AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 Readme

AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 Readme

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3.

AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 contains the fixes included in AutoCAD 2009 Update 3. To be able to install and use this update you must have AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 2.1 installed on your system.

This Readme contains information regarding the installation and use of this update. It is strongly recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the update to your product. For your reference, you should save this Readme to your hard drive or print a copy.

This Readme includes the following topics:

Who Should Install This Update?
General Installation Information
Windows Command Line Switches
Applying This Update to a Stand-alone Installation
Applying This Update Through Your Local Network Using a Patch List
Applying This Update to an AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Network Administrative Image
Issues Resolved for AutoCAD 2009 Update 3

This update, LDC2009sp3.exe, is for all versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 running on English-language and non-English-language operating systems.

The application of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion Update 3 to a deployment must be done using the Merge option, not the Append option.
It is recommended that you create a backup of all custom CUI (menu customization) files before installing the update. These files are located in the following location:

Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Autodesk\LDC 2009\enu\Support
During the installation of this update, you may be prompted for the original installation media or network image.

Important: You cannot run an automatic uninstall to remove this update. To restore your version of AutoCAD Land Desktop 2009 to its pre-update state, uninstall AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 and reinstall it.

The Windows command line switches built into this update are as follows:

/e - Extracts the MSP file from the update executable.
/p - Extracts a patch list from the update executable.
/q - Suppresses the completion message after the update is applied. This is useful if you use a script or batch file to apply the update to multiple computers.

Instructions on how to use these command line switches are included in the procedures that follow.

Download LDC2009sp3.exe and save it to any folder.
Insert your AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 media into your media drive.
Navigate to the folder where you saved the update.
Double-click the executable file to begin the installation.

Use this procedure if you want to use Communication Center to apply this update through your local network.

To apply this update through Communication Center using local patch list functionality

On a machine that has AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 installed, install the Autodesk CAD Manager Tools. To install the Autodesk CAD Manager Tools, insert the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 product media and select Install Tools and Utilities. On the Select the Products to Install page, select Autodesk CAD Manager Tools. Click Next to review and accept the License Agreement, then click Install to start the installation.
NOTE: The update should not be installed on this machine.
In a shared location, create a folder where the patches will be downloaded to (for example, \\servername\shared_folder_location\).
Click Start > Programs > Autodesk > CAD Manager Tools > CAD Manager Control Utility.
Select AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 from the drop-down list and click OK.
On the InfoCenter tab, under Communication Center Panel, select Enable Live Updates. From the drop-down list, select Receive Live Updates from Local Network.
Select Browse and browse to the previously created shared location (for example, \\servername\shared_folder_location\ ).
Select Manage Patches. This option allows to connect with the Autodesk servers and allow you to download any available patches for your current installation of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009.
Under Manage Patches, the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Service Packs are listed. Select the update you want to apply. Under Action Type select Add To Patch Folder and select Update Patch Folder.
Under details you will see "downloaded to local patch folder on <time><date>".
Click Close.
In AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009, ensure the Communication Center is configured. Once it is configured you will see that a Live Update Maintenance Patch is available.

The following method of distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 applies only to administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Network Installation wizard. After you complete this procedure, any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 will have the update applied to them automatically.

NOTE: In the following procedure, the update file that you download contains an MSP (Microsoft Patch) file. You must extract that file from the executable file. To extract the MSP file from the executable, use the /e ("extract") switch.

To apply AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 to an existing AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 2.1 administrative image

NOTE: Before applying AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 to the existing AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 2.1 administrative image, ensure that all client machines have already been updated with Update 3.

From the Autodesk Product Support website, download LDC2009sp3.exe to your local computer.
On the Start menu (Windows), click Run and enter "<local drive>:\<patch name> /e <local drive>:\<patch name.msp>"
Click OK.
On the computer where you created the original AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 deployment there is a "modify <deployment name>" shortcut. Double-click this shortcut.
On the Install Framework page, you can select a new name or location for the deployment.
On the Begin Deployment page, specify a new name or leave the existing name.
Review and make any changes required on the Review - Configure - Create Deployment page.
Click Configure and then make any appropriate changes on the Include Service Packs page.
Click the ellipses button to browse to the location of the MSP file that was downloaded and extracted from the executable file.
Select an option to either merge or append the installation of the update. Merging the installation installs both AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 and the update during the product installation. Appending the installation installs AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 and then installs the update.
Complete the customizations and click Configuration Complete, and then click Create Deployment. Now any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 will have the update applied to them automatically.

AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 Update 3 provides the following AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 fixes in a format that is installable on Land Desktop. No fixes to AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion features are included in this Update.

Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

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 feature areas:

2D Display
3D Navigation Tools
Annotation Scaling
Blocks
CUI
DBX-ACDB
Display Drivers
Dynamic Dimensions
eTransmit
Graphic System
Hatch
Impression Toolbar
Layer
Materials
MDI
Modify
Open/Save
Object Snaps
OLE
Plot
Properties Palette
Publish
Purge
Render
Section & Flatten
Visual Styles

General Updates

The following defects have also been fixed:

2D Display

On Windows XP, AutoCAD 2009 may crash when Windows XP is suspended or placed in hibernation mode.

If a layer is set to the color BYBLOCK and you plot the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

3D Navigation Tools

When you use a 3D navigation command, such as 3DORBIT or 3DPAN, to maintain performance, the display degrades. AutoCAD may crash.

When orbiting a 3D model with a 3D polyline, AutoCAD may crash.

3D Plot

When you plot a drawing, a plot style assigned to a layer does not display in the plotted output.

Annotation Scaling

When a multileader (mleader) with a missing or invalid style is edited, it disappears from the display. If you select undo or close the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

When a drawing contains incorrect block references and the SAVEFIDELITY system variable is set to 1, if you attempt to save the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

Switching layouts that contain viewports with hatched objects may take an unusually long time.

If you use annotation scaling to delete a layout viewport, AutoCAD may crash.

ARX-OTHER

If AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 is installed on your system, attribute text may be misaligned.

ATIL

TIFF files may display incorrectly.

Blocks

When a drawing contains a block that references itself, if you use the INSERT command, AutoCAD crashes.

When you use the PASTEBLOCK command, AutoCAD may crash.

If you explode mirrored blocks and then save your drawing, AutoCAD may crash.

Corrupt DWG file

When you audit a drawing, erased objects may be identified as invalid objects. AutoCAD attempts to fix these and crashes.

In some situations, when you attempt to open a corrupt drawing, if data cannot be recovered, AutoCAD crashes.

CUI

When you use the Refedit toolbar to reference edit, AutoCAD may crash.

DBX-ACDB

When all drawings are closed, if you preview a drawing from the Recent Files list on the menu browser, AutoCAD crashes.

When you add extended entity data (Xdata) to a table style, AutoCAD may crash.

DGN Support

When you use the DGNEXPORT command, you cannot save the file to a FAT32 formatted drive.

Display Drivers

If you are running AutoCAD on Windows with limited user privileges, you cannot download the updated certified driver list. The latest list of certified drivers is included with this update.

If you use OpenGL with uncertified graphics drivers, AutoCAD may crash.

If your screen saver starts, the connection between AutoCAD and your graphics card may be lost, causing AutoCAD to crash.

Draw 2D

When you copy multiline text (mtext) or dimensions with breaks, a memory leak may occur.

When AutoCAD 2009 Update 2, AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 2, or AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 3 is installed, polylines are incorrectly closed.

When AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 is installed, polylines with different widths are incorrectly closed.

Dynamic Dimensions

If you enable Dynamic Input while grip editing an object and then save and close the drawing, AutoCAD may crash.

DWFIN

In AutoCAD, if the background of a drawing is black, the file may not display correctly. This problem applies to DWF files only.

Graphic System

On Windows Vista, if your drawing contains a large block of text and the text is being refreshed for display on the screen, AutoCAD crashes.

Hatch

When you view or plot large hatched objects, AutoCAD may run out of memory.

When you open a drawing that has a hatch pattern name greater than 35 characters, AutoCAD crashes.

Image

If AutoCAD Update 1 is installed, TIFF files display incorrectly.

