Thank you for downloading Autodesk AutoCAD® Electrical 2015 Service Pack 1
This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of the Service Pack. We strongly recommend that you read the entire document before you apply the Service Pack to your product. For reference, you save or print this document.
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You can apply this Service Pack to the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct Service Pack for your software.
32-bit Product |
Service Pack |
Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2015 | Ace2015_SWL_SP1.exe |
64-bit Product |
Service Pack |
Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2015 | Ace2015_SWL_SP1_x64.exe |
This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD Electrical 2015 installed as a standalone application as well as AutoCAD Electrical 2015 installed from Autodesk Product Design Suite 2015.
As a result of the detailed information that we received from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, several problems were identified and fixed. This service pack also includes problems fixed by Autodesk AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 1. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
Project Manager
- Occasional crashes when loading, switching, opening and closing projects in Project Manager.
This service pack also includes Autodesk AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 1. The following defects have been fixed by AutoCAD Electrical 2015 Service Pack 1:
Migration Utility
- Certain catalog databases cannot be migrated successfully.
- Certain Pin List items are missing after migration.
Project Properties
- Lower case is not supported in the replaceable parameters in project and drawing properties.
Security Hotfix
- This Service Pack includes the Autodesk AutoCAD Security Hotfix. This Service Pack can be applied whether that security hotfix was originally applied to your system or not.
- If you have Autodesk ReCap 2015 installed together with AutoCAD Electrical 2015, please install Autodesk ReCap 2015 Hotfix 1 via Autodesk Application Manager.
Note: The Autodesk 360 (AdSync) patch will automatically be installed with the AutoCAD Electrical Service Pack.
As you prepare to install this Service Pack, keep the following in mind:
Back Up Custom Files
We recommend that you back up all custom CUIX, MNR, and MNL files before you apply this Service Pack.
Administrative Privileges
During installation, you will be prompted for the original installation media or a network image. To apply this Service Pack, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.
Network Deployment
Administrators can deploy this Service Pack over a network using the Deployment Wizard.
About Your Product
After you install the Service Pack, updated product information will display in the About dialog box.
Reboot
After you install this Service Pack, we recommend that you reboot your system even if you are not prompted.
The following Microsoft Windows command line switches are built into this Service Pack:
Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the installation procedures that follow.
Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on a single computer.
Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on multiple computers using your local network.
Note: Installation through your local network using the CAD Manager Control Utility is not supported for this Service Pack.
The following distribution method applies only to administrative images created with the Deployment wizard. After you complete these procedures, subsequent deployments of your product will include this Service Pack.
In all cases, append this Service Pack to the deployment. The only time it is appropriate to merge the Service Pack is if you intend to distribute the deployment through a group policy object.
The patch (Service Pack) file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft Patch) file, which you extract from the executable file using the /e (extract) switch.
<local_drive:>\<patch_name> /e <local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp
Note: The extraction of MSP from the service pack executable requires VC++ runtime redistributable 2012. Please make sure it is installed before extracting the MSP file.
Windows 7 / Windows 8
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 for everyone's benefit. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback regarding this release.
Respectfully,
The Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical Product Team
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