This update resolves compatibility issues on the new Mac OS X Yosemite. It also resolves problems reported by the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility and improves the overall stability and usibility for AutoCAD 2014 for Mac and AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac. It is recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the Service Pack to your product. For reference save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.

Contents

• Primary Issues Resolved by This Service Pack
  • Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility
  • General Service Pack Updates
• Installation Instructions for AutoCAD
  • Apply This Service Pack
  • Uninstall This Service Pack
• Installation Instructions for AutoCAD LT
  • Apply This Service Pack
  • Uninstall This Service Pack

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

As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting (CER) utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made to the following features:

CUI

• Crash when reset defaults in Customize dialog.

Dimension

• Crash when select a dimension if the dimension text has filled color.

Light

• Crash when select light objects.

Open/Save

• Several issues that may cause crash when save a drawing.
• Random crash when quit AutoCAD.
• Crash when replace missing shx fonts when open a drawing.
• Crash when trying to open the recovered files from last crash quit.

Other

• Random crash when load thumbnail in various UI dialogs or palettes.
• Crash when right click, when CUI is not successfully loaded.
• Crash when right click commandline window.
• Crash when using localization keyboards.

Plot

• Several issues that may cause plot crash.

Startup

• WHIP crash when initiate drawing window.

Viewport

• Crash when delete a named viewport.

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The following general changes and improvements have been made:

Command Line

• Command Line window always missing after re-launch AutoCAD.

Drafting

• Small pause/lags after command completed, like trim, erase, etc.

Layer

• After changing the setting of a layer in xref group, the layer list refreshed and target layer is out of view.

Mouse/Trackpad

• On Yosemite, two fingers moving on Trackpad triggers zoom instead of pan.
• Cursor gets stuck in dragging mode, and file sticking with the cursor cannot be dropped.

Other

• Adaptive Degradation setting cannot be remembered.
• Drawing window shows slim size when maximize window button clicked.
• Welcome screen shows wrong drawing preview scale.

Xref

• "Found at" browse button in the Reference Manager palette does not show correct file location.

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• Apply This Service Pack
• Uninstall This Service Pack

This Service Pack 3 can be patched on AutoCAD 2014 for Mac with SP2.

To install AutoCAD 2014 for Mac Service Pack 3, do the following:

1. Close all applications before you begin to install the update.
2. Double-click AutoCAD2014SP3.dmg to mount the volume.
3. Double-click AutoCAD2014SP3.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. Launch AutoCAD for Mac after the installation has completed.
6. Click menu AutoCAD 2014, select About AutoCAD, the dialog should show Product Version as "I.18.M.507".

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This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall this update, do the following:

1. Close AutoCAD for Mac.
2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD 2014 and double-click Remove AutoCAD.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Reinstall AutoCAD for Mac from the original product media or download.
5. Click menu AutoCAD 2014, select Check for Updates to download and install available updates.

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• Apply This Service Pack
• Uninstall This Service Pack

This Service Pack 3 can be patched on AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac with SP2.

To install AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac Service Pack 3, do the following:

1. Close all applications before you begin to install the update.
2. Double-click AutoCADLT2014SP3.dmg to mount the volume.
3. Double-click AutoCADLT2014SP3.pkg in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. Launch AutoCAD LT for Mac after the installation has completed.
6. Click menu AutoCAD LT 2014, select About AutoCAD LT, the dialog should show Product Version as "I.18.M.507".

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This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall this update, do the following:

1. Close AutoCAD LT for Mac.
2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD LT 2014 and double-click Remove AutoCAD LT.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Reinstall AutoCAD LT for Mac from the original product media or download.
5. Click menu AutoCAD LT 2014, select Check for Updates to download and install available updates.

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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 and AutoCAD LT Product Team

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