Thank you for downloading AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 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 the update to your product. For reference, you should save this readme 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.
You do not have to install Update 1 in order to install Update 2. This update includes Update 1.
32-bit Product |
Update |
AutoCAD 2009 | AutoCAD2009lockedSP2.exe |
AutoCAD LT 2009 | AutoCADLT2009lockedSP201.exe |
AutoCAD Revit® Architecture Suite 2009 1 | AutoCAD2009REVITS110SP2.exe 2 OR AutoCAD2009REVITS111SP2.exe
|
AutoCAD Revit® Structure Suite 2009 1 | AutoCAD2009REVSU60SP2.exe |
64-bit Product |
Update |
AutoCAD 2009 | AutoCAD2009lockedSP2x64.exe |
AutoCAD LT 2009 | AutoCADLT2009lockedSP2x64.exe |
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2009 1 | AutoCAD2009REVITS110SP2x64.exe 3 OR AutoCAD2009REVITS111SP2x64.exe
|
AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2009 1 | AutoCAD2009REVSU60SP2x64.exe |
1 Apply this update only if the installation includes AutoCAD 2009.
2 If this file does not update your product, apply AutoCAD2009REVITS111SP2.exe.
3 If this file does not update your product, apply AutoCAD2009REVITS111SP2x64.exe.
You can use this update with the following operating systems:
When you apply this update while running AutoCAD, it is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, close AutoCAD manually before you install this 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
The following defects have also been fixed:
3D Navigation Tools
Update 2
- When you use the ViewCube in some drawings, AutoCAD freezes.
.NET API
Update 1
- When a .NET function with a LispFunction attribute has the return type as object, an exception is thrown in AutoCAD.
Update 2
- If you create a wipeout object through .NET API, a fatal error may occur.
Annotation Scaling
Update 1
- A drawing that contains a large number of anonymous blocks and copies of annotative entities created in AutoCAD 2007 or an earlier release opens slowly in AutoCAD 2009.
- A scale is infinitely enumerated when you insert a drawing that contains the same scale as a block or an external reference (xref).
Update 2
- The scale of annotative text changes when you use LISP entmod() to change the properties of the annotative text.
Attributes
Update 1
- When you attempt to display a tooltip of a multiline text (mtext) attribute that contains 281 characters or more, AutoCAD crashes.
- When you move a block using an insertion grip, mtext attributes move incorrectly.
- When the default value of an mtext attribute in a block contains a field, you cannot edit the attribute text to replace the field with other data.
Update 2
- When a drawing contains xrefs, the -ATTEDIT command fails.
Autodesk Buzzsaw
Update 2
- In the File Navigation dialog box, when you use the Add a Buzzsaw location shortcut option, AutoCAD crashes.
Blocks
Update 1
- When you insert or redefine a block that contains attributes on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.
- When you change the scale of a block through the Properties Palette, an attribute displays incorrectly.
Update 2
- When you copy and paste a dynamic block, associative hatches do not work.
- After you redefine a block definition, associative hatches in dynamic blocks display incorrectly.
- When you open a drawing, a polyline in a block may have a very large width.
- After you open a drawing, some dynamic blocks lose their dynamic properties.
Data Extraction
Update 2
- Data Extraction cannot finish operations in some cases.
- The Data Extraction Combine Record Mode > Sum values option does not work correctly.
DGN Support
Update 2
- When you import some DGN files, AutoCAD crashes.
DIM
Update 2
- If alternate units is on and you edit dimension text, the alternate units text is duplicated.
Export a Layout to Model Space
Update 1
When you export a layout to model space the following occurs:
- The linetype scale changes.
- Dimension arrowheads do not display.
- Text does not rotate correctly.
- Drawing properties are lost.
Update 2
- If .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 is installed and you use the EXPORTLAYOUT command on some layouts, AutoCAD may stop responding.
External Reference ESW
Update 1
- The External References palette does not display when auto-hidden and used with the XREF or IMAGE commands.
Find
Update 1
- When you use the FIND command, AutoCAD does not remain zoomed into an object.
Update 2
- The FIND command performs slowly when you search for text.
Groups
Update 2
- Rollover highlighting does not go away.
Hatch
Update 1
- When you recreate a hatch boundary, it consists of separate line segments rather than a closed polyline.
Update 2
- When you bind a drawing with an xref that contains annotative hatches, AutoCAD crashes.
Hide/Shade
Update 1
- When you plot, objects in an xref are not correctly hidden.
Update 2
- When you use the HIDE command with a drawing that contains text, some objects may not be hidden.
Image
Update 2
- When you attach a corrupted raster image to a drawing, AutoCAD crashes.
Layer
Update 2
- When you zoom to a locked viewport, the Layer palette updates
Layouts
Update 2
- When you attempt to switch layouts in drawings, an Out of Memory crash may occur.
Materials
Update 2
- When you import a 3DS file with texture, AutoCAD may crash.
Menu Browser
Update 1
- You cannot access the menu browser in a non-English version of AutoCAD using the shortcut Alt+Key.
Menu/Toolbar
Update 2
- Some menu macros do not work.
Multileader (mleader)
Update 1
- When created on a rotated UCS, an mleader does not respect POLAR or ORTHO settings.
Update 2
- Mleader custom arrowheads are not brought over to the drawing from the Tool palette.
Multiline Text (mtext)
Update 1
- When you drag and drop a drawing while the In-Place Text Editor is active, AutoCAD crashes.
- When some of the values in the In-Place Text Editor are changed, AutoCAD crashes.
