Between the Lines: AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 Released Today

In an effort to continue to improve the quality of our products we are releasing a free AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 after it has completed customer beta testing. This update (Service Pack) includes both AutoCAD Update 1 & Update 2.

Who Should Install This Update?

AutoCAD 2009 32-bit & 64-bit
AutoCAD LT 2009 32-bit & 64-bit
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2009 32-bit & 64-bit
AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2009

Downloads

AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL13271527
AutoCAD LT 2009 Update 3 http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL13271636
AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 for Revit Architecture Suite http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL13271534
AutoCAD 2009 Update 3 for Revit Structure Suite http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL13271518

ReadMe Document

Fixes Include:

Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

Update 1

Annotation Scaling
External References (xref) Palette
Hatch
Partial Open
Plot
Properties Palette
Raster Images
Remote Text (rtext)
Visual Styles

Update 2

3D Orbit
Annotation Scaling
Blocks
Hatch
Layer
Materials
Menu Browser
Open/Save
Plot
Properties Palette
Publish
Render

Update 3

2D Display
3D Navigation
3D Tools
Annotation Scaling
Blocks
CUI
DBX-ACDB
Display Drivers
Dynamic Dimensions
ETransmit
Graphic System
Hatch
Impression Toolbar
Layer
Materials
MDI
Modify
Open/Save
Object Snaps
OLE
Plot
Properties Palette
Publish
Purge
Render
Section & Flatten
Visual Styles

General Updates

The following defects have been fixed:

2D Display

Update 3

On Windows XP, AutoCAD 2009 may crash when Windows XP is suspended or placed in hibernation mode.

If a layer is set to the color BYBLOCK and you plot the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

3D Navigation Tools

Update 2

When you use the ViewCube in some drawings, AutoCAD freezes.

Update 3

When you use a 3D navigation command, such as 3DORBIT or 3DPAN, to maintain performance, the display degrades. AutoCAD may crash.

When orbiting a 3D model with a 3D polyline, AutoCAD may crash.

3D Plot

Update 3

When you plot a drawing, a plot style assigned to a layer does not display in the plotted output.

.NET API

Update 1

When a .NET function with a LispFunction attribute has the return type as object, an exception is issued in AutoCAD.

Update 2

If you create a wipeout object through .NET API, a fatal error may occur.

Annotation Scaling

Update 1

A drawing that contains a large number of anonymous blocks and copies of annotative entities created in AutoCAD 2007 or an earlier release opens slowly in AutoCAD 2009.

A scale is infinitely enumerated when you insert a drawing that contains the same scale as a block or an external reference (xref).

Update 2

The scale of annotative text changes when you use LISP entmod() to change the properties of the annotative text.

Update 3

When a multileader (mleader) with a missing or invalid style is edited, it disappears from the display. If you select undo or close the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

When a drawing contains incorrect block references and the SAVEFIDELITY system variable is set to 1, if you attempt to save the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

Switching layouts that contain viewports with hatched objects may take an unusually long time.

If you use annotation scaling to delete a layout viewport, AutoCAD may crash.

ARX-OTHER

Update 3

If AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 is installed on your system, attribute text may be misaligned.

ATIL

Update 3

TIFF files may display incorrectly.

Attributes

Update 1

When you attempt to display a tooltip of a multiline text (mtext) attribute that contains 281 characters or more, AutoCAD crashes.

When you move a block using an insertion grip, mtext attributes move incorrectly.

When the default value of an mtext attribute in a block contains a field, you cannot edit the attribute text to replace the field with other data.

Update 2

When a drawing contains xrefs, the -ATTEDIT command fails.

Autodesk Buzzsaw

Update 2

In the File Navigation dialog box, when you use the Add a Buzzsaw location shortcut option, AutoCAD crashes.

Blocks

Update 1

When you insert or redefine a block that contains attributes on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.

When you change the scale of a block through the Properties Palette, an attribute displays incorrectly.

Update 2

When you copy and paste a dynamic block, associative hatches do not work.