Impression Toolbar

In some situations, when the AcImpression.cui file is loaded and you open a drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

Inquiry

When you use the MEASUREGEOM command, a memory leak occurs.

Install

If you install AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 on Windows Vista 64-bit, AutoCAD fails to launch.

When you attempt to install AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 on AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion or AutoCAD Architecture, if you do not restart, the installation fails. If you attempt to reinstall the update, a message displays stating that the update is already installed even though it is not.

Layer

The VPLAYER command does not freeze selected layers in all layout viewports.

When you use the LAYMRG command, an error message displays.

When you use the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, instead of the CLASSICLAYER command, and you attempt to remove the viewport overrides for the current viewport, an error message displays and the overrides are not removed.

In the Layer Properties Manager, if you click New Group Filter and then click Set Current, an error message displays.

In drawings with many layers, if you sort layers by name, AutoCAD may freeze.

Licensing

If you install a network version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD may fail to start.

Materials

When you open a drawing with missing referenced files, if you click Cancel to ignore the missing references, AutoCAD may crash.

MDI

If you right-click in the drawing area while a drawing is closing, AutoCAD may crash.

Modify

When you use the TABLEEXPORT command and then grip edit a viewport, AutoCAD may crash.

When you offset a polyline with a distance of zero, AutoCAD crashes.

When you use the FILLET command on non-orthogonal lines, the inclination of the lines change by a small amount. This amount is small enough that it cannot be measured, but may cause problems.

Multiline Text (mtext)

When you open a drawing created in a non-English version of AutoCAD 2006 that contains multiline text, multiline text does not display correctly.

Object Snaps

Depending on the objects in a drawing and your current object snap settings, after you start the MOVE command and select objects, AutoCAD may fail to respond.

OLE

When you right-click an OLE object, AutoCAD may crash.

Open/Save

On Windows XP 64-bit or Windows Vista 64-bit, after you work on a large number of drawings during a single session, after saving, AutoCAD may crash.

When you use the COPYCLIP or INSERT commands, an error message warning about duplicate blocks may display. When you save the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

If you click on a hyperlink to a drawing file in another application, AutoCAD may crash.

Plot

When you attempt to plot a drawing with an OLE object, the OLE object may not display in the plotted output.

If you plot a drawing that contains geometry with corrupt layers, AutoCAD crashes.

Properties Palette

When you list the properties of a dynamic block containing an attribute with an empty tag, AutoCAD crashes.

Publish

When you use the Markup Set Manager to republish a file and open the new file, AutoCAD crashes.

PURGE

When you attempt to purge nested items from a drawing with nothing to purge, AutoCAD does not respond.

When AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 1 is installed, if you use PURGE or -PURGE and select purge zero-length geometry and the geometry is on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.

When you use the PURGE command, zero-length geometry is removed from block definitions.

RECOVER

RECOVER does not identify multileader (mleader) objects with missing or invalid styles.

In AutoCAD, you may not be able to open files created in previous releases.

Render

When you use the RPREF command, AutoCAD may crash.

Ribbon

When you load a CUI file or select an object for edit before a command is active, AutoCAD may crash.

Section and Flatten

When you use the SECTION command or AutoCAD .NET API methods for working with sections, a memory leak occurs.

When you select objects before you use the SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK command, a memory leak occurs.

When you use the SECTIONPLANE command and select a face for the location of the section plane, a memory leak occurs.

When you attempt to generate a 2D/3D section from a section plane that overlaps an ellipse, AutoCAD crashes.

Tables

When you select objects before you start the TABLEEXPORT or TABLESTYLE command and cancel the command, a memory leak occurs.

Visual Styles

When you edit objects with grips, the 3D gizmo is not hidden properly. When you close the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

When you attempt to open a 3D model, as the model begins to display, AutoCAD may crash.

Known Issues with This Update

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.

Who Should Install This Update?

General Installation Information

Windows Command Line Switches

Applying this Update to a Stand-alone Installation

Applying this Update Through Your Local Network Using a Patch List

Applying this Update to an AutoCAD Land Desktop 2009 Network Administrative Image

Issues Resolved in AutoCAD 2009 Update 3