- Some mtext objects with double byte characters display as a single line.
Update 2
- When you edit mtext in a viewport, it may be duplicated in other viewports.
Open/Save
Update 1
- When you attempt to save a file with a long file name, AutoCAD may crash.
- When you drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer into the AutoCAD title bar while in Single Document Interface (SDI) mode, AutoCAD may crash.
- When you attempt to open multiple files from Windows Explorer, only the first selected file opens.
Object Snaps
Update 2
- Osnaps on polylines and mesh objects do not work correctly.
Partial Open
Update 1
- When the OPENPARTIAL system variable is set to 1 and you use the PURGE command, drawings may become corrupted.
Plot
Update 2
- When you plot upside-down, an OLE object does not plot correctly.
- A drawing that contains hatches and gradients may plot slowly.
- When plot area is set to View, AutoCAD LT may crash.
Properties Palette
Update 1
- In the Properties palette, the Dimension Style control may display an incorrect dimension style name.
Publish
Update 1
- In the Publish dialog box, the Publish To setting always defaults to DWF format even if you select a different setting.
Update 2
- When you attempt to publish multiple sheets with PUBLISHCOLLATE=1, only the first sheet of the set is plotted.
Quick Properties
Update 1
- When you change the theme of your operating system while running AutoCAD and then click the Quick Properties window, AutoCAD crashes.
Update 2
- When you edit multiple mtext objects through the Quick Properties palette, AutoCAD crashes.
RECOVER
Update 1
- When you open some valid drawings, you are prompted to use the RECOVER command.
Render
Update 1
- When you use the RENDER command with certain drawings that contain textured objects, AutoCAD crashes.
Update 2
- When you render some drawings, AutoCAD runs out of memory.
Ribbon
Update 1
- When acad.CUI is loaded as a partial CUI, some buttons in the mtext ribbon contextual tab fail.
- On a ribbon panel, you may not be able to move items between rows.
- A ribbon panel continues to display after it is removed from a ribbon tab.
- A button image used on a ribbon panel that is loaded from a resource DLL file lacks a transparent background.
- If you transfer a ribbon panel and a tab, buttons display small.
- Enterprise, main, and partial CUI files display multiple ribbon tabs in workspaces.
- You cannot control a ribbon tab when you use more than one non-AutoCAD CUI file.
- A ribbon tab and/or menu macro may not function properly when referenced from multiple CUI files.
- If you load a CUI file that references a missing BMP file, a fatal error displays.
Update 2
- If the ribbon is displayed and you select portions of a mtext object that contains multiple formats, the mtext object becomes distorted.
Selection
Update 2
- When you select objects in groups, AutoCAD may crash.
Tables
Update 2
- When you edit text with space before or after the text within a table cell, AutoCAD crashes.
Text
Update 2
- When you move text to a new position within a drawing, it disappears.
Tool Palettes
Update 2
- When you attempt to edit the properties of multiple Tool Palette tools, an Out of Memory crash may occur.
Visual LISP
Update 1
- The AutoLISP Redraw function fails to hide or highlight objects.
ZOOM
Update 1
- When you zoom while inserting some blocks, AutoCAD crashes.
After you apply this update, you may experience the following ribbon customization-related problems:
An Incorrect or Missing Ribbon Tab
Known Issue: When you display a ribbon tab from a partial or Enterprise CUI file, on the ribbon, the ribbon tab displays incorrectly or is missing.
Workaround: To correctly display a ribbon tab, recreate the workspace used to display the ribbon tab from scratch. Do not duplicate or attempt to update the workspace. Once you create a new workspace, set the workspace current. The ribbon tab should display correctly.
For a partial CUI file, before you add a ribbon tab to a workspace, use the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor to change the customization group name of the file. The customization group name is represented by the uppermost node of the tree in the Customization In pane.
A Blank Image for a Command
Known Issue: On a ribbon panel, the image associated with a command defined in the Command List pane displays as a blank icon.
Workaround: To recreate a ribbon command item on a ribbon panel, delete it. Then, from the Command List pane, add the command to the ribbon panel.
As you prepare to install this update, keep the following in mind:
Backup 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.
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 procedures that follow.
If you search for an update within the installed programs on your system, its displays by its version number. The following table contains version numbers for AutoCAD 2009 updates.
Product |
Version Number |
AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 | 2 |
AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 | 3 |
Follow these instructions to install this update on a single computer.
To Update a Stand-Alone Installation
You can use Communication Center to apply this update through your local network. Detailed instructions on how to set up patching through your local network are listed in the Communication Center tab of the CAD Manager Control Utility help.
Note: You can install CAD Manager Control Utility from the product installation media. Select Install Tools and Utilities and then select the Autodesk CAD Manager Tools.
The following distribution methods apply only to administrative images created with the Deployment wizard. After you complete these procedures, subsequent deployments of your product will include this update.
In all cases, please append this update to the deployment. The only time it is appropriate to merge an update is if you intend to distribute the deployment through a group policy object.
The patch (update) file that you download contains a MSP (Microsoft Patch) file, which you extract from the executable file using the /e (extract) switch. For an example of the syntax, see step 2, below.
To add this update to a new administrative image
<local_drive:>\<patch_name> /e <local_drive:>\< patch_name>.msp
To apply this update to an existing administrative image appended with Update 1
NOTE: This update cannot be uninstalled when the product is installed from a deployment (also called an administrative image) with a merged update.
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Depending on the product and the type of installation, this service pack updates the following files:
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