Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3 - Read Me

Service Pack 3 -for Autodesk Inventor 2010 (Builds 272 & 551)

April 30, 2010

Release Notes - Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, this Service Pack 3 for Autodesk Inventor 2010 fixes or addresses a variety of issues. This file highlights how to install the service pack, what is fixed, known issues with uninstall, and how to download the update.

Contents

Notes About Installation

Installation Requirements

Installation Instructions

Download Location

Summary of Issues Addressed by this Service Pack

Autodesk Inventor Professional 2010

Dynamic Simulation

Stress Analysis

Autodesk Inventor 2010

Assembly Modeling

Drawing Manager

Install only the bit-type version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3 that corresponds to the bit-type version of your installation of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 2.
If you have previously installed the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010 and Subscription Advantage Pack 2, ensure you choose the correct bit-type version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3.
For deployed installations, append the Service Pack to your existing deployment image rather than merge it. This is the suggested behavior for all service pack releases. Additionally, update a deployment image on the same bit-type machine as the final installation from that image.

For more information on Network Deployments, see the Network Administrators Guide. For access, insert the AutoCAD Inventor 2010 Disk 1 into your DVD drive and in the installer, click Read The Documentation.

For Network Licenses: When Inventor and AutoCAD Mechanical run on the same computer, they share a network license. Starting with the 2010 release, the Inventor license type is automatically elevated to Inventor Routed Systems, Simulation, or Professional as commands are executed. However, this feature did not simultaneously elevate the AutoCAD Mechanical license. With Service Pack 3, AutoCAD Mechanical continues to share the Inventor license as it is elevated through the network license cascading sequence. To return to the base-level license for Inventor or AutoCAD Mechanical, exit and restart the product.
Have the original installation disc or network image readily accessible. During installation, or uninstallation, sometimes a prompt displays for the original installation disc or network image.
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Installer does not support installing Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3 through the Install/Deployment Configuration Wizard.
For AutoCAD Inventor Tooling Suite 2010 user only: Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 1 is the prerequisite of Autodesk Inventor Tooling Service Pack 1. If you want to install Autodesk Inventor Tooling Service Pack 1, please download and install it before installing Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 or Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3.

Verify you have administrator privileges on your local machine to install either Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3 or Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3.
For AutoCAD Inventor Professional Suite 2010, AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2010, AutoCAD Inventor Routed System Suite 2010, AutoCAD Inventor Suite 2010 and AutoCAD Inventor Tooling Suite 2010, please ensure you have previously installed Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2. Service Pack 1 is NOT required to be installed if your Autodesk Inventor 2010 installation originated from the Autodesk Inventor 2010 media set.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7 installations, disable the User Account Control feature.
The 32-bit version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3 is approximately 33 MB in size. The 32-bit version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3 is approximately 33 MB in size. A minimum of 600 MB of free disk space is required on the drive where your temporary files are directed.
The 64-bit version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3 is approximately 56 MB in size. The 64-bit version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3 is approximately 56 MB in size. A minimum of 800 MB of free disk space is required on the drive where your temporary files are directed.

Uninstall any previous Beta versions of Autodesk Inventor 2010.
Install Autodesk Inventor 2010 from one of the AutoCAD Inventor 2010 Suites, or from the Autodesk Inventor 2010 media set.
If you installed from one of the AutoCAD Inventor 2010 Suites, install Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 1.

Subscription customers: Install the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010 at this stage.

Install Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 2.

Subscription customers: Install the Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 2 for Autodesk Inventor 2010 at this stage.

Download the appropriate version of Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3, or Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack. (32-bit or 64-bit version, depending upon the bit type of your operating system.)
Double click the .msp file to update Autodesk Inventor 2010 (Service Pack 2) with Service Pack 3. A progress bar displays while the installer updates the files on your system. When done, click Finish.
If required, reboot the system after the service pack installation is finished.

To verify the installation was successful, start Autodesk Inventor. On the InfoCenter Help pulldown, select About Inventor. If the About box displays: Build: 272, Release: 2010 SP3 (or Build: 551, Release: 2010 SR SP3, if the Subscription Advantage Pack version was installed) the installation was successful.

