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CADTutor - Michael's Corner - August 2004 - The AutoCAD UCS

AutoCAD 2005 Service Pack 1 Releases Today

It will be available by the AutoCAD Communication Center notification for live updates and also on:

AutoCAD 2005 Support Downloads
http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-updates
AutoCAD LT 2005 Support Downloads
http://www.autodesk.com/autocadlt-updates

The AutoCAD 2005 Service Pack 1 ReadMe link Click Here

The AutoCAD 2005 Service Pack 1 Download
The AutoCAD LT 2005 Service Pack 1 Download

Who Should Install the Service Pack?


Service Pack 1 is for the following Autodesk products running on all
supported operating systems and languages:

  • AutoCAD® 2005
  • AutoCAD LT® 2005
  • Autodesk® AutoCAD® Revit® Series


Summary of the Primary Issues Resolved by the Service Pack

Actions That No Longer Generate Fatal Errors

  • Closing a sheet without saving it after adding a view and saving the resource drawing.
  • Exiting the program with the Customize dialog box open.
  • Using SHADEMODE with XCLIP on and textures enabled.
  • Switching to model space viewport with UCSFOLLOW set to 1.
  • Navigating to certain DWF™ files in Windows Explorer.
  • Using HYPERLINK in certain drawings with the application window maximized.
General Issues

  • A layer filter can now have a name that starts with an accented character.
  • In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, clicking Add to List no longer incorrectly removes backslashes in a UNC path.
  • In DWF files, hyperlink fields with SHX fonts no longer fail.
  • A hatch no longer bleeds when you change the hatch type.
  • Using the PEDIT Spline option with a 3D polyline no longer generates an error when you use AUDIT or RECOVER.
  • A problem that caused the program to sometimes lock up during startup after menu or toolbar changes has been fixed.
  • An issue that caused the screen menu to collapse under certain circumstances has been fixed.
  • Edges on Architectural Desktop objects and other custom objects are now displayed correctly when SHADEMODE is set to Gouraud or Flat shading with edges on.
  • The message “Unable to find the asmm80enures.dll” is no longer displayed when modeler dlls are being loaded on computers with mixed language environment.
Block Issues

  • Changing properties of block attributes in BATTMAN no longer makes unwanted changes to color.
  • Blocks with similar names are now displayed correctly in the QSELECT list.
  • Property fields in a block attribute now resolve correctly after INSERT.
  • Block attribute text that contains fields now mirrors correctly.
  • The Save Changes prompt is now correctly displayed after you use the Write Block dialog box.
Dimension Issues

  • Child dimension styles are sorted correctly in the Dimension Styles Manager.
  • Issues with directions and positions of arrowheads and text have been fixed.
Plotting Issues

  • The “Command still active” message is no longer displayed when you try to close a drawing after you have canceled a PLOT command that was started with a maximized viewport active.
  • The CALCOMP8.HDI driver, which plotted only to file, now plots normally.
  • HIDEPRECISION can now be set for background plots.
Performance Issues

  • The Layer dialog box and the Plot dialog box now open faster.
  • Performance is improved for use of ETRANSMIT for part of a large sheet set.
  • A slowing of performance when multiple users are editing a sheet set at the same time has been improved.
  • A problem that caused the program to use 99% of the system resources if you are using VBA applications and have the View toolbar open has been resolved.
Text Issues

  • Switching from one text style with a Big Font to another no longer causes the SHX font to change unexpectedly.
  • Typing over selected multiline text in the text editor no longer applies the color of the selected text to the new text.
  • Misalignment issues with Japanese text have been resolved.
  • Issues with inappropriate display of Czech, Latvian, and other language characters have been resolved.
VBA Issues

  • Side-by-side installation of AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD 2005 no longer causes errors in VBA scripts.
  • A REVCLOUD conflict with VBAIDE has been resolved.
Xref Issues

  • Certain xrefs whose relative paths did not resolve now resolve correctly.
  • Relative paths for certain xrefs no longer change when xrefs are loaded.

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