After you redefine a block definition, associative hatches in dynamic blocks display incorrectly.

When you open a drawing, a polyline in a block may have a very large width.

After you open a drawing, some dynamic blocks lose their dynamic properties.

Update 3

When a drawing contains a block that references itself, if you use the INSERT command, AutoCAD crashes.

When you use the PASTEBLOCK command, AutoCAD may crash.

If you explode mirrored blocks and then save your drawing, AutoCAD may crash.

Corrupt DWG file

Update 3

When you audit a drawing, erased objects may be identified as invalid objects. AutoCAD attempts to fix these and crashes.

In some situations, when you attempt to open a corrupt drawing, if data cannot be recovered, AutoCAD crashes.

CUI

Update 3

When you use the Refedit toolbar to reference edit, AutoCAD may crash.

Data Extraction

Update 2

Data Extraction cannot finish operations in some cases.

The Data Extraction Combine Record Mode > Sum values option does not work correctly.

DBX-ACDB

Update 3

When all drawings are closed, if you preview a drawing from the Recent Files list on the menu browser, AutoCAD crashes.

When you add Xdata to a table style, AutoCAD may crash.

DGN Support

Update 2

When you import some DGN files, AutoCAD crashes.

Update 3

When you use the DGNEXPORT command, you cannot save the file to a FAT32 formatted drive.

DIM

Update 2

If alternate units is on and you edit dimension text, the alternate units text is duplicated.

Display Drivers

Update 3

If you are running AutoCAD on Windows with limited user privileges, you cannot download the updated certified driver list. The latest list of certified drivers is included with this update.

If you use OpenGL with uncertified graphics drivers, AutoCAD may crash.

If your screen saver starts, the connection between AutoCAD and your graphics card may be lost, causing AutoCAD to crash.

Draw 2D

Update 3

When you copy multiline text (mxtext) or dimensions with breaks, a memory leak may occur.

When AutoCAD 2009 Update 2, AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 2, or AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 3 is installed, polylines are incorrectly closed.

When AutoCAD 2009 Update 2 is installed, polylines with different widths are incorrectly closed.

Dynamic Dimensions

Update 3

If you enable Dynamic Input while grip editing an object and then save and close the drawing, AutoCAD may crash.

DWFIN

Update 3

In AutoCAD, if the background of a drawing is black, the file may not display correctly. This problem applies to DWF files only.

ETRANSMIT

Update 3

When AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 3 is installed, if you attempt to eTransmit drawings to a ZIP file, AutoCAD crashes.

Export a Layout to Model Space

Update 1

When you export a layout to model space, the following occurs:

The linetype scale changes.

Dimension arrowheads do not display.

Text does not rotate correctly.

Drawing properties are lost.

Update 2

When you use the EXPORTLAYOUT command on some layouts, if .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 is installed, AutoCAD may stop responding.

External Reference ESW

Update 1

The External References palette does not display when it is auto-hidden and used with the XREF or IMAGE commands.

Find

Update 1

When you use the FIND command, AutoCAD does not remain zoomed into an object.

Update 2

The FIND command performs slowly when you search for text.

Graphic System

Update 3

On Windows Vista, if your drawing contains a large block of text and the text is being refreshed for display on the screen, AutoCAD crashes.

Groups

Update 2

Rollover highlighting does not go away.

Hatch

Update 1

When you recreate a hatch boundary, it consists of separate line segments rather than a closed polyline.

Update 2

When you bind a drawing with an xref that contains annotative hatches, AutoCAD crashes.

Update 3

When you view or plot large hatched objects, AutoCAD may run out of memory.

When you open a drawing that has a hatch pattern name greater than 35 characters, AutoCAD crashes.

Hide/Shade

Update 1

When you plot, objects in an xref are not correctly hidden.

Update 2

When you use the HIDE command with a drawing that contains text, some objects may not be hidden.

Image

Update 2

When you attach a corrupted raster image to a drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

Update 3

If AutoCAD Update 1 is installed, TIFF files display incorrectly.