Deployment Instructions for Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3

Merging the Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3 when creating a deployment is not supported.
The following are steps to create/modify an administrative image configuration of Autodesk Inventor 2010 with Autodesk Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 3.
If you previously deployed the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010, go directly to Step 5.
If you previously deployed the Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 2, go directly to Step 9.

Create a deployment image from your media, at \\your_server_location\your_shared_location\your_deployment_name.
Update this image with Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 1 using either the Append or Merge options.
Download the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010. (Either the 32-bit or 64-bit version, depending upon your operating system bit-type.) The Subscription Advantage Pack is a self-extracting executable and when run, it uncompresses Inventor2010_SR.exe under one of the following locations: C:\Autodesk\Inventor_2010_HSR\x86(x64)\x86(x64)
For English Autodesk Inventor customers only:
Run the self extracting executable and copy the Inventor2010_SR.exe, TS1109427.msp and TS1109487.msp file to the deployment folder ...\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\x86(x64)\Inventor\...
For local language Autodesk Inventor customers only:
Run the self extracting executable and copy the Inventor2010_SR.ex and the TS1109427.msp file to the deployment folder ...\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\x86(x64)\Inventor\...
Copy the Inventor2010_SR2.msp to the deployment folder ...\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\x86(x64)\Inventor\...
Copy the Inventor2010_SR3.msp to the deployment folder ...\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\x86(x64)\Inventor\...
Change the Deployment.ini file:
For English Autodesk Inventor customers only:

Locate YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.INI file in the following location: ...\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\...
Open YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.INI and add POSTREQUISITE=HOTFIX;HSR;HSRAIHOTFIX;HSRSP2;HSRSP3 as follows:

PREREQUISITE=OS;WUP;VCREDIST2005x86;VCREDISTx86;DOTNET;VBA;DIRECTX;MSXML;DWGTRUEVIEW;WMF90;WSE30;IE POSTREQUISITE=HOTFIX;HSR;HSRAIHOTFIX;HSRSP2;HSRSP3

Add the following lines to the end of the .ini file:

[HSRAIHOTFIX]
PRODUCT_NAME=TS1109487 hotfix
EXE_PATH=Inventor\TS1109487.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

[HOTFIX]
PRODUCT_NAME=TS1109427 hotfix
EXE_PATH=Inventor\TS1109427.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

[HSR]
PRODUCT_NAME=Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR.exe
EXE_PARAM=/q
ACTION=INSTALL

[HSRSP2]
PRODUCT_NAME=HSR SP2
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR2.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

[HSRSP3]
PRODUCT_NAME=HSR SP3
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR3.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

Save and close YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.INI file.

For local language Autodesk Inventor customers only:

Locate YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.INI file in the following location: ...\your_deployment_name\AdminImage\...
Open YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.INI and add POSTREQUISITE=HOTFIX;HSR;HSRSP2;HSRSP3 as follows:

PREREQUISITE=OS;WUP;VCREDIST2005x86;VCREDISTx86;DOTNET;VBA;DIRECTX;MSXML;DWGTRUEVIEW;WMF90;WSE30;IE POSTREQUISITE=HOTFIX;HSR;HSRSP2;HSRSP3

Add the following lines to the end of the .ini file:

[HOTFIX]
PRODUCT_NAME=TS1109427 hotfix
EXE_PATH=Inventor\TS1109427.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

[HSR]
PRODUCT_NAME=Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR.exe
EXE_PARAM=/q
ACTION=INSTALL

[HSRSP2]
PRODUCT_NAME=HSR SP2
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR2.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

[HSRSP3]
PRODUCT_NAME=HSR SP3
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR3.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

Save and close YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.INI file.

Deploy the product as normal by running the shortcut: ...\your_deployment_name\YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME.
If you have deployed the Subscription Advantage Pack Service Pack 2, please only configure the Service Pack 3 for the administrative image.

Add “HSRSP3” into the POSTREQUISITE line as follows:

POSTREQUISITE=HOTFIX;HSR;HSRAIHOTFIX;HSRSP2;HSRSP3

Add following lines to the end of the .ini file:

[HSRSP3]
PRODUCT_NAME=HSR SP2
EXE_PATH=Inventor\Inventor2010_SR3.msp
ACTION=INSTALL

To verify the installation was successful, start Autodesk Inventor. On the InfoCenter Help pulldown, select About Autodesk Inventor. If the About box displays: Build: 551, Release: 2010 SR SP3, the installation was successful.

