July 18, 2011

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Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released this Service Pack 1 which resolves several issues.

Contents

• Issues Resolved
• Installation Instructions - Windows
• Installation Instructions - Mac

Issues Resolved

This service pack resolves the following issues:

• Performance decreases in Alias 2012 when you have multiple layers.
• In the Trim Convert tool, even if Face Selection is turned ON in Selection Options, the tool fails to select in the interior of surfaces.
• Face Selection doesn’t support selection of shells.
• Crash: Untrim with Fit curve history.
• Crash: Reverse Curve after Fit Curve.
• Crash: Right mouse button Zoom in Object Based Tumble mode.
• Horizontal drag to twist works incorrectly in Object Based Tumble mode.
• Crash: Align with Vector and move boundary CVs.
• Curve Continuity with Information Window displays null rather than actual value.
• Crash: Unload and reload the Smooth tool in the Plug-in manager, then double-click the Smooth tool icon to see its option window.
• Camera will not Zoom unless it is first twisted or panned.
• Object Lister crashes during drag-and-drop.
• Unchecking the Create Flange check box does not remove the flange in the Fillet Flange and Tube Flange tools.
• Knee Ratio doesn’t work in the Fillet tool.
• Help > Report a Problem points to the Beta report problem location.
• Crash: Change surface side or gap side in the Panel Gap tool.
• Paint: Brush Preview is missing.
• Sometimes it is hard to select arrows in the Extend tool.
• The performance of LookAt for large models is slow.
• Hotkeys are not recognized if there are no modeling windows present.
• After creating a New stage, Visual State Shade settings cannot be applied on the model.
• Crash: Step forward/backward from the Fit curve tool in the Command Stepper (Mac).
• Show/Hide invisible icon in the SBD window disappears after resizing the SBD window.
• Turning on Bezier Surfaces in the Tube Flange tool creates multiple span surfaces.

Others

• Both Win32 and Win64 Alias now support SolidWorks 2010 and 2011 Part and Assembly files.
• Alias 2012 Service Pack 1 Mac edition now supports Mac OSX Lion (10.7).
• Alias 2012 Service Pack 1 Mac edition also includes Sketchbook Designer Service Pack 1.

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• You must have administrator privileges on your local machine.
• Autodesk Alias 2012 must be installed.

To install Alias Service Pack 1 on Windows

1. Download Service Pack 1 to a temporary directory on the workstation.
2. Extract it to the temporary directory.
3. Double-click to install Service Pack 1.

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• You must have administrator privileges on your local machine.
• Note: No Service Pack 1 patch is available for Mac. It is a full install.

To install Alias Service Pack 1 on Mac

1. Uninstall Alias 2012, if previously installed.
2. Download Service Pack 1 to a temporary directory on the workstation.
3. Extract it to the temporary directory.
4. Double-click to install Alias 2012 with Service Pack 1, selecting the relevant options.

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Autodesk, AutoCAD, Alias, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other Countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Third-Party Copyright and Program Credits

2009 Acresso Software Inc., and/or InstallShield Co. Inc

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Copyright ^© 2011 Autodesk, Inc.