Autodesk Inventor 2016 (Build 138)
February
27, 2015
Release
Notes - Autodesk Inventor 2016 Readme
Autodesk, Inc.
In
a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released
Autodesk Inventor 2016. This readme highlights significant known issues and
provides useful information for operating Inventor.
Contents
Notes About
Installation and Uninstallation
Direct Translators and
Supported File Versions
Communication and Interoperability
General
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If you are installing
Autodesk Inventor 2016 on a computer which you previously used to run an Alpha
or a Beta build, before starting the installation:
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Delete or uninstall any
previous versions of the Alpha 1 – 4 or Beta builds.
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Delete all files/folders
under C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2016
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Delete all files/folders
under C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor 2016
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Delete the following
folders:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Inventor
2016\Content Center
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Inventor\Content
Center Files\R2016\
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Following installation,
open Inventor, right-click on the ribbon, and select the "Reset
Ribbon" command so that the default ribbon layout changes are initially
displayed. (Right click on the empty grey area to the right of the ribbon, and
select Ribbon Appearance > Reset Ribbon.)
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Autodesk Inventor 2016
works only on a 64-bit operation system.
·
Update your operating
system before you install Autodesk Inventor 2016. Reboot your system after all
updates are installed.
·
If you are using Windows
7 on a 64-bit system, verify that you have the Microsoft fix for user mode
callback exceptions KB976038. This fix ensures that Autodesk receives the
correct data from Inventor error reports. For more information, and access to
this fix and related Microsoft downloads, see Autodesk Technical
Solution 15492718.
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Close all Autodesk
applications before installation, maintenance, or uninstallation of the
software.
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If you download the
source files to a local folder with a name that contains non-English
characters, ensure that the language in Regional Settings is consistent with
the language name of the local folder.
Installation
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Autodesk Inventor 2016
installs .NET 4.5 SP1 on Windows 7 operating systems. If you have Autodesk
Inventor 2013 installed on the same computer, it is essential that you install
Update 1 for Inventor 2013 SP1.1 to correct issues with running Autodesk
Inventor 2013 with .NET 4.5.
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Sometimes preinstalled
.Net 4.5 SP1 has something wrong which may cause TrueView
installation failure. Typically, you see error 1935 in the error dialog. To
solve this, you can remove .Net 4.5 SP1 from Add/Remove panel and then
reinstall Inventor .
·
If the installer
prevents you from installing one or more products, pause the cursor over the
red "prohibited" circle beside the product name to get more
information.
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A new application tool,
Autodesk Application Manager, is installed with Inventor. After you install
Inventor, the Autodesk Privacy Policy displays. Accept the terms and then close
the dialog box. The application is used for detecting Autodesk Service Pack and
Updates later.
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Autodesk Application
Manager launches after deployment creation is finshed. Click Add Updates. In the Autodesk Privacy dialog
box, accept the terms, and then close the dialog box. The Application Manager
will launch for detecting Autodesk Service Pack and Updates later.
·
Ensure the Inventor
install path does not contain double-byte characters when installing Inventor
on a single-byte operation system.
·
Installation may be slow
due to Microsoft security update KB2918614. If so, the installation will
require 2-3 hours to complete. For more information, please refer to Microsoft support page.
·
If you are using
Inventor with a local language, please also ensure the language pack for
Autodesk Inventor Electrical Catalog Browser is installed so that the
Electrical Catalog Browser can work properly.
·
A Warning 1946 dialog,
referring to the Task Scheduler, may be seen during installation. This is a
benign Microsoft warning and can be safely ignored. Simply click OK on the
dialog.
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When installing on
Microsoft Windows 8 or 8.1, the installation of the Microsoft .NET 3.5
component will fail if the installation machine is bound to a domain where the
group policy restrictions block this component. You can refer to the following
Microsoft page to solve this problem: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506443.aspx
Uninstallation
·
During uninstallation,
if error 1910 displays, click OK to continue. Then delete the shortcut that
remains on the desktop. This is a Microsoft issue. Additional issues can be
viewed on the Microsoft
tech page. There is no solution for these issues now.