Inventor Updates

Abbreviations used:

CER refers to a Customer Error Report, and
NG refers to an item reported on the Autodesk Newsgroups.

Autodesk Inventor Professional 2010

Dynamic Simulation

CER: Crash can occur if you open a sub-assembly and then close assemblies in the Dynamic Simulation environment without saving.
CER: Crash can occur when you select multiple objects in the graphics window in the Dynamic Simulation environment on Windows XP.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7 64-bit systems, a crash can occur when you edit a joint and then uncheck Automatically Convert Constraints to Standard Joints in the Simulation Settings.
CER: Crash can occur when you select the context command Visibility for a welded group with components suppressed.
The variable which is defined based on Time is not recognized in Dynamic Simulation when opening the dataset in another language version of Inventor.

Stress Analysis

NG: The Stress Analysis solver sometimes does not respond when solving a dataset with more than 35 loads.
In some cases, a crash occurs when you switch the design objective from parametric dimension to single point.
CER: Crash can occur when double-clicking a load glyph with the Animation dialog open.
NG: Several Automatic Contact issues using assembly weldments are resolved.
NG: Several Internal Solver Error issues are resolved.
Several meshing issues are resolved.

Tube & Pipe

NG: The original axis and center point cannot be used as the authored connection axis and connection direction points.
CER: Crash occurs when creating a new Tube & Pipe style applied to a customized tube with special material parameters.

Autodesk Inventor 2010

API

CreateCustomMember does not overwrite the existing member file.
A feature is unstable when editing if it is created with a profile that is selected in an interaction event.
DrawingCurve.ModelGeometry returns no geometry in a section drawing view.
AddByProjectingEntity does not project assembly sketch geometries to the sketch proxy of the occurrence.
CER: With SurfaceGraphics in InteractionGraphics, calling GraphicsNode.Copy causes an error to occur.

Assembly Modeling

An assembly constraint on a thickened face cannot be created or updated.
The Table Replace option is not available for a custom iPart in the iAssembly Author.
Author, Designer, and Design Status iProperties in member files do not stay in sync with the factory.
An Angle constraint changes design intent when switching to a different positional representation in a migrated assembly.
CER: Crash occurs when creating a view for an assembly in a presentation file when the part file name is changed.

Content Center

Auto thread mapping information is lost when launching the publish wizard from DACC Component Authoring.
There is no UL in the units list for parameters when you create a new category.
Unable to log out in network environments due to a path change of the default Content Center Cache folders.
When the option Refresh out-of-date standard parts during placement is on, the actions in the Content Center Editor make the previously instanced part out of date, regardless of whether the actions change the previous instanced part.

Drawing Manager

The arrowhead of a balloon jumps when placed on a spline.
When unselecting the Include option for the mirrored work plane created in modeling, the work plane disappears in the browser.
A table containing text or numerical information does not clear when using it as template.
CER: A crash occurs when exporting a PDF for an offline drawing file.
CER: A crash occurs when selecting an educational version assembly file in the Parts List dialog box.
A shaded view does not plot correctly in AutoCAD, and you cannot make the graphics smooth.
An AutoCAD block is improperly scaled when a DWG is used as a template.
Degenerated splines cannot be shown when Inventor DWG is opened in AutoCAD.

DWG/DWF

A Shrinkwrap part with derived Composite body or Surface body features fails to publish to DWF/DWFx.
Performance is slow when publishing a part or assembly with multiple features to DWF/DWFx.
Measurement results are not correct for out of view areas in published DWF/DWFx.
Curves are generated incorrectly when publishing some drawings to PDF.
Out of viewport text objects are visible and compressed when publishing to PDF.
Several custom cross hatches provided by Inventor are lost after exporting to AutoCAD.
Copies of unlinked embedded images in an Inventor file are created to the DWGout file location when exporting to AutoCAD.

ESKD

Adding Symbols in a drawing causes the view to Zoom All.
The line weight of the Stamping and Marking symbols is not correct in the view.
The sheet number is shown when the drawing has only one sheet.