Impression Toolbar

Update 3

In some situations, when the AcImpression.cui file is loaded and you open a drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

Inquiry

Update 3

When you use the MEASUREGEOM command, a memory leak occurs.

Install

Update 3

If you install AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 on Windows Vista 64-bit, AutoCAD fails to launch.

When you attempt to install AutoCAD 2009 Update 1 on AutoCAD Civil 3D or AutoCAD Architecture, if you do not restart, the installation fails. If you attempt to reinstall the update, a message displays stating that the update is already installed even though it is not.

When the AutoCAD LT 2009 Update 2 is installed, AutoCAD Civil LT 2009 Update 2 fails to install.

Layer

Update 2

When you zoom to a locked viewport, the Layer palette updates.

Update 3

The VPLAYER command does not freeze selected layers in all layout viewports.

When you use the LAYMRG command, an error message displays.

When you use the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, instead of the CLASSICLAYER command, and you attempt to remove the viewport overrides for the current viewport, an error message displays and the overrides are not removed.

In the Layer Properties Manager, if you click New Group Filter and then click Set Current, an error message displays.

In drawings with many layers, if you sort layers by name, AutoCAD may freeze.

Layouts

Update 2

When you attempt to switch layouts in drawings, an Out of Memory crash may occur.

Licensing

Update 3

In AutoCAD LT 2009, when you use the -UNITS or TIME commands, a crash may occur.

If you install a network version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD may fail to start.

Materials

Update 2

When you import a 3DS file with texture, AutoCAD may crash.

Update 3

When you open a drawing with missing referenced files, if you click Cancel to ignore the missing references, AutoCAD may crash.

MDI

Update 3

If you right-click in the drawing area while a drawing is closing, AutoCAD may crash.

Menu Browser

Update 1

You cannot access the menu browser in a non-English version of AutoCAD using the shortcut Alt+Key.

Menu/Toolbar

Update 2

Some menu macros do not work.

Modify

Update 3

When you use the TABLEEXPORT command and then grip edit a viewport, AutoCAD may crash.

When you offset a polyline with a distance of zero, AutoCAD crashes.

When you use the FILLET command on non-orthogonal lines, the inclination of the lines change by a small amount. This amount is small enough that it cannot be measured, but may cause problems.

Multileader (mleader)

Update 1

When created on a rotated UCS, an mleader does not respect POLAR or ORTHO settings.

Update 2

Mleader custom arrowheads are not brought over to the drawing from the Tool palette.

Multiline Text (mtext)

Update 1

When you drag and drop a drawing while the In-Place Text Editor is active, AutoCAD crashes.

When some of the values in the In-Place Text Editor are changed, AutoCAD crashes.

Some mtext objects with double-byte characters display as a single line.

Update 2

When you edit mtext in a viewport, it may be duplicated in other viewports.

Update 3

When you open a drawing created in a non-English version of AutoCAD 2006 that contains multiline text (mtext), mtext does not display correctly.

Object Snaps

Update 2

Osnaps on polylines and mesh objects do not work correctly.

Update 3

Depending on the objects in a drawing and your current object snap settings, after you start the MOVE command and select objects, AutoCAD may fail to respond.

OLE

Update 3

When you right-click an OLE object, AutoCAD may crash.

Open/Save

Update 1

When you attempt to save a file with a long file name, AutoCAD may crash.

When you drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer into the AutoCAD title bar while in Single Document Interface (SDI) mode, AutoCAD may crash.

When you attempt to open multiple files from Windows Explorer, only the first selected file opens.

Update 3

On Windows XP 64-bit or Windows Vista 64-bit, after you work on a large number of drawings during a single session, after saving, AutoCAD may crash.

When you use the COPYCLIP or INSERT commands, an error message warning about duplicate blocks may display. When you save the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

If you click on a hyperlink to a drawing file in another application, AutoCAD may crash.

Partial Open

Update 1

When the OPENPARTIAL system variable is set to 1 and you use the PURGE command, drawings may become corrupted.

Plot

Update 2

When you plot upside-down, an OLE object does not plot correctly.