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Autodesk Inventor 2016
includes a new Uninstall Tool that uninstalls the following components:
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Autodesk Inventor
Professional 2016
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Autodesk ReCap 2016 (Works only on 64bit operating system)
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Autodesk Inventor
Content Center Libraries 2016 (Desktop Content)
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Autodesk Inventor
Electrical Catalog Browser 2016
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Autodesk Revit
Interoperability for Inventor 2016
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Autodesk Material
Library 2016
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Autodesk Material
Library Base Resolution Image Library 2016
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Autodesk Material
Library Low Resolution Image Library 2016
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Autodesk DWG TrueView 2016 - English
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A360 Desktop
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Autodesk Vault Basic
2016 (Client)
Installation includes the following components, but the Uninstall Tool does not
uninstall them. You can uninstall them from the control panel:
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Eco Materials Adviser
for Autodesk Inventor 2016 (64-bit)
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Autodesk Application
Manager
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FARO LS
1.1.503.3(64-bit)
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Autodesk Configurator
360 addin
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Autodesk Design Review
2013
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Autodesk Inventor 2016
supports Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit and Windows 8.1 64-bit.
·
Verify that you have
administrator privilege on your local machine before installing Autodesk
Inventor 2016.
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The multimedia learning
solutions require Flash player 10 (or higher). Download from get.adobe.com/flashplayer.
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Adobe Reader is required
to read documentation provided in PDF format. Download from get.adobe.com/reader.
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Verify that you have 16
GB of free hard disk space or more for the self-extracted package.
Disk Requirements - Autodesk Inventor 2016
Includes Inventor disk
requirements and Inventor prerequisites disk requirements.
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System |
Actual Disk Required |
|
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Windows 64 bit |
Total - 16 GB |
System drive (required) – 7.1 GB |
|
Desktop Content Library |
Actual Disk Required |
|
ANSI |
1,400 MB |
|
DIN |
431.8 MB |
|
GOST |
927.6 MB |
|
ISO |
268.9 MB |
|
JIS & GB |
645.8 MB |
|
Feature |
3.2 MB |
|
Other |
1,821.7 MB |
|
Parker |
49.1 MB |
|
Routed Systems |
6.3 MB |
|
Sheet Metal |
45.3 MB |
|
Mold Metric |
58.1 MB |
Before
you begin...
1.
Install all Windows
Updates that are pending on your machine and reboot:
Windows 7: Windows Update is in
the Control Panel, which is accessible from the Start menu.
Windows 8: Windows Update is in
the Control Panel, on the desktop Charms Bar, Settings menu.
It is sometimes necessary to
perform Windows Update multiple times to completely update your operating
system.
2.
Verify that enough disk
space is available on your machine to install Autodesk Inventor 2016.
To
install Autodesk Inventor 2016:
For Electronic Fulfillment users only:
1.
Download the appropriate
Inventor 2016 installation file to a temporary location on your computer hard
drive.
2.
To access the installer,
double-click the self-extracting executable file. Temporary extraction is to
your temp folder. Operating System errors regarding very long path names can
occur if this temporary location is nested too many levels deep.
3.
We recommend that you
use the default destination folder, which is "C:\Autodesk", as the
self-extract destination folder name. After the file is extracted, the Inventor
installer wizard launches automatically. If it does not launch, browse to the
folder where all files were extracted and double-click setup.exe.
4.
To set preferences, in
the Install > Configure Installation dialog box, click the expandable arrow.
5.
After configuration,
begin the installation.
6.
When the installation is
done, click Finish.
7.
A system reboot is
sometimes required if you install a new Autodesk 360 with this installer.
For DVD users only:
1.
Based on the bit type of
your operating system, insert the appropriate DVD.
2.
The Inventor installer
wizard launches automatically. If it does not launch, open the DVD disc and
double-click setup.exe to start the installation.
3.
After configuration,
confirm all your preferences are set as required before starting the
installation.
4.
When the installation is
done, click Finish.
5.
A system reboot is
sometimes required if you install a new Autodesk 360 with this installer.
For more detailed instructions,
please refer to the installation instructions provided with your delivered
media containing Autodesk Inventor 2016.
To verify the installation was
successful, start Inventor. On the Help menu, select About Autodesk Inventor.
If the About box displays: Build: 138, Release: 2016,
the installation was successful.
