Notice to AutoCAD Mechanical Customers
In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to AutoCAD Mechanical 2005
This README file highlights what has been fixed or addressed, where to download the update, and how to install it.
Contents
Prerequisites
Installation Instructions
Issues addressed by AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2
Miscellaneous Notes
AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 download location
The size of AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 is approximately 12.5 MB.
You must have a minimum of 100 MB of free disk space for temporary file creation.
Service Pack 2 is historical and may be applied to AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 with or without any of the previously released Hotfixes or Service Pack 1 already applied. To install AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home you must have administrative privileges.
- Download the AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 archive file for the applicable product and version for:
| For.. |
Download |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 locked |
acm2005_swl_sp2.exe |
| AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 unlocked |
acm2005_unl_sp2.exe |
Note: The software locked version of Service Pack 2 will update all language versions. In previous releases, there were separate Service Packs for each language. This is not needed for AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2; the software locked patch will apply on all languages.
- Double click the patch installer to run.
- Once AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 installation is complete, a message informing you that the AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 update has been successfully applied is displayed.
After you have applied AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2, start AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 and type AMVER at the command prompt. The command output will display in the text window and report "AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 SP2."
It is recommended that you restart Microsoft Windows after installation of the Service Pack.
Network deployment
- It is not possible to create a new deployment tree based off an existing deployment tree. If you wish to keep a copy of your original Deployment tree, manually copy your original deployment tree to another location. Then modify the copied tree to include Service Pack 2.
- If you are applying this service pack on a deployment tree and are using Windows XP SP2, please follow the steps below:
- Create the deployment tree for AutoCAD Mechanical.
- Download and apply the Network Deployment Update on the deployment tree created in the previous step. The update can be downloaded from the Autodesk Product Support website:
http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL5156504
- Use the Network Installation Wizard to apply the service pack on the deployment tree created in step 1.
For additional information please refer to Chapter 3 of the Network Administrator's Guide.
The Network Installation Wizard requires that the patch be a .MSP file. To extract the .MSP file from the Service Pack:
- Start a command prompt and navigate to the directory containing the patch executable.
- Type the name of the patch followed by /e and then an output path for the .MSP file (for example, to extract the AutoCAD Mechanical unlocked patch, type acm2005_unl_sp2.exe /e c:\temp\SP2.MSP).
- Copy the SP2 MSP file to a deployment location.
You can now use that file to patch through the Network Installation Wizard.
Fatal errors fixed:
- Using WBLOCK command with entire drawing option after editing a leader note and attaching it to an entity in the drawing.
- Issuing LIST command on a part reference that is part of a layer group copied from AutoCAD Design Center.
- Converting DXF files to DWG format using AMSCRIPT command.
- Invoking BOM properties from Mechanical options on a Companion file that was created using "Open with no template" option and when the Companion file does not contain an Inventor part file.
- Copying entities using COPYLINK command from certain drawings with detail view and pasting the entities in a new drawing.
- Copying a detail view using COPYCLIP command and pasting the detail view within the same drawing.
- Invoking Bill of Materials properties on certain files.
- Typing ALT+D to restore default welding properties in the Weld Symbol dialog box.
Bill of Materials, Part List & Balloons:
- Part reference that is part of a layer group copied from AutoCAD Design Center will be reflected in the Bill of Materials.
- Problem with the updating of values of Bill of Materials variables that are derived from formulas involving other Bill of Materials variables is fixed.
- Issue with items being excluded automatically from part list while importing BOM data from external files (*.mdb, *.xls, etc.) is fixed.
- Issue with disappearance of balloons of merged standard parts while editing screw connection is fixed.
- Issue with the changing of Quantity in Bill of Materials, when the Desktop Audit Control is set to "always", is fixed.
- In paper space, the part list filter now selects part references from view ports.
- Specifying a new name to Bill of Materials in the "Assembly Properties" of AMBOM dialog is retained correctly.
- Issue with the merging of part references in certain drawings is fixed.
- Issue with the item numbers being lost in the Main Bill of Materials, upon creation of a part list for sub assembly, is fixed.
- Performance of copying entities within a drawing that has a large Bill of Materials database has been improved.
