Thank you for downloading AutoCAD® Mechanical 2011 Update 2
This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this update. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you apply this update to your product. For reference, you should save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.
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You can apply this update to the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct update for your software.
NOTE: You must have Update 1 installed, before installing Update 2.
www.autodesk.com/support/AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Update 1
You can also use Communication Center to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct update for your product.
32-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2011
AutoCAD Inventor® Professional Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Routed Systems Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Tooling Suite 2011 |
acm2011update2.exe |
64-bit Product |
Update |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2011
AutoCAD Inventor Professional Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Routed Systems Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Suite 2011 AutoCAD Inventor Tooling Suite 2011 |
acm2011update2x64.exe |
You can use this update with the following operating systems below.
Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) of the following:
Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2) of the following:
The following Windows® 7 operating systems:
If you apply this update while you are running AutoCAD Mechanical, do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, close AutoCAD Mechanical manually, and press "Ignore" at the prompt. It is recommended that you reboot your system after installing the update.
As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
Update 1
Update 2
This update also includes AutoCAD 2011 Update 2. For information on the issues addressed by AutoCAD 2011 Update 2 please refer to the Readme on the AutoCAD 2011 Update 2 page of the AutoCAD Services and Support website.
The following issues have been addressed by AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Update 2:
Dimensioning
Update 1
- Fit symbol does not display correctly after exiting the dimension in-place editor.
- "Apply to" button in the dimension in-place editor does not work correctly for tolerance value.
- Inability to add chamfer dimension while creating a chamfer using AMCHAM2D.
- Tolerance and fit in dimension value does not switch according to the Fit and Tolerance button in the dimension in-place editor.
- Visibility of the Fit and Tolerance preview in the dimension in-place editor is not good.
- AMPOWERDIM_JOG ignores the value of DIMJOGANG setting.
- MATCHPROP does not work correctly for tolerance value; the tolerance changes back to original after a poweredit.
- Dimension break does not show up for some drawings when a surface texture symbol is attached to dimension.
- In the dimension in-place editor, diameter symbol does not display if additional text is entered into the primary dimension value.
Update 2
- Fatal error occurs during grip editing of power dimensions.
- 'Copy From' and 'Apply To' functions do not work when tolerance suppress leading and trailing zero is set to ON.
- Matchprop changes the value of the target dimension.
- When selected, angle power dimension does not update during dimension edit in contextual tab.
Bill of Materials (BOM), Parts List and Balloons
Update 1
- It is not possible to amend a balloon item number starting with zero.
- After inserting few instances of block with part references, inserting new instances adds new rows to the parts list instead of incrementing the quantity of the corresponding item.
Update 2
- Fatal error when creating balloons in some drawings with xrefs.
- Missing BOM items in some AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 drawings.
- Merge items is not possible after selecting all items in the BOM.
- Application stops responding if AMBOM is run before a bind operation in xref.
Symbols
Update 1
- Some surface texture symbols attached to dimension lines do not display correctly after a MOVE operation.
- Fatal error occurs during grip editing of leader note with multiple leaders.
- Base point of leader note gets shifted while moving the intersection grip point of multiple leaders.
- Wrong order of surface texture symbols when majority symbol option is used.
- In some language versions of AutoCAD Mechanical 2011, "E" and "B" fields in Surface Texture dialog do not show correct font.
- It is not possible to drag the intersection grip point of symbols with multiple leaders.
- Missing node in first leader when adding a secondary leader to welding symbol.
- "Shift+F" does not work for symbol leaders if main acadm.cuix file is changed to custom cuix file in AMOPTIONS.
Update 2
- Arrowhead of leader note cannot be stretched if Show reference line option is set to off.
- The position of feature control frame symbol shifts in position after a MOVE command.
- The gap distance between the text and landing line of the leader note does not obey the model scale value set in Options.
- Middle of Top Line leader justification in AMNOTE does not work correctly.
- Slow performance in selecting large number of symbols.
- Position of symbols changes after a REFEDIT and REFCLOSE.
Detail View
Update 1
- Detail view in viewport shows the wrong scale if it is created with "Viewport of copy in layout" option.
- Error 5003 encountered while creating detail views in some drawings.
- Dimensions on exploded detail view show incorrect values.