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We recommend that you
use a certified graphics card, and that your graphics card driver is up to
date. See the Autodesk Inventor 2015 Release cards and drivers. The
certified graphics cards and drivers are also applicable to Autodesk Inventor
2016.
·
For laptop computers
with both an NVidia GeForce GPU and an Intel integrated GPU, change graphics
from discrete GPU to Intel HD integrated graphics to ensure that Inventor 2016
works correctly.
·
Inventor uses TrueType
and OpenType fonts. Other fonts are not supported.
·
For the document window
title, Autodesk Inventor 2016 follows the setting "Hide Extension for
known file types" in Windows Explorer, like Microsoft Word or Excel.
·
When working with
assemblies with more than 25000 components, we recommend that you use a 64-bit
machine with 20 GB or more of physical RAM.
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Translator |
Import |
Export |
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Alias |
V10 or later |
|
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CATIA V4 |
All Revisions |
|
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CATIA V5 |
R6 - V5-6R2014 |
R10 - V5-6R2014 |
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Creo Parametric |
1.0; 2.0; 3.0 |
|
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IGES |
All Revisions |
5.3 |
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JT |
7.0 – 10.0 |
7.0 – 10.0 |
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NX |
Unigraphics V13 - NX 9 |
|
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Parasolid |
Up to 27.0 |
9.0 - 27.0 |
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Pro/ENGINEER |
Up to Wildfire 5.0 |
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Pro/ENGINEER Granite |
Up to 9.0 |
1.0 - 9.0 |
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Pro/ENGINEER Neutral |
N/A |
N/A |
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Rhino |
Up to 5.0 |
|
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SAT |
Up to 7.0 |
7.0 |
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SolidWorks |
2001 Plus – 2015 |
|
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STEP |
AP214, AP203E2, AP242 |
AP214, AP203E2, AP242 |
|
STL |
N/A |
N/A |
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XGL/ZGL |
N/A |
Inventor exports file formats for
Global BOM, Parts Lists and Revision Tables.
In Inventor 2016, to export the
following formats requires 32 or 64-bit Microsoft Excel to be installed on your
computer.
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Microsoft Excel Workbook
(*.xlsx)
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Microsoft Excel 97-2003
Workbook (*.xls)
To export the following database
formats, Inventor uses the “Microsoft Access Database Engine”, which is part of
Microsoft Office. For 64-bit Inventor, you must install 64-bit Microsoft Office
in order to export these files. If 64-bit Microsoft Office is not installed,
you will receive an error message, "Unable to create file: Database
exports require a 64-bit Microsoft Office installation."
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Access 2007
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dBase IV
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Text
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CSV
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Unicode Text
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Unicode CSV
Communication and Interoperability
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38324 Some component
names are missing when you import a file from the selective browser tree.
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45781 Cannot change DWG Underlay visibility in View representations when DWG
Underlay is invisible in Master View.
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46389 Some features in
Solidworks files fail to associatively update when you add features created on
the imported geometry.
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51982 A phantom
component displays when you place the imported file into an assembly if the
source file contains assembly features.
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52205 When importing a
third-party assembly file, the translation report incorrectly shows that some
components are in a warning state. Ignore these warnings. The components have
successfully translated.
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53221 Files saved from
SolidWorks 2015 SP2 cannot be opened in Inventor 2016.
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45784 Reflections do not
show correctly under some image-based lighting styles.
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51600 Hatch of AR-CONC
pattern do not display in PDF output or Print.
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51698 The drawing view
preview shows nothing when using the sketch only part.
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52155 The background is
included when selecting the 1 Color scheme option to print.
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52935 The model
overlapped with Ray Tracing dialog can be selected through when saving image.
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36780 Fade animations
cannot be rendered in Inventor Studio.
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36781 Local Lights
almost do not work for some image-based lighting styles, e.g. Cool Light, Grid
Light, etc.
Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk
Vault, Autodesk Data Management Server, Autodesk Productstream,
Autodesk Autoloader, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, and AutoCAD Electrical, are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the United States
and/or other countries.
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows
8.1, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.
Portions of this software
copyright 1996-2008 Acresso Corporation.
All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
We 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 with the best solution in
mechanical design. We also thank you for your continued business and for the
feedback regarding the content of this update release.
Respectfully,
Autodesk Inventor Product Team
Copyright
© 2015 Autodesk, Inc.