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AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Update 1

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:

2D Display
3D Navigation Tools
Annotation Scaling
Block Editor
Attributes
Construction Lines
Customize User Interface (CUI)
DGN Support
External References
File Navigation
General UI
Graphic System
Grip Edit
Hatch
Inquiry
Image
Layer
Open/Save
Other
Parametric Drawing
Partial Open
PDF Export
Property Palette
Ribbon
Selection
Selection Highlighting
Viewport Scale

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How to disable reflections and gradients in shaded views

You would like to have an option to disable reflections in the shaded views that you create.

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Autodesk Vault 2011 Update 2

SUMMARY OF ISSUES ADDRESSED

• Writing back the Item Date property to iProperty Date will decrement by a day after every Check In and Update item operation
• Cannot Update AutoCAD Electrical items if a Reference Designator is Mapped
• Unable to write value to some mapped User Defined Properties (UDP) if there are multiple blocks in the drawing
• Copy to custom library in Content Center doesn't work on localized language installs of ADMS
• Certain file update workflows with "Enforce Unique File Names" enabled would result in an error attempting to create visualization file
• Viewing the Re-index Property status from ADMS Console crashes during a Re-index operation
• Vault returns "edited out of turn" and crashes during checkin or checkout
• Install and launch ADMS console then right-click on a Vault from any workgroup will cause crash
• Vault Client returns error message "Value cannot be null.Parameter name: link" during startup
• Crash during SignIn command and ShowMore command
• Getting error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" during Item creation or Item Update
• Item Update command on a newly assigned Item will encounter 1200 error
• The MAPIINSERT command takes a long time for large image files over the network when Vault Client is installed
• Increased number of calls to the server inside Civil 3D 2011 compared with Civil 3D 2010
• Login fails when passing Windows Authentication credentials to the Web Client
• Setting Effectivity is slower in Vault 2011
• No way to get back into Property Reindex dialog after crash in Property Reindex operation
• Change Order grid population is slow in Vault 2011
• Migration failures and errors
• Always auto-assigning User Defined Properties to the Base category during migration
• Grid population is slow, searching is slow
• Incorrect 'NO COUNT' flag on Publisher and Subscriber Workgroups
• Lucene search failures resulting in "error 179: search failed"
• Error message "Error 1200" when Updating Item
• Import of configuration file fails with error 232
• Poor Performance on File Navigation with large number of files
• Rebuilding search indexes event fails with out of memory error
• Check in fails on file when default lifecycle state is Released
• Incorrect impersonated user default setting in Web.Config
• Failure to update ACE item with communication error 1200
• Using specific search critera and wildcards in combination with file Content Indexing results in an error
• Preview of Office files always shows the very first selected one

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AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1

This is a re-release of Update 1 for AutoCAD 2011. After Update 1 was originally released, we discovered an issue when conducting certain operations that may cause AutoCAD to shut down. Update 1 was subsequently removed to correct the issue and a hotfix was released for those customers who had already applied Update 1. This release of Update 1.1 includes that fix.

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Autodesk Inventor 2011 Service Pack 1

Nå har Autodesk Inventor Service Pack 1 kommet. Last ned her.

AutoCAD 2011 Update 1

AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011 Update 1.

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Hotfix - Content Center appears empty until log out / login

Autodesk Inventor 2010.
This Hotfix addresses an issue where Content Center appears empty until log out / login.
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Plug-In of the Month – Feature Manager

A new plug-in of the month has just been posted at Autodesk Labs. This one is called Feature Manager. What it does is transfer assembly features down into the parts they affect.

Philippe Leefsma, one of the engineers that supports members of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) wrote this one. Philippe has put a lot of thought and effort into this application. Here’s a shot of the browser that’s displayed when you run the application. It displays the assembly features that are valid for transfer. This picture shows several of the features selected and the “Send to Parts” option selected.

 The documentation that comes with the download describes the add-in and its features. You can download it from here.

