particular workflow - Faceting: Faces on a shell in a customer Part are not displayed correctly - Sheet Metal: Tear corner in a customer part fails to replace in flat pattern - Mass Prop: Physical properties in a customer part are computed incorrectly - CER: Crash when diagnosing a sick sketch in a customer part - Mirror Feature: A Customer sheet metal part fails to generate flat pattern due to mirror - CER: Crash when creating a new sketch in a customer file - CER: Crash in SCxTrimCmd - Crash without CER when you click in the condition part of the boundary patch dialog when it's empty - CER: Crash during sketch drag in a customer part - Curvature Analysis:Hang on thicken body in the attached file but works on the same faces before thicken - Update: Rebuild all on a customer Part results in error message - Parameters: Editing parameter changes units in a customer file - CER: Crash on extending surfaces in a customer file - CER: Crash during RDxComputeStateFaceMergeDataAttribute post compute - Sheet Metal: A customer part fails to unfold due to the mirror feature - Fillet: Edge selection is not ON by default - Sketch: Show All Constraint hangs on showing all constraint when sketch gets slightly complicated - Sketch: Graphics does not update until a rotate when editing 3D Sketch in place - Sheet Metal: Crash on opening a customer sheet metal part created by R10 at R2008 - CER: Crash when activating Flat Pattern mode in a customer file - CER: Crash when generating 3D Sketch display list - CER: Crash when suppressing 2D sketch pattern element in a customer part file - CER: Crash when finishing the Extrude command in a customer part file KNOWN ISSUES ON WINDOWS VISTA ============================= - Shell Extensions (e.g. Design Assistance, iProperties, Pack & Go, …) may not be shown in the Inventor file context menu after Service Pack 2 is applied. You may need to run Inventor using Admin account to correct it (Select Inventor application icon using Windows Explorer, then Right Mouse Button click, select “Run as…”). - Style Library Manager may generate an error during initialization. You may need to reboot your system then launch stand-alone Project Editor (from Windows Start menu) and close it to correct this. - On Windows Vista, Import image into a sketch will fail when MS Paint is not the default editor. You may have to disable “User Account Control (UAC)” to register MS Paint as your default editor. - On Windows Vista, the layer list may not populate correctly on DWGIN Wizard DWG Preview Page. Please turn off Vista “User Account Control (UAC)” and register the file DxOemViewer.Arx in AOEMVIEW 2008 installation folder to proceed. =================================================================== Notes: ====== Autodesk Inventor 2008, Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 1 and Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 use the same file formats (.iam, .ipt, .idw, .ipn, .idv, .ide). All file types can be interchanged between these versions. The size of Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 is approximately 30 MB. You must have a minimum of 60 MB of free disk space on the drive where your temporary files are directed for the update to complete successfully. =================================================================== SERVICE PACK DOWNLOAD LOCATION ============================== Locate the Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 file at: http://www.autodesk.com/inventor-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 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! Respectfully, Autodesk Inventor Product Team