Use this procedure if you want to use Communication Center to apply this service pack through your local network.

To apply this service pack through Communication Center using local patch list functionality

1. On a machine that has AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 installed, install the CAD Manager Tools 4.0. To install the CAD Manager Tools 4.0, insert the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 product media and select Install Tools and Utilities. On the Welcome screen click Next. On the Select Products To Install page select CAD Manager Tools 4.0.

   NOTE: The service pack should not be installed on this machine.

2. On a shared location, create a folder where the patches will be downloaded to (example: \\servername\shared_folder_location\ ).
3. Click Start > Programs > Autodesk > CAD Manager Tools > CAD Manager Control Utility.
4. Select AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 from the drop-down list and click OK.
5. On the Info Center tab, under Communication Center Panel, select Enable Live updates. From the drop-down list, select Receive Live Updates from Local Network.
6. Select Browse and browse to the previously created shared location (example: \\servername\shared_folder_location\ ).
7. Select Manage Patches. This option will connect with the Autodesk servers and allow you to download any available patches for your current installation of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008.
8. Under Manage Patches you will see AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Packs listed. Select the service pack you want to apply. Under Action Type select Add To Patch Folder and select Update Patch Folder.
9. Under details you will see “downloaded to local patch folder on <time><date>".
10. Click Close.

    In AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008, ensure the Communication Center is configured. Once it is configured you will see that a Live Update Maintenance Patch is available.
    

The following two methods of distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 2 apply only to administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Network Installation wizard. After you complete these procedures, any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 will have the service pack applied to them automatically.

Warning: You cannot modify a deployment that already includes AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 1. Attempting to include AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 2 in a deployment that already has AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 SP1 merged to it will create and install an unstable version of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008. You must create a new deployment for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 2.

NOTE: In both of the following procedures, the service pack file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft Patch) file. You must extract that file from the executable file. To extract the MSP file from the executable, use the /e ("extract") switch.

To add AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 2 to a new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 administrative image

1. From the Autodesk Product Support website, download C3D2008_SP2.exe to your local computer.
2. On the Start menu (Windows), click Run. Enter the following information, and then click OK.

   <local drive>:\<patch name>\ /e <local drive>:\<patch name.msp>

3. From the installation media, select Create Deployment.
4. Select the location of your deployment and provide a name, and then click Next.
5. Select the products you would like to install, and then click Next.
6. On the Configure page, select the Configure button to customize the deployment.
7. Continue with the customizations of the deployment. On the Include Service Packs page, use the ellipses button to browse to the location of the MSP file that was downloaded and extracted from the executable file.
8. Select the merge installation of the service pack option. Merging the installation installs both Civil 3D and the service pack during the product installation.

NOTE: You must select the "Merge the service packs into the administrative image MSI file" method of including the service pack. Do not select the option to append the administrative image because that method will not include the service pack in the installation.

9. Complete the customizations and select Configuration Complete, then select Create Deployment.

Pipes

• An issue with referenced pipe and structure objects not being created on the correct layer has been resolved.
• Editing a pipe network while interacting with Prospector or the panorama window no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly when you exit the dialog box.

Points

Issues Resolved in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Service Pack 1

This Service Pack resolves the following issues:

• Several issues that prevented the AUDIT command from working properly have been resolved. However, it is recommended that you use the File>Drawing Utilities>Recover command in situations where you need to recover a corrupt drawing.
• Changing the scale in a drawing that does not have units set to feet or meters no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Exporting a data shortcut file to a read-only folder no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Using real time zoom and pan while working with data shortcuts no longer causes the program to become unresponsive.
• An issue with the Drape Image dialog box has been resolved. The dialog box now displays the default image and surface values.
• Saving a new .dwt file after using the drag and drop functionality to copy band styles no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Sorting label styles in the object list view no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Using the aeccxland portion of COM API no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly when exiting the software.
• Several issues involving memory leaks have been resolved.

Alignments

• When you are creating an alignment using the Alignment Layout toolbar, you can change the curve settings and then continue creating the alignment. Previously, if you changed the curve settings you had to restart the alignment layout and insert a curve at the PI location.
• An issue with the scroll bar on the Superelevation tab of the Alignment Properties dialog box has been resolved. Previously, you could not scroll to view parameters.
• Moving a label on an alignment that has been reversed, or moving a reversed alignment to a new site no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Reversing an alignment that has been imported with the Import LandXML command no longer breaks the alignment geometry. This situation occurred for alignments that contained spirals.
• The API has been updated to include AeccAlignmentsSiteless::AddFromPolyline. You can use this to add an alignment outside of a site from a polyline.
• Moving an alignment to Site <None> in the Move To Site dialog box no longer prevents you from being able to reopen the drawing.