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Mesh Enabler for Inventor 2011 is now available on Autodesk Labs

The Inventor 2011 Mesh Enabler is a technology preview that enables Inventor users to work with imported Mesh data.
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor_mesh/

Hotfix - Bitmap in drawing is distorted in preview and not printed

Bitmap in drawing is distorted in preview and not printed

This hotfix should only be applied to systems directly affected by the issue described above, as this was the only issue this hotfix was created to address. Link 

Hotfix - Constraint failures after suppressing occurrences or activating subassembly substitute

Autodesk Inventor 2010, This Hotfix addresses an issue where constraint failures after suppressing occurrences or activating subassembly substitute.
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Layout Viewport Hotfix for AutoCAD® Mechanical 2011

Description of Problem

In layout mode, if you change the scale of viewport using the status bar viewport scale, fatal error occurs.

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Printing IDW with embedded bitmap will cause a crash

There is currently an issue with printing IDW's when the Titleblock has a bitmap logo embedded. There is also an issue saving the IDW to a AutoCAD DWG. Development have fixed the issue and the fix is included in Inventor 2011 SP1 and will be available shortly. I will announce the release as soon as the download is available.

Inventor Publisher 2011: Author and Update Documentation

Built for technical communication professionals, Autodesk Inventor Publisher software makes it easy for non-CAD users to work directly with 3D design models to create compelling technical product documentation. Intuitive, purpose-built tools enable users to import 3D CAD data, automatically explode 3D assemblies, reposition and change the appearance of components in different process steps and views, add annotations, and more, in order to quickly and easily communicate detailed process steps from any viewpoint.

Autodesk Inventor 2011 and Vault 2011: Visual Data Management

Autodesk Technical Evangelist Rob Cohee does the impossible. He made a Data Management demo exciting. Few are able to pull off this feat of technical brilliance, but as he has said before - so good with a mouse that it ought to be a felony. What if you could, inside of Inventor, actually use Vault property information to have it show you which files are checked out, work in process, released, or associated to a change order. Then interact with the data in your CAD application. Watch this demonstration and see how it's done.

Inventor Fusion Sandbox Available Worldwide

Inventor Fusion is our technology preview of a modeling application that lets you work parametrically as well as directly. We are collecting feedback on its UI and capabilities via labs.iv.fusion@autodesk.com. You can download it from the Labs site:

Inventor Fusion Technology Preview

 

Autodesk Vault 2011 Update 1

Vault Update 1 til 2011 har kommet.  Last ned her.

SUMMARY OF ISSUES ADDRESSED
Known Issues Resolved
Migration of a 2010 base vault (that contains property groups) to a 2011 base vault results in User Defined Properties (UDP) that will give an error when you try to edit them.
Not handling some non-English regional settings. For example comma used as a separator instead of a decimal will result in improper setting of User Defined Property values or may result in an error.
Not handling some Date property mappings when client and server are in different time zones.
Search not working properly after migration on a replicated site.
Mapping an AutoCAD Electrical reference designator with a UDP (reference designator) will block items from being assigned or updated.
CAD Add-in lock icon is not appearing immediately after changing the state to Released. A Refresh is needed to show the Lock icon.
Vault Professional client slow to complete during some assign item operations.
DWFs Ownership is not transferred with parent if the relationship with the parent has been broken.
Items lost from the Item Master view after ownership transfer and Item edit operation.
Migration Error from V2010 to V2011 when duplicate records are in the database.
Datasets with user-defined list type file properties containing NULL valueID's will not migrate to Vault 2011.
Access to non-revision based history to view and download previous versions.
Build-to-build migration is not running on the knowledge vault master.
Build-to-build migration operation on the publisher in a replicated environment may remove database triggers necessary for proper ownership control.
Incremental backup not backing up files with same ID's as files in another vault.
Wrong item type after item assign if the file extension is upper case.
There may be some slower performance detected on Windows 7.
Content Center part is not copied to subscriber site except during initial replication.

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 3

Service Pack 3 til Inventor 2010 er sluppet. Service pack 1 og 2 må installeres først, gå hit for å laste ned.