Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2015 Geolocation Online Map Hotfix
This hotfix fixes the issue where the Online
Map stopped displaying since October 29th, 2014.
Description of Problem
The Geolocation online map provided by Bing® stopped downloading
on October 29th, 2014, when Bing changed its server-side connection protocol.
This hotfix ensures that the connection protocols are
compatible with the protocols currently used by the Bing servers. After
applying this hotfix, the online map correctly downloads and displays in
Autodesk AutoCAD 2015.
Affected Products
Installation Instructions
To install this Hotfix
You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft® Windows® operating system to complete the installation process.
This installation process requires you to modify an installed product, which may cause Windows security warnings to appear. For all Windows security warnings that appear during installation, click Continue.
We recommend that you update your Autodesk applications with
the latest service packs or updates.
1. Close all software
applications.
2. Navigate to the
folder where your Autodesk product is installed.
For AutoCAD
2015: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD
2015
3. Right-click AcGeoLocationUI.arx and click Properties.
4. Click the Versions tab and verify the file version.
5. Right-click AcGeoLocationUI.arx. Rename it as AcGeoLocationUI.bak,
6. Download the Hotfix to a location on your
local computer.
7. Extract the downloaded zip file.
8. Copy the extracted file (AcGeoLocationUI.arx) from step 7
(from the x86 or x64 sub-folder) depending on whether you have 32-bit or 64-bit
software) to your product installation folder i.e. to the folder specified in
step 2.
9. Repeat steps 3 and 4 and verify that the file version of AcGeoLocationUI.arx is 20.0.210.3 or greater.
To remove this Hotfix
1. Close all software applications.
For AutoCAD 2015: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015