Thank you for downloading AutoCAD^® 2014 and AutoCAD LT^® 2014 for Mac^® Service Pack 1

This update resolves compatibility issues on the new Mac OS X Mavericks, as well as the issues that have been reported while using the software on the latest versions of Mac OS X Mountain Lion. It also resolves problems reported by the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility and other general problems identified after AutoCAD 2014 for Mac and AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac was made available.

Contents

• Primary Issues Resolved by This Service Pack
  • Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility
  • General Service Pack Updates
• Enhancement: Reset AutoCAD when startup
• Installation Instructions for AutoCAD
  • Apply This Service Pack
  • Uninstall This Service Pack
• Installation Instructions for AutoCAD LT
  • Apply This Service Pack
  • Uninstall This Service Pack

• Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility
• General Service Pack Updates

As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made to the following features:

Block

• Crash when making blocks in some situation.

Copy/paste

• Crash when copy/paste in some drawings.

Drafting

• Random crash during drawing and editing.

Startup

• Crash at startup due to some user profiles missing.
• Random crash at startup when getting the Displcay Card infomation.

View

• Crash when click the viewport control label.

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The following general changes and improvements have been made:

AutoCAD LT

• Align command missing in LT.

Image

• Image underlay shows twisted or white/black bands when zooming in canvas.

License

• Cannot activate AutoCAD with some suite serial number, like Education Master suite serial number.

Other

• System animation(scrolling or switching desktop) glitches after force quit AutoCAD in some situation.
• Typo in lynda.com link in AutoCAD.
• Mis-use of Lucida Grande font.

Plot

• AutoCAD hangs when plotting drawings in some situation.
• Plot stamp now shows the system time on local machine.
• Image underlay is not fully displayed in plotted result.

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Now you can Reset AutoCAD at startup by holding Shift+click AutoCAD(or AutoCAD LT) icon. This helps in the case when you cannot start AutoCAD normally.

• Apply This Service Pack
• Uninstall This Service Pack

This Service Pack 1 can be patched direclty on AutoCAD 2014 for Mac original version and AutoCAD 2014 for Mac with SP1 Beta1/Beta2/Beta3.

To install AutoCAD 2014 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:

1. Close all Autodesk applications before you begin to install the update.
2. Double-click AutoCAD2014SP1.dmg to mount the volume.
3. Double-click AutoCAD2014SP1.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. Launch AutoCAD for Mac after the installation has completed.
6. At the command prompt, type _vernum and press Enter to verify the update was installed successfully. The version number should be "I.18.M.314".

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This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall this update, do the following:

1. Close AutoCAD for Mac.
2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD 2014 and double-click Remove AutoCAD.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Reinstall AutoCAD for Mac from the original product media or download.

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• Apply This Service Pack
• Uninstall This Service Pack

This Service Pack 1 can be patched direclty on AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac original version and AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac with SP1 Beta1/Beta2/Beta3.

To install AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac Service Pack 1, do the following:

1. Close all Autodesk applications before you begin to install the update.
2. Double-click AutoCADLT2014SP1.dmg to mount the volume.
3. Double-click AutoCADLT2014SP1.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. Launch AutoCAD LT for Mac after the installation has completed.
6. At the command prompt, type _vernum and press Enter to verify the update was installed. The version number should be "I.18.M.314".

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This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall this update, do the following:

1. Close AutoCAD LT for Mac.
2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD LT 2014 and double-click Remove AutoCAD LT.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Reinstall AutoCAD LT for Mac from the original product media or download.

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We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Their reports gave us the opportunity to improve the product and to provide you with the best solution in general design and drafting. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback regarding this release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Product Team

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