July 31, 2014

Release Notes - Readme file
Autodesk, Inc.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, this Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Alias 2015 fixes or addresses a variety of issues. This file highlights how to install the service pack and what has been fixed.

Contents

• Summary of Issues Addressed by this Service Pack

• Installation Instructions

• Legal Notice

Summary of Issues Addressed by this Service Pack

The following list contains descriptions for issues fixed in this Service Pack. For your convenience, the list is separated into distinct feature areas.

Modeling

• The Draft tool causes a crash when creating a double-sided draft with layer symmetry on. 399114

• The Draft tool may cause a crash when using the inter-surface continuity option if creation of the draft surfaces fails. 399004

• When the magnifying or SDB window is active, trying to print causes a crash because these windows do not have cameras. Alias now detects this situation, warns you and prevents the printing. 399137

• A missing reference file can cause a crash on Windows 64 bit when the dialog box opens. 399236

• Peformance lags when opening the Object Lister. 399077

• The Smooth tool does not retain the last used values for Edge Influence upon exiting the tool (Pick Nothing). 399079

• The Print and Illustrator output functions do not properly identify a trim surface. 398815

• In Alias Design, the Surface Fillet tool labels for G1 Circular and G1 Tangent are incorrect. 399233

• After offsetting a trim divided surface with multi-knots, Alias crashes when saving a file. 398971

• Data sent to VRED Analysis occasionally flickers inside VRED Analysis and then disappears. 399261

• The reference file translation fails in certain conditions. Alias crashes for old files that do not have a thumbnail saved. 399117

• History does not update on instances of surfaces created by the Skin or Revolve tool. 398751

• On Mac OSX, loading a file containing instances of surfaces created by the Skin or Revolve tool causes Alias to crash. 398733

• When General Preferences > Save Workspace On Exit is selected, Alias does not save the position and size of the main Alias Window. 398718

• The first time you open some pull-down menus or pop-up windows (for example, Multi-lister), the drawing does not display correctly. 399198

• There are issues with the Windows file browser that prevent the browser from opening under some conditions. 398311

User Interface

• When saving Stage Sets, any stages that were not retrieved and have not been saved yet will have incorrect references in the saved stage set. 399176

• When General Preferences > Viewing > View Control is set to View Panel, and you press ALT-SHIFT, the panel appears. However, when you mouse down to tumble, the View Panel disappears. 398912

• When importing a Preference Set (.aps) file from Alias 2013 to 2015, shelves, marking menus, and Hotkeys are not imported. 399083

• Once you have imported a preference set, the Windows Browser no longer opens until you relaunch Alias. 399084

• The first time you open some pull-down menus or pop-up windows (for example, Multi-lister) and move your mouse into them, you cannot select a menu item. 399253

• In OSX, because the splash window is forced to be the topmost window, if there is an license checkout error, the error dialog may be obscured by the splash window. Now Alias will not force the window on top, but will raise the window if input is required. 399136

• Pressing the Next button in the Fillet Flange and Tube Flange tools with Section Type set to G1 Circular incorrectly displays the Tangent Offset, Form Factor, and Specify buttons in the control window. 398495

• If you exit immediately after saving, you are asked if you want to save. 398961

Render

• An internet connection is no longer required for proper communication between Alias and VRED Analysis. 399150

Miscellaneous

• On Windows, the thumbnails for reference files do not show up in the browser. 395947

Installation Instructions - Windows

• You must have administrator privileges on your local machine.

• Autodesk Alias 2015 must be installed.

• If you get an "Unable to initialize adlm" error after uninstalling a Service Pack, please read the following knowledge base article: Unable to initialize adlm error after uninstalling a Service Pack for 2015 products.

• If you have Alias Automotive 2015 with SP1 installed, and you attempt to install Alias Surface 2015, you are blocked from installing at the configuration page with a message that newer version of that product already exists.

  Similarly, you are blocked if you have Alias Surface 2015 with SP1 installed, and you attempt to install Alias Automotive 2015.

  This issue occurs only in the combination of Alias Automotive and Alias Surface. A combination of Alias Automotive and Alias Design OR a combination of Alias Design and Alias Surface is unaffected by this issue.

  Workaround

  Option 1

  1. Uninstall the Service Pack(s).
  2. Install the Alias that was blocked from installing (either Surface or Automotive).
  3. Install the Service Pack(s) again.

  Option 2

  1. Use the command line to install the Alias that was blocked from installing (Surface or Automotive).

     Msiexec /i <path to the MSI> /qb

     Where the path to the MSI from the DVD or download root directory is: /x64(or x86)/Alias/Alias20.0.msi

• If you are creating deployments and need to use the merge feature for service packs, then we recommend using the merge feature for all service packs. If you merge one service pack, then append a subsequent service pack, the second service pack will not be visible as an installed update and you will have difficulty uninstalling the appended service pack.

To install Alias Service Pack 1 on Windows

1.    Download the Service Pack to a temporary directory on the workstation.

2.    Double-click to install the Service Pack.

3.    The Windows SP1 Patch installer will "loop" through the install process several times, once for each of the Alias 2015 (Automotive, Surface, Design) products present on the client system. You will be required to click on "Install" once, for each of those loops, as applicable.

Installation Instructions - Mac

• You must have administrator privileges on your local machine.

• Note: There is now an SP1 patch available for Mac.

To install Alias 2015 with Service Pack 1 on Mac

1.    Download the Service Pack patch to a temporary directory on the workstation.

2.    Double-click the Service Pack dmg file to open the install folder.

3.    Right-click on the Alias 2015 Service Pack icon and choose Open With > Installer.

4.    If the message ""AliasAutomotive2015ForMacSP1.mpkg" is from an unidentified developer. Are you sure you want to open it?" appears, click Open.

5.    Install the Alias 2015 Service Pack by selecting the relevant drive containing the Alias product.

Legal Notice

Autodesk, Alias, Maya, and Sketchbook are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other Countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2013 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.