Standard parts and features:
- Bottom view of counterbores are now created on the appropriate layer and displayed using the right line type.
- Issue with the disappearance of thread line of tapped holes and external threads when moved to AM_11 layer is fixed.
- Issue with the color display of copied tapped holes in certain files created in AutoCAD Mechanical 2000i is fixed.
- Issue with the editing of screw connections when they are used in blocks is fixed.
Symbols & Dimensions:
- The default line weight property of Mechanical symbols, section lines & text, leaders, part references, part list and balloons created in a drawing will now be ByLayer.
- Section view arrow color is now imported from the template drawing when AMSETUPDWG command is used in a drawing.
- Issue with the direction flipping of surface texture symbols, when they are moved out of a title / border, is fixed.
- Issue with the direction flipping of surface texture symbols, while invoking AUDIT or MOVE commands on AutoCAD Mechanical 2000i drawings, is fixed.
- Issue with the automatic overriding of certain dimension settings while using AMFILLET2D command is fixed.
- Issue with the missing ISO weld symbols used in JIS based templates, when the drawing is saved as previous version, is fixed.
- Issues related to the scaling of surface texture symbols in Imperial standards are fixed.
- Issue with the filtering of surface texture symbols across layouts for the "Majority option" in the surface texture symbol dialog is fixed.
- Issue with the stacking of fractions in AMNOTE dialog is fixed.
- Issue with the availability of identification lines for asymmetric weld symbols using the same type of weld on both sides is fixed.
- Issue with the text justification of note symbols, in drawings migrated from previous versions, is fixed.
- Issue with the text justification of note symbols not being preserved when the drawing is saved to a previous version is fixed.
Structure:
- Performance while working on multiple level structure components and assemblies is improved.
- Issue with the automatic enabling of structure, when you "bind" or "attach" an xref, is fixed.
- Editing an external assembly and changing the component names within the assembly now updates the Bill of Materials and part list in the host drawing.
Inventor Companion:
- Issue with the improper drawing view display of non-standard threads, from Inventor part files, is fixed.
- Issue with the ability to select non-planar faces in AMDWGVIEW command is fixed.
- Issue with the incorrect retrieving of hole information, on certain Inventor part files, is fixed.
Other issues:
- Issues related to the display of folder names and deletion of “Hydraulic/Pneumatic Symbols” in the AMLIBRARY dialog box, on double-byte operating systems, is fixed.
- Issue with the creation of unwanted folders while using the AMLIBRARY command is fixed.
- Issue with the selection of fonts for text styles, while invoking AutoCAD Mechanical with the /t switch, is fixed.
- Issues related to the usage of the AMCONSTLINE command in AutoLISP is fixed.
- Issue with the incorrect display of predefined hatches in blocks, in a detail view, is fixed.
- Issue with the loss of hole chart information when migrating hole charts from AutoCAD Mechanical 2000 to AutoCAD Mechanical is fixed.
- Issue with Mechanical entities being created in incorrect color is fixed.
- Issue with the random color change of construction lines is fixed.
- Issue with the power commands stop functioning upon repeated usage of grip selection is fixed.
- Issue with not remembering the changes to text color in Mechanical Options is fixed.
- Display of unwanted prompt when canceling the AMOFFSET command is fixed.
- Issue with the position of hole notes when placed on the view of certain drawings is fixed.
- Changes to Layer/Objects setting in Mechanical options is now remembered when the file is downgrade saved and opened in AutoCAD Mechanical 6.
- Issue with a conflict between the AUDIT and UNDO commands is fixed.
- Issue with the usage of the AMPOWERERASE command preventing the drawing from being saved in certain cases is fixed.
AutoCAD Mechanical 2005, AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 1, and AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 use the same file format. All drawing files created in any of these versions are interchangeable.
The AutoCAD Mechanical 2005 Service Pack 2 file can be downloaded through Live Update or found at the following location:
http://www.autodesk.com/autocadmech-updates
We want to thank all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you, our customers, with the best solution in mechanical design. Autodesk would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued business and for the feedback regarding the content of this update release.
Thank you, once again, for your commitment to Autodesk products.
Respectfully,
AutoCAD Mechanical Team