Inventor link
Update 1
- For some inventor linked parts, thread hole information does not display in leader note.
Custom content
Update 1
- Component properties in Bill of Materials appears as numeric even when the corresponding column type is already set to Text in the content family table.
- German text string does not display correctly in Content Manager.
Standard Content
Update 1
- Size of inserted roller bearing is different from the value specified.
- Centerline overshoot of standard holes does not get scaled after COPYCLIP and PASTEBLOCK of the hole.
- It is not possible to create Top and Front view for "JIS B 1301 - 8x7x80" Parallel Key.
- Size of geometry inside a screw connection does not correspond to the cursor position during dynamic dragging.
Update 2
- L-Profile cannot be moved by grip point after 90 degree rotation.
- Inserted lock washer changes orientation after a poweredit.
- NND value in JIS B 2023 pipe thread does not match the value in the JIS Standard.
Structure
Update 2
- Information in browser is lost after updating and reloading external reference for a second time.
Hide Situations
Update 2
- Hide situations with more than 2 elements is lost after copy and paste to another drawing.
- Selection problem when trying to add new objects to another level.
Other Issues
Update 1
- Fatal error in opening certain drawings from older releases of AutoCAD Mechanical.
- Polar array for standard content does not work if "Rotate items as copied" option is unchecked.
- In some drawings, fatal error occurs after exiting the block editor.
- Block entities cannot be selected after exploding.
- In some instances, preview of array does not show up consistently.
- During block reference edit, fatal error occurs in the Property palette if you attempt to change properties of an object that is not part of the block reference.
- UNISOLATEOBJECTS does not work for standard content.
- SELECTIONCYCLING does not work correctly in some situations.
- Fatal error occurs while creating construction lines in some drawings.
- Extra points appear after editing block references containing standard holes in block editor.
- Errors encountered in some templates when used in AutoCAD Mechanical File Migration Utility.
- AutoCAD Mechanical File Migration Utility does not work with some templates in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
- Fatal error occurs when changing the scale of viewport using the status bar viewport scale.
- DXFOUT default format is DWG instead of DXF.
Update 2
- ESC key does not un-select objects after leaving AutoCAD Mechanical in zero document state for some time.
- API: Unable to assign data to McadBOMItem in drawing created from AutoCAD Mechanical 2008.
- Drawings saved from previous releases cannot be opened.
- Fatal error when performing STEPOUT on some drawings.
- Matchprop does not work correctly on dimensions in some old drawings.
- Dynamic input prompt momentarily appears and disappears.
- Fatal error occurs when using some old template as default standard template.
- Fatal error occurs when opening some drawing and DXF files.
- Incorrect font appears when template is set as default template in QNEW.
- Block saving dialog prompt appears at BCLOSE even after a BSAVE has been executed.
- Drawing file size changes after a DXF creation.
- Cannot create construction lines in viewport.
- Inconsistent hatch behavior during stretching of some objects.
Before you install this update, note the following:
Back Up Custom Files
It is recommended that you back up all custom CUI, MNR, and MNL files before you apply this update.
Administrative Privileges
During installation, you will be prompted for the original installation media or a network image. In order to apply this update, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.
Network Deployment
Administrators can deploy this update over a network using the Deployment Wizard.
About Your Product
After you install, product information displays in the About dialog box.
Reboot
After you install, it is recommended to reboot your system even if not prompted.
The following Microsoft Windows command line switches are built into this update:
Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the installation procedures that follow.
Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.
You can use InfoCenter to apply this update through your local network. Detailed instructions on how to set up patching through your local network are listed in the InfoCenter tab of the CAD Manager Control Utility Help.
Note: You can install the CAD Manager Control Utility from the product installation media. Select Install Tools and Utilities and then select Autodesk CAD Manager Tools.
NOTE: Update 2 cannot be deployed through an administrative image. You can apply update 2 at the workstation as long as it is already patched to Update 1.
Windows XP
Windows Vista and Windows 7
This update also includes AutoCAD 2011 Update 2. For information on files patched by AutoCAD 2011 Update 2, please refer to the Readme on the AutoCAD 2011 Update 2 page of the AutoCAD Services and Support website.
The following files are patched by AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Update 2:
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