Plans Production

• Creating sheets into a single new drawing no longer creates duplicate empty sites.
• Xrefs to plan sets from sheet drawings now use a relative path.
• The View Frames Name template now accepts more than 128 characters.

Grading and Feature Lines

• Using the Fit Curve command on a rectangular feature line no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Grading from a smoothed feature line no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Using the Join command on polylines that are connected end to end and in separate sites no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Using grip edits on a grading that has other gradings attached to its daylight line now responds correctly. Previously, when the start or end of the grading wasn't at the start or end of the feature line, it sometimes snapped to a corner.
• An issue that caused a grading to be incomplete has been resolved. Previously, attempting to grade past the radius would not work in situations where the adjacent segments were not tangent.
• Grading surfaces now update as expected when the source grading object is edited. Previously, the grading surface and the profile did not update if you edited the grading, even though the grading surface had the "Rebuild Automatic" setting turned on.
• Grading from a spline feature line now works as expected. However, with drawings created in a previous version of AutoCAD Civil 3D it may be necessary to recalculate the spline before you attempt to grade. To recalculate the spline, use the MOVE command to move the feature line with a displacement of 0.0,0.0,0.0.
• When grading to the outside of a feature line, editing the grade-to-surface criteria to 5:1 has been resolved and no longer causes the program to become unresponsive.
• Undoing a grading edit no longer causes an adjacent non-intersecting grading to be erased.
• Daylight lines are now created correctly along the inside arc in a transition.
• An issue with grip editing a grading that has other gradings attached to its daylight line has been resolved. Previously, the daylight line would disappear and the program would close unexpectedly.
• An issue with an elevation point on a transition creating an incorrect slope has been resolved. Previously, the slope at the elevation point was steeper than the gradings on either side.
• You cannot use the Join command to connect feature lines from different sites. Previously, attempting this would cause the program to close unexpectedly. A message is now displayed that the survey figure does not connect and cannot be joined.
• A feature line crossing a grading no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
  

Labels

• To select a parcel segment label, you can click the label. Previously you had to use CTRL-Click to select parcel segment labels.
• Station elevation profile view labels now show station equation values. Previously, profile view labels only displayed raw station values.
• Arc labels no longer report a negative value for external tangents when the delta angle is greater than 180 degrees.
• Labels now retain their original dragged positions when you open a drawing in earlier versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Profile grade break labels in drawings created in a previous release now retain their overrides when using AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008.
• General labels are now created on the specified layer.
• Delta angles are now labeled with the correct value. Previously, only half the value of the delta angle was displayed in the label.
• Match Line labels now display sheet numbers correctly when a Sheet set file (.DST) is not in its original location.

• An issue with alignment geometry point label station numbers has been resolved. The correct values are now displayed.

• An issue with the Dragged State Components Display control in the Dragged State Tab (Label Style Composer dialog box) has been resolved. Previously, when set to As Composed, when you dragged a label from its insertion point, the leader would move but the label remained in its original location.
  

Parcels

• Parcel lot line labels and feature line labels now report the correct external tangent value. Lot line and feature line labels no longer report a negative value for external tangents when the delta angle is greater than 180 degrees.
  
• Parcel curve tables now report the correct value for external tangents.
• Using the Recover command on drawings with multiple sites that contain large numbers of parcels now returns the expected results.
• Using the RemoveAlignmentsFromSite command no longer corrupts alignment and profile data.
• Using the Slide Angle - Create and Slide Direction - Create options to divide parcels no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• An issue with using the Offset command on a parcel face has been resolved. Previously, there were situations where the offset did not work if the adjacent segments were not tangent.
  

Profiles and Profile Views

• In the Profile View wizard, selecting a different alignment on the General page correctly updates the Data Bands page. Previously, if you changed the alignment on the General page, the Data Band properties did not update and you would have incorrect data when you created the profile view.
• Moving an alignment to another site no longer causes the profiles to disappear.
• The program no longer closes unexpectedly when you enter a value in the Profile Layout Parameters and then click the Expand button.
• When using the Create Profile by Layout command, you can now change the curve settings and then continue to create the profile.
• An issue with the Import Band Set control in the Bands Tab of the Profile View Properties dialog box has been resolved. Previously, the band set referred to the original alignment instead of the alignment for the current profile view.
• If the split profile option is specified, but is not necessary because the profile view does not contain multiple profiles, the main style is applied to draw the profile view.
• Profile and section view labels now display accurate horizontal and vertical scale factor values.
• In the Profile View Properties dialog box, on the Bands tab, the Profile1 and Profile2 fields for Sectional data bands are now enabled to allow you to change the profile to read another surface.
• When using the Profile Station Elevation transparent command with the Create Profile by Layout command, you can now input a station entry of 0.0000.
  

