Autodesk® Alias® Automotive 2013

Autodesk® Alias® Surface 2013

Autodesk® Alias® Design 2013

Service Pack 1

July 20, 2012

Release Notes - Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, this Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Alias 2013 fixes or addresses a variety of issues. This file highlights how to install the service pack and what has been fixed.

Contents

Summary of Issues Addressed by this Service Pack
Instillation Instructions
Legal Notice

Summary of Issues Addressed by this Service Pack

The following list contains descriptions for issues fixed in this Service Pack. For your convenience, the list is separated into distinct feature areas.

Modeling

Transform CV requires two clicks on the hot spot icon to make it work correctly.
Offset of certain surfaces could cause Alias to crash.
The Duplicate Mirror command incorrectly flips the surface normal of an object when it is duplicated across a plane.
When working with the Symmetry option in the Skin tool, selecting a symmetric curve or surface edge could cause Alias to crash.
Fillet Flange and Tube Flange can be very slow when working with a large number of curves, especially when zoomed in close to the model.
Setting the Fillet Tool to Multiple Surfaces mode, with the Interior Edge Align option set to Free and Start and/or End Edge Align set to Edge Align, could cause Alias to crash.
In Draft, Fillet Flange, Tube Flange, Tubular Offset, and Profile Blend tool, Chain Select option sometimes fails to correctly update.
It is not possible to pick curves when using the Picked Vector option in the MS Draft tool.
Shift-clicking on a CV while in the MS Draft tool could cause Alias to crash.
The Profile tool produces surfaces with interior multiple knots that are not at full multiplicity.
The Span/Degree parameter of curves/surfaces which are used to generate Profile surfaces cannot be modified.
In the Profile tool, the 'Maximum Spans' option is not working.
Unify Normals does not respect surface normal changes.

User Interface

Selected reference geometry’s highlight color is incorrect.
If the Confirm box is open, mousing down and moving in the Confirm box anywhere other than the window frame or confirm buttons could cause Alias to crash.
If the Hotkeys/Menu Editor is open, and you drag a tool to any Shelf, the expand state of the title blocks will get mixed up.
If you have established an interior attachment at the bottom of the main Alias window (for example shift-snapping the Shelf to the bottom), selection of the currently active modeling view will be wrong.

Data Organize

Alias could become unstable if there are more than 256 layers and you perform layer operations.
If the Object Lister is opened during a file New, Retrieve, or Delete All, Alias may crash.
The opened state of the Embedded Object Lister was not being remembered between sessions of Alias.
When the Embedded option in the Object Lister's option box is selected, the Object Lister is embedded on the left side. However if you shift-snap a window (for example Palette) to the left inside of the main Alias window, the Object Lister will never close.
When the Object Lister is along the right border of the screen, the color picker window may expand beyond the screen area.
Sometimes you need to click Bookmark twice to make it work properly.
Window Title was not correctly updating after a Stage was renamed via the API.

Direct-Connects

Catia Export fails if there are any Surface-Points and Cos-Points in the scene.
The ALIAS_PREFS_LOCATION Environment Variable is not being correctly respected when the securityInfo.txt file is written by Alias.

Data Import/Export

Meshes exported to EDF do not properly retain their location/size.

Render

When you switch stages in Alias, the current Shader will incorrectly change to default Shader.
If the Shader Editor is left open on exit, but the Multi-Lister is not open; any subsequent launch of Alias will crash while attempting to open the Shader Editor.

Miscellaneous

Implement the UI option(s) to Enable/Disable reading of ProE construction data.
Mcheck tool: Add an option that allows user to specify the deletion of locators after the completion of a check; it will greatly improve performance after the checking is completed. (But it won't improve the speed of the check itself.)

Installation Instructions - Windows

You must have administrator privileges on your local machine.
Autodesk Alias 2013 must be installed.
This Service Pack should be compatible with any or all previous released HotFixes for the Alias 2013 products.

To install the Alias Service Pack 1 on Windows

1. Download the Service Pack 1 to a temporary directory on the workstation.

2. Double-click to install the Service Pack 1

3. The Windows SP1 Patch installer will "loop" through the install process several times, once for the Alias 2013 Core Software, and once for each of the Alias 2013 (Automotive, Surface, Design) Personalities present on the client system. You will be required to click on "Install" once, for each of those loops, as applicable.

Installation Instructions - Mac

You must have administrator privileges on your local machine.
Note: No SP1 patch is available for Mac; it will be a full install.

To install the Alias 2013 with Service Pack 1 on Mac

1. Uninstall Alias 2013 build if previously installed.

2. Download the Service Pack 1 build to a temporary directory on the workstation; or insert the Alias installation media into the drive of your computer.

3. Double-click the Alias 2013 icon with the folder to begin the installation process.

4. Install the Alias 2013 with Service Pack 1 selecting the relevant options.

Legal Notice

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