Service Pack 1 for Autodesk
Simulation Mechanical 2017
May 30, 2016
Release Notes - Read Me file
Autodesk, Inc.
In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has
released Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017, which fixes or
addresses a variety of issues pertaining to the program. This file highlights
how to install the service pack and what has been fixed.
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- For deployed installations, append the Service
Pack to your existing deployment image instead of merging it, as
suggested for all service pack releases.
- In case you are prompted for the original
installation disc or network image during installation, or
uninstallation, keep them readily accessible.
- There are no Client Updates associated with this
service pack release.
- On English operating systems, if you install
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 under a path with non-English
characters, it does not launch.
- On some Windows 7 operating systems, when
uninstalling Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017, Windows Explorer shuts
down.
- In pure IPv6 network connection environment,
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 will not run analyses.
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- Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 Service Pack
1 supports 64-bit editions of Windows® 7 Home Premium,
Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition (SP1); Windows®
8; Windows® 8.1; Windows®10; Windows
Server® 2008 R2 SP1; or Windows® Server 2012.
32-bit editions of Windows are not supported. If your operating system
does not meet these requirements, please update it before you begin the
installation.
- Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 Service Pack
1 includes all prior updates (if any) produced since the initial 2017
release. Therefore, Service Pack 1 can be installed over Autodesk
Simulation Mechanical 2017.
- Verify that you have administrator privileges on
your local machine before attempting to install programs or service
packs.
- Recommendation: To avoid frequent pop-up
warnings, which prompt you to permit changes to be made to your computer,
you can disable User Account Control in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows
8.1. To do so, select Never Notify Me in the User Account Control
settings.
- The Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 Service
Pack 1 is approximately 13 MB in size. A minimum of 50 MB of free disk
space is required on the drive where your temporary files are directed.
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- If required, update your computer to one of the supported operating
systems (as listed in the Installation Requirements section above) and
reboot before installing Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 Service Pack
1.
- Uninstall Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017
Beta if you installed it previously.
- Install Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2017 if it
is not already installed.
To download and install Autodesk
Simulation Mechanical 2017 SP1 from Autodesk Knowledge Network:
- Download the appropriate version of Autodesk
Simulation Mechanical 2017 Service Pack 1 from: Autodesk
Simulation Updates
- Double click the .msp file to update Autodesk
Simulation Mechanical 2017 to Service Pack 1. A progress bar displays
while the installer updates the files on your system.
- When the installation is done, click Finish.
- If required, reboot the system after the service
pack installation is finished.
To download and install Autodesk
Simulation Mechanical 2017 SP1 from Autodesk Desktop App:
- Launch the Autodesk desktop app on the system
tray, and sign in with your Autodesk account.
- Open the Updates tab, and find out the
notification displays the relevant details about the update.
- Click the Update button. Downloading and
installing on your computer will occur automatically.
- If required, reboot the system after the service
pack installation is finished.
To verify the installation was successful, start Autodesk Simulation
Mechanical 2017. Near the right end of the title bar, click the down-arrow
next to the question mark icon to access the Help drop-down menu. Then,
select About. If the About window displays: Build 2017.01.00.nnnn, the
installation was successful.
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Analysis
- Analyses fail with a fatal error message if the *.NAS file is directly
opened in the Autodesk Nastran Editor and you attempt to solve it from
there.
- When running a job on a remote computer, the job status shown in the
FEA Editor could become out of sync with the Simulation Job Manager
(SJM). In addition, certain jobs, such as MES with Nonlinear Material
Models, may fail to solve with unexpected errors.
- The job status shown in the FEA editor will be out of sync with the
Simulation Job Manager (SJM) when solving a model that is stored on a
network drive.
Note: You may encounter the following error or other
ones when solving a model that is stored on a network drive. You can
still get results after dismissing the error.
0x6D: Could not determine model node
count.
Please check model prior to running simulation to avoid this issue.
- An error occurs when you attempt to analyze a model combining the
following three characteristics:
- The“Generate 2nd order elements" meshing option
is activated,
- The "Use Delaunay + ATF mesher" option is
activated, and
- Midside nodes are included in the element definition.
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General / User Interface
- When you set the decimal separator to a comma (,) in the Windows®
regional settings, the Simulation Mechanical mesh settings cannot be
changed.
- For nonlinear analyses, the “Maximum initial distance” field within
the Surface Contact Options dialog is disabled when it should be
available. Specifically, when the Contact Element Updating option in the
General Contact Settings dialog is set to “Never update contact
elements,” the Maximum initial distance” field should be active.
- The AlgFrame.exe and AlgAdlm.exe processes may not terminate normally
when you exit the software. Then, Simulation Mechanical 2017 cannot be
launched without first using the Windows® Task Manager to kill these two
processes.
- When using non-English regional settings, unexpected errors occur when
you attempt to create a new Static Stress with Nonlinear Material Models
analysis.
- For Shrink Fit contact in linear static analyses, with the Interference
set to Automatic, an error message appears when you try to accept the
contact settings and exit the dialog.
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Report Environment
- The Combine Load Cases utility in the Results environment may crash
with the error message “comblc has stopped working.”
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We thank all our customers who helped us to identify the issues and report
them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and
provide you with the best solution in mechanical simulation. We also thank
you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of
this update release.
Respectfully,
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical Team
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