• In the item list view, using the shortcut menu to lock and unlock points no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Transferring points now returns the expected results. Previously, transferring large numbers of points returned an incomplete point file and caused the program to become unresponsive.
• Using circular grips to move point labels no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Using grip edits on points in a point group that is on a locked layer no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly. As a best practice, it is recommended that all point groups be on layer 0.
• Dragging a point label off a point marker that has a scale applied to it now returns the expected results.
• Point style options have been updated and now include the category "Leader Stops At Marker." This option allows you to set the leader to extend from either the center or the outer edge of the marker.
• When you import points with description keys, the points are now inserted on the correct layer. Previously, all points were inserted on Layer 0.
• Point elevations in Xdrefs are now correctly used for surface data. The elevations are no longer controlled by the point group display order.
  

Cross Section Views

• Cross sections created by referencing a surface through an Xref are now functioning properly. Previously, in the Sample Line Group, deleting a sampled source did not remove the sections from the group.
• Sections created from an Xref now contain the correct data in the Band settings and elevations.
• The Import Band Set command now refers to the sample line for the current section view. Previously, the Import Band Set command would refer to the original sample line.
• Section view major grid labels created in the previous version of AutoCAD Civil 3D now contain the correct data when opened in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008.

Survey

• Offset figures now display the correct elevations.
  
• An issue with figure prefixes not matching figure names has been resolved. Previously, if you had duplicate named sets of figures using the same prefix layer, only one figure would be assigned the correct layer. The other figures would be assigned to layer 0.
  
• Survey network names and survey group names are limited to 128 characters.
• The program no longer closes unexpectedly when a traverse is deleted while the Traverse Editor is open or hidden.
• In the Survey Command window, the commands from the View menu now work as expected.
• Importing and exporting field book files multiple times no longer corrupts the backsight observation.
• Using the Figures - C3 curve command now derives elevations from the second point.
• Re-opening a drawing with survey data that has been edited no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Editing points in the Survey Point Editor no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• The program no longer closes unexpectedly when you use the item list view to attempt to make changes to a figure that is in the drawing.
• Using the Import Survey LandXML command no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Modifying a figure using the angle option no longer causes the program to become unresponsive.
• Changing the status of a figure breakline or lot line in the list view or in the figure properties no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• When you export a field book the bearing angle types are no longer converted to radians.
• The multi-select option now works when adding points to survey point groups.
• Using the Least Squares Analysis command no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• The Flatten Figure to Elevation and Exaggerate Figure Elevations by Scale Factor options on the Geometry tab of the Figure Styles dialog box now return the expected results.
• When you use the Modify Figure > Begin New Figure command, the figure is now drawn in the correct direction. Previously, the bearing prompt was using an offset from the x axis instead of from the y axis.
• An issue with running ActiveX scripts using the survey API has been resolved. Previously, the script was interrupted by a blank error dialog box. The dialog contained no error message but contained an OK button which when clicked would result in the resumption of the script. The ActiveX scripts now work as expected.
• LandXML Control Point coordinates are now accepted as the first occupied point. Previously, performing a traverse analysis with the Traverse Analysis dialog box resulted in an error message that the occupied point did not have known coordinates.
• Importing LandXML data no longer creates multiple instances of the same point number.

• Moving a grading object that has the 'Automatic Surface Creation' option selected, and then using the Create Detached Surface command to create a detached surface from that grading object no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Using the Water Drop command no longer causes the program to become unresponsive or close unexpectedly.
• Creating a Surface Range volume analysis on the Analysis tab of the Surface Properties dialog box now returns the expected results.
• An issue was resolved for text objects with different alignment properties. Previously, in some situations, when these text objects were added to a Surface Definition, the surface did not build correctly.
• An issue with importing DEM extents on a TIN surface that was created using a DEM as source data has been resolved. Previously, the polyline did not line up with the DEM.
• When defining a User Defined Contour analysis on the Analysis tab of the Surface Properties dialog box, editing the elevation of the contour you have selected to 0 no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.
• Previously, when adding Drawing Objects > Text to a surface definition, you could only use MTEXT objects. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 now also reads TEXT and DTEXT objects.
• Contour line labels now orient to international standards as expected.
• 3D exaggeration settings for surfaces as defined in the surface style are now applied consistently with other objects. Previously, if you exaggerated the elevations for surfaces to the same factor as points, for example, they would not appear at the same elevation when examined in a three-dimensional view.
• Erasing a surface or rebuilding a surface no longer causes the program to close unexpectedly.