Framework

CER: Crash occurs when selecting commands from the floating ribbon panel during Inventor startup.
NG: Inventor attempts to open the last used file when switching projects.
CER: 32-bit host error occasionally occurs when opening files.
CER: Crash occurs when opening multiple files using the Shell command.
CER: Crash occurs in Design Assistant 2010 when modifying an Inventor file created using Inventor 2011 or later.
CER: Crash occurs when editing a missing file which was moved, renamed, or deleted.
CER: Crash occurs when opening a corrupt assembly with skip all missing files.
CER: Crash occurs when placing a corrupt part file into assembly.
Replacing the unresolved Frame Reference Model component fails in the assembly when the related file has been moved, renamed or deleted.
Creation Date property changes when copying the drawing file using the Design Assistant.

Graphics

Crash occurs when activating iAssembly members with Direct3D graphics hardware.

Part Modeling

CER: Crash occurs when extruding an open profile to a new solid.
CER: If some components in a target assembly have been deleted from disk, a crash occurs when recreating the existing target assembly using Make Component.
CER: NG: Crash occurs after picking a centerline as the direction when performing a move face operation in the Flat Pattern environment.
CER: Crash occurs when breaking the link with the base component in a derived part.
NG: Clearance hole is created with the wrong countersink diameter after creating two size #4 holes.
CER: Crash occurs after changing the pattern parameter and performing a Rebuild All.
An extrusion fails after performing a Rebuild All on a part created in Inventor 2008.
Mass properties do not update after editing the parameter of a Loft feature.
An extrusion on a derived sketch does not update after adding a fillet on a chamfer in the source sketch.
An incorrect work axis is generated when created by referencing a 3D project point from 2 intersecting curves.
CER: Crash occurs when opening a part that includes an ellipse sketch.
Using Windows 7, .xls files cannot be linked when inserting objects.
CER: Crash occurs when dragging the End of Part node to the position below a rib feature.
CER: Crash occurs when selecting Show Dimensions from the Hole Edit dialog box.
CER: Crash may occur after updating a derived part.
The normal direction of surfaces imported from a Catia File is not correct.
CER: Crash occurs when unsuppressing a Face Fillet after the dependent geometry is deleted.
CER: Crash occurs when using drag and drop to edit a line on a sick sketch.
CER: Crash occurs when selecting Finish Sketch deleting a line that is split.
CER: Crash occurs when selecting geometry while editing a sketch.
Poor performance can occur if you pattern a multi solid body part.
CER: Crash occurs when migrating a part file created using Inventor 8 SP1.
CER: Crash occurs when changing the offset of a workplane, then updating the model.
CER: Crash occurs when computing the projected sketch after the dependent body is deleted.
CER: Crash occurs when editing an extrude feature that terminates to a work plane.

Sheet Metal

CER: Crash occurs when using files that are accidentally saved in flat pattern mode.

Sketch

CER: Crash occurs when you add a 3D tangent constraint between a line and an arc on a specific dataset.
CER: Crash occurs when dragging and dropping a line in a sick sketch.
Fully constrained sketch blocks appear with the unconstrained geometry color after exiting a sketch.

Translators

CER: Crash can occur when reading corrupt Parasolid files.
CER: Crash can occur when reading STEP files.
CER: Crash can occur when saving Inventor assemblies as STEP files.
Inventor fails to read some STEP files with specific schemas.
No bodies read when translating STEP files.
Crash can occur when reading IGES files.
Translation fails when reading NX5.0.3.2 and NX5.0.6.3 files.
There can be missing holes caused by a spline when reading some Catia V5 files.
No bodies read when translating some JT files.
Unknown unit and scale information in a JT file does not import correctly.
Translate, Save As, and Open commands for Mechanical Desktop linked parts are not available in the context menu.

Vault

Crash occurs when you check in a file to the Vault after suppressing and saving components.
Crash occurs when you edit a complex derived assembly.
Get Latest Properties does not work after migrating from Inventor 2009 with duplicate property mapping.

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We 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 with the best solution in mechanical design. We also thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this update release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk Inventor Product Team

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