Thank you for downloading Autodesk AutoCAD^® Electrical 2016 Service Pack 1

This readme contains important information regarding the installation and contents of this Service Pack. It is recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the Service Pack to your product.

Contents

• Who Should Install This Service Pack?
• Information for Windows 10 Users
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Service Pack
• Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility
• General Service Pack Updates
• General Installation Information
• Before You Begin
• About Windows Command Line Switches
• Installation Instructions
  • Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
  • Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
  • Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image
  • Uninstall This Service Pack

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 2016	ACE2016_Service_Pack_1_x86.exe

64-bit Product	Service Pack
Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2016	ACE2016_Service_Pack_1_x64.exe

This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD Electrical 2016 installed as a standalone application as well as AutoCAD Electrical 2016 installed from Autodesk Product Design Suite 2016.

Note: If you are a subscription user, and have already installed AutoCAD Electrical 2016 Subscription Advantage Pack 1, please download and install the Service Pack for Subscription Advantage Pack 1 from Autodesk Account website, or install it from Application Manager.

Note: Unlike the previous service packs, this service pack DOES NOT include AutoCAD 2016 Service Pack 1. You are encouraged to install AutoCAD 2016 Service Pack 1 together with AutoCAD Electrical 2016 Service Pack 1. You may refer to the AutoCAD 2016 Service Pack 1 readme for more information on the issues resolved.

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

As a result of the detailed information that we received from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, we were able to identify and fix a number of problems. Updates have been made in the following commands and features:

Project Manager

• Occasional crashes when launching AutoCAD Electrical if there are some special projects activated in the Project Manager.

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The following defects have been fixed by AutoCAD Electrical 2016 Service Pack 1:

Catalog Browser

• Catalog database becomes read-only when there are multiple users editing in the same time.

Component

• Failed to insert or edit a child component on a drawing which is not part of the active project.

Project Manager

• AutoCAD Electrical 2016 does not work properly when there is apostrophe in the drawing path.
• AutoCAD Electrical 2016 does not work properly when using an alternate wd.env file.
• Projects cannot be remembered in the Project Manager when the wd.env is not in the default path.

Location View

• Wire connection is not shown in location view if side by side install AutoCAD Electrical 2016 with AutoCAD 2016 or other vertical products.

PLC

• Inserting a PLC module no longer changes the properties of the box.
• Inserting parametric PLC fails when breaking into multiple drawings.

Report

• Report cannot be put on drawing in some localized versions.
• Report will be blank when printing by clicking the Print button in the Report Generator dialog.

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• Before You Begin
• About Windows Command Line Switches

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Before you install this Service Pack, review the following information:

Back Up Custom Files

It is recommended 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 administrator 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, it is recommended that you reboot your system even if you are not prompted to do so.

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The following Microsoft Windows command line switches are built into this Service Pack:

• /e - Extracts the MSP file from the Service Pack executable file.
• /q - Suppresses the completion message after the Service Pack is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply this Service Pack to multiple computers.

Instructions about how to use the /e command line switch are included in the installation procedures that follow.

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• Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
• Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
• Apply This Service Pack to a New Network Administrative Image
• Uninstall This Service Pack

Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on a single computer.

1. Download this Service Pack and save it to any folder.
2. If required, insert the product media (for example, the AutoCAD Electrical installation disc).
3. Find the folder where you saved the Service Pack and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

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Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on multiple computers using your local network.

1. Download this Service Pack and save it to any shared folder on your local network.
2. Find the shared folder where you saved the Service Pack, and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

Note: Installation through your local network using the CAD Manager Control Utility is not supported for this Service Pack.

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The following distribution method applies only to administrative images created with the Deployment wizard.

1. Navigate to the folder where the deployment is saved.
2. Open the Tools folder under the Deployment folder, and launch the “Create & modify a deployment” setup.
3. Follow the Install Deployment wizard with default settings, and click Create. Then click the Add Updates button.
4. In the Autodesk AppModeDeployment Updates dialog box, click UPDATES, and then the Add button to the Service Pack 1 that you want to add. Make sure the Status has changed to “Included” and the Add button becomes Remove. Then Close the dialog box.

Note: When the AutoCAD Electrical Service Pack is included in a deployment, the deployment will install the Service Pack.

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Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10

1. Click Start and then Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. In the Programs and Features window, in the left pane, click View Installed Updates.
5. Find the appropriate Service Pack in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.

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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 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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