Tables

• Creating an entity segment table using the Multiple Selection option displays the expected results. Previously, when you saved and closed the drawing the table data was lost.
• Selecting a split table now selects all split tables in the drawing. When you select a split table, right-click, and then select the Split Table command, all split tables in the drawing are combined as expected.
• Issues with table-related commands have been resolved. Previously, the EditParceltagNumbers command, the RemoveTableSelSetByLStyle command, and the "Pick On Screen" option in the Parcel Line/Curve table creation dialog box did not function as expected.
• An issue with changing the Starting Number in the Renumber Tags dialog box has been resolved.
• Label Properties now display as expected in the Object Property Manager when using Windows 2000.

General Updates in the AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 Service Pack 1

SHP Files

Plotting

General Issues

AutoCAD Blocks

Style Editor

Oracle Connections

API Users

64-Bit

• vl-arx-import now functions for namespaces separate from VLX
• i-Drop is operating correctly

Annotation Scaling

• When dragging and dropping a named view from the style sheet manager to the host drawing, the annotation scaling features work properly
• Custom scales which exist in the nested xrefs are no longer duplicated in the host drawing
• Blocks in the Tool Palettes created from the DesignCenter annotative drawings are now annotative

Attributes

• Multiline attributes no longer shift positions every time drawings are saved and opened
• The Value field for an attribute definition may now be modified in the Property Palette

Blocks

• The Y-scale factor of inserted blocks is now scaled accurately

• The Communication Center is now enabled by default

• The dashboard panel configuration is now maintained throughout different workspaces and user sessions

Data Extraction

• All dynamic block properties are now correctly extracted

Dimensions

• Radial extension arcs may now be disabled, restoring the ability to dimension small radii
• The In-Place dimension text editor size is now correct
• Round-off dimension values now appear correctly
• Dimension breaks no longer cause AutoCAD to hang

Display

• Linetypes now always display properly after zooming operations

DWG

• Copy/paste now works in the drawings saved as 2000 and then resaved in AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005, or AutoCAD 2006

E-Transmit

• AutoCAD 2000 and Release 14 file formats are preserved while using ETRANSMIT with the "Keep existing drawing file formats" setting enabled

Fields

• Drawing name field now always plots correctly

Hatch

• The BHATCH command boundary detection mechanism has been improved

Image

• Image frames are no longer plotted or displayed when IMAGEFRAME is set to 0

Layouts

• The ampersand character ("&") may now be entered on the Layout tab

Multileader

• The location of attributes in multileader block is no longer off-center
• Multileader text no longer unexpectedly rotates
• Multileader attributes are no longer off-center in a rotated UCS

MText

• MText tabs are now saved correctly to the older DWG formats
• Certain Japanese characters are displayed correctly
• Portuguese (Iberian and Brazilian) dictionaries now have accented capital letters

Open/Save

• If multiple drawings are opened in Explorer, only a single instance of AutoCAD containing those drawings will launch

Object Snap

• Object snaps now work correctly in blocks

PDF Export

• Raster images now plot correctly to PDF

Performance Tuner

• If there are no new drivers, the "New Driver" bubble does not appear

Plot

• Plotting performance of rotated MrSID images is improved

Tables

• Data linked cell formatting is now correct
• Excel formatting is kept when the paste special (PASTESPEC) command is used

Tool Palette

• Icons are no longer truncated

Visual Styles

• Erroneous lines and display artifacts no longer show up after multiple zooming operations

XREF

• Drawings with long reference paths are referenced properly

Known Issues With This Service Pack

• Problem: After applying the Service Pack 1, all dashboard control panels are displayed regardless of the selected workspace.
  Workaround: Make the desired workspace current.

AutoCAD 2008 Issues Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

• .NET API
• 2D Display
• 3D Display
• 3D Navigation
• Annotation Scaling
• Attributes
• Blocks
• Copy and Paste
• Customer Involvement Program
• Dashboard
• Design Center
• Dimensions
• DWF Creation
• eTransmit
• External References
• File Navigation
• Hatches
• Hide
• Images
• Infocenter
• Layers
• Layouts
• Lights
• Materials
• Multileaders
• Multiline Text
• Object Editing
• Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
• Open, Save, and Close
• Options
• Object Snap
• Plot
• Properties Palette
• Publish
• Random Crashes
• Recover
• Render
• Selection
• Sheet Set Manager
• Standards
• Tables
• Text
• Tool Palettes
• Tooltips
• Trim
• Undo and Redo
• Viewports
• Visual Lisp