Regenerating Drawings Containing Text Hotfix

This update will repair a problem that may cause a crash when regenerating drawings or switching between layouts in drawings that contain certain types of text.

Description of Problem

If regenerating drawings that contain certain types of text, then AutoCAD^® 2007-based products may crash.

The following are some actions that may force drawings to regenerate:

Issuing the REGEN command
Switching between layouts
Zooming and panning
Plotting

Other actions not outlined above may cause the same problem.

Affected Products

AutoCAD^® 2007
AutoCAD Electrical 2007
AutoCAD LT^® 2007
AutoCAD Mechanical 2007
AutoCAD OEM 2007
Autodesk^® Architectural Desktop 2007
Autodesk Building Systems 2007
Autodesk Civil 3D^® 2007
Autodesk Inventor^® Professional 11⁽¹⁾
Autodesk Inventor Series 11⁽¹⁾
Autodesk Land Desktop 2007
Autodesk Map^® 3D 2007
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2007
Autodesk Raster Design 2007
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit^® Series Building 9.x ⁽²⁾
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series Structure 3 ⁽²⁾
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series Structure 4 ⁽²⁾

⁽¹⁾ Apply this patch only if the installation includes AutoCAD Mechanical 2007 or Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 2007.
⁽²⁾ Apply this patch only if the installation includes AutoCAD 2007.

Installation Instructions

To install the Regenerating Drawings Containing Text Hotfix

You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system to complete the installation process.

Note: This hotfix should only be applied after installing AutoCAD^® 2007 Service Pack 1 or corresponding service packs for other affected products.

Close all software applications.
Find the product installation folder; for example c:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2007.
In this folder, right-click the acdb17.dll file and select Properties.
Click the Version tab and confirm the file version.
- If this file is version 17.0.116.0, then proceed with the installation.
- If this file is version less than 17.0.116.0, then you must first install AutoCAD^® 2007 Service Pack 1 or corresponding service packs for other affected products.
- If this file is version 17.0.116.50 or greater, then this hotfix has already been applied and you do not need to proceed with the installation.
In the product installation folder, right-click the file acdb17.dll and rename it acdb17.bak.
Download and copy the acdb17.dll file to the same product installation folder.
Right-click the new acdb17.dll file and select Properties. Click the version tab and confirm that this file is version 17.0.116.50.

Note: To remove this hotfix, delete the new acdb17.dll file that you downloaded to the product install folder and restore the file you renamed in Step 5 to its original name.