A drawing that contains hatches and gradients may plot slowly.

When the plot area is set to View, AutoCAD LT may crash.

Update 3

When you attempt to plot a drawing with an OLE object, the OLE object may not display in the plotted output.

If you plot a drawing that contains geometry with corrupt layers, AutoCAD crashes.

Properties Palette

Update 1

In the Properties palette, the Dimension Style control may display an incorrect dimension style name.

Update 3

When you list the properties of a dynamic block containing an attribute with an empty tag, AutoCAD crashes.

Publish

Update 1

In the Publish dialog box, the Publish To setting always defaults to DWF format even if you select a different setting.

Update 2

When you attempt to publish multiple sheets with PUBLISHCOLLATE=1, only the first sheet of the set is plotted.

Update 3

When you use the Markup Set Manager to republish a file and open the new file, AutoCAD crashes.

PURGE

Update 3

When you attempt to purge nested items from a drawing with nothing to purge, AutoCAD does not respond.

When AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 1 is installed, if you use PURGE or -PURGE and select purge zero-length geometry and the geometry is on a locked layer, AutoCAD crashes.

When you use the PURGE command, zero-length geometry is removed from block definitions.

Quick Properties

Update 1

When you change the theme of your operating system while running AutoCAD and then click the Quick Properties window, AutoCAD crashes.

Update 2

When you edit multiple mtext objects through the Quick Properties palette, AutoCAD crashes.

RECOVER

Update 1

When you open some valid drawings, you are prompted to use the RECOVER command.

Update 3

RECOVER does not identify multileaders (mleaders) with missing or invalid styles.

In AutoCAD, you may not be able to open files created in previous releases.

Render

Update 1

When you use the RENDER command with certain drawings that contain textured objects, AutoCAD crashes.

Update 2

When you render some drawings, AutoCAD runs out of memory.

Update 3

When you use the RPREF command, AutoCAD may crash.

Ribbon

Update 1

When acad.CUI is loaded as a partial CUI, some buttons in the mtext ribbon contextual tab fail.

On a ribbon panel, you may not be able to move items between rows.

A ribbon panel continues to display after it is removed from a ribbon tab.

A button image used on a ribbon panel that is loaded from a resource DLL file lacks a transparent background.

If you transfer a ribbon panel and a tab, buttons display small.

Enterprise, main, and partial CUI files display multiple ribbon tabs in workspaces.

You cannot control a ribbon tab when you use more than one non-AutoCAD CUI file.

A ribbon tab and/or menu macro may not function properly when referenced from multiple CUI files.

If you load a CUI file that references a missing BMP file, a fatal error displays.

Update 2

If the ribbon is displayed and you select portions of an mtext object that contains multiple formats, the mtext object becomes distorted.

Update 3

When you load a CUI file or select an object for edit before a command is active, AutoCAD may crash.

Section and Flatten

Update 3

When you use the SECTION command or AutoCAD .NET API methods for working with sections, a memory leak occurs.

When you select objects before you use the SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK command, a memory leak occurs.

When you use the SECTIONPLANE command and select a face for the location of the section plane, a memory leak occurs.

When you attempt to generate a 2D/3D section from a section plane that overlaps an ellipse, AutoCAD crashes.

Selection

Update 2

When you select objects in groups, AutoCAD may crash.

Tables

Update 2

When you edit text with space before or after the text within a table cell, AutoCAD crashes.

Update 3

When you select objects before you start the TABLEEXPORT or TABLESTYLE command and cancel the command, a memory leak occurs.

Text

Update 2

When you move text to a new position within a drawing, it disappears.

Tool Palettes

Update 2

When you attempt to edit the properties of multiple Tool Palette tools, an Out of Memory crash may occur.

Visual LISP

Update 1

The AutoLISP Redraw function fails to hide or highlight objects.

Visual Styles

Update 3

When you edit objects with grips, the 3D gizmo is not hidden properly. When you close the drawing, AutoCAD crashes.

When you attempt to open a 3D model, as the model begins to display, AutoCAD may crash

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