- Autodesk Inc., a world leader in 3D design software for entertainment, natural resources, manufacturing, engineering, construction, and civil infrastructure, has released update for AutoCAD 2017.1, its the latest version of the popular drafting software features improvements in dimensioning, object snapping, PDF creation, and reality computing.
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Autodesk App Store is a marketplace and a web service provided by Autodesk that makes it easy to find and acquire third-party plugins, other companion applications, content and learning materials to customize and extend many Autodesk design and engineering products. After applying this patch, AutoCAD 2017.1.2 Update, the Product Version number in the About box will be listed as N.402.0.0 AutoCAD 2017.1.2. If you use one of the vertical products, the Built On version will be listed as N.402.0.0 AutoCAD 2017.1.2.
Thank you for downloading the Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2017.1.2 Update.
This readme contains important information regarding the installation and contents of the update.
Important: This AutoCAD 2017.1.2 Update contains all of the updates previously released for AutoCAD 2017.
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Updates to AutoCAD are separate and independent of the updates for AutoCAD-based vertical products. You will need to install the AutoCAD update in addition to any applicable update for your vertical products.
After applying this patch, AutoCAD 2017.1.2 Update, the Product Version number in the About box will be listed as N.402.0.0 AutoCAD 2017.1.2. If you use one of the vertical products, the Built On version will be listed as N.402.0.0 AutoCAD 2017.1.2.
Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility
As a result of the detailed information that we received from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, we were able to identify and fix several defects with the following results:
Blocks
- Occasional crashes when inserting some blocks a second time.
Graphics
- Occasional crashes when zooming out of a drawing following the 3D Orbit command.
Purge
- Occasional crashes when purging DXF drawing files.
Web and Cloud
- Occasional crashes when modifying the Online Options settings and signing in to Autodesk A360 from InfoCenter.
General
- Occasional crashes when launching AutoCAD in Windows 10.
- Occasional crashes when inputting the system time in long string format, and then using the DIM command.
- Occasional crashes when switching layouts.
- Occasional crashes when performing a 3D rotate in drawings containing a point cloud.
- Occasional crashes when plotting to PDF using AccoreConsole.exe.
- Occasional crashes when performing an Undo after detaching a reference using the External References palette.
- Occasional crashes when PNG images were specified in a CUI resource file.
Graphics
- Occasional crashes when creating a 3D polyline after an Undo.
- Occasional crashes when switching to the Top View in some AutoCAD Architecture drawings.
- Occasional crashes when selecting some objects after using Wblock on certain drawings.
General
- Occasional crashes when closing some xrefs after you edit the referenced drawings in place.
General
- Occasional crashes when zooming in while HQGEOM is disabled on specific drawings.
- Occasional crashes running common commands after loading specific ARX files.
Several additional defects have been fixed with the following results:
Display
- Xrefs on a frozen viewport layer would plot.
- AutoCAD in Citrix might not default to the primary display adapter.
Open and Save
- Opening a drawing file using an Excel hyperlink repositioned the AutoCAD application window.
PDF Import
- Importing a PDF Underlay that was attached with a relative path could fail.
Security (In Service Pack 1)
- Internal software security continues to be enhanced, closing potential exploits.
Xref
- The Xref status incorrectly displays the 'Needs reloading' message when the dataset is opened from a UNC path to a shared folder.
General
- When opening drawings created with AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD might crash if the drawing was saved again.
- Plotting with certain visual styles might produce incorrect results.
- Migrating custom settings might fail.
Display
- All lines were displayed as continuous in Excel when they were pasted from AutoCAD 2017 with hardware acceleration enabled.
- The linetype might be missed on the Ribbon when switching to the light theme.
General
- Pressing a Function key during an active command would freeze AutoCAD after updating to the Windows 10 anniversary edition.
- Publishing might degrade performance when opening some projects in the Sheet Set Manager.
- Importing certain DGN files might fail.
- The bubble notification needed to be closed twice when switching to a 3D Visual Style.
- Customized Edit menu settings might be removed after installing 2017.1 Update.
Font
- Compiling PFB fonts can produce a non-usable .SHX file.
General
- After executing certain commands, the local language cannot be switched.
- Copying and pasting might lead to AutoCAD freezing.
- When changing the view of a drawing, the objects in that view might disappear.
The following table lists the new features provided in 2017.1 Update:
| Import PDF | Feature Enhancement | PDFSHXTEXT is a command that you can use after you import a PDF file that contains SHX geometry. It converts any selected PDF geometry into multiline text objects that use a matching SHX font. Several popular SHX fonts are supported. However, Asian Big Font SHX geometry is currently not supported. Commands: PDFSHXTEXT , -PDFSHXTEXT , TXT2MTXT |
| High Resolution Monitor Support(High Pixels per Inch) | New Feature | In the AutoCAD 2017.1.2 Update, common user interface elements, such as the Layer Manager, Command Line window, Property Palette, File Navigation dialog box, pick box cursor, grips, View Cube, and UCS icon, are correctly adjusted to the Windows setting for the display scale. Note: |
| Object Selection | Feature Enhancement | Objects that are moved off screen during selection in remain in the selection set. All linetype gaps can be selected and available for object snapping when High Quality Geometry is turned on. System variables: SELECTIONOFFSCREEN, LTGAPSELECTION |
| 3D Graphics Performance | Feature Enhancement | The performance and reliability of 3DORBIT is improved for rendered visual styles, especially for models with a large number of small blocks containing edges and facets. Command: VISUALSTYLES |
Uninstall This Update
Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10
- Click Start and then Control Panel.
- Click Programs.
- Click Programs and Features.
- In the left pane in the Programs and Features window, click View Installed Updates.
- Find the appropriate update in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.
We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Your reports gave us the opportunity to improve the product for everyone's benefit. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your valuable feedback regarding this release.
Respectfully,
The Autodesk AutoCAD Product Team
Copyright ©2017 Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk released AutoCAD update last week. You should see the update in Autodesk Desktop App and be able to install it from that app. After you install this update, your AutoCAD version will be AutoCAD 2017.1. You can’t manually download and install it from AutoCAD download page like other regular updates.
It’s a good thing that now Autodesk improve the functionality before the annual release. What are the new features?
New Feature Highlights
After you installed the update, you can see the new tools are highlighted on the ribbon. There are orange circles at the new tools icon. It’s a good way for us to find what are new quickly. We often miss the new features in new releases. This highlight probably can help us to explore new features quickly.
These highlights will not be turned off after you use the tools. I don’t know if they will be gone after a while, but if you don’t want to see the highlights, you can turn it off by clicking the down arrow near the help icon. Click Highlight New Features option.
You can control this option using HIGHLIGHTNEW system variable.
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High-Resolution Monitor Support
AutoCAD has a problem when working with the high-resolution display (larger than 4K resolution). The texts on the palettes are truncated, or the texts are too small. This has been a problem for years, and we need to use this workaround to use it comfortably.
In the new update, this issue has been resolved. You can maximize your screen resolution now!
Off Screen Selection
Probably not all AutoCAD users realize this. After you select objects then you pan the screen to select objects off the screen, the previous selection will be removed. You can only select objects that are shown on your screen.
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This issue finally resolved in this update. It does take a long time, but I’m glad that this is finally supported.
SHX Font Support for Imported PDF
AutoCAD 2017 finally supports PDF import. You can directly import a PDF file to a native AutoCAD format.
However, SHX font will be imported as geometry, not texts. It will make text editing difficult. This update includes a tool to recognize SHX fonts. The text will still be imported as geometry, but you can convert them to text in AutoCAD later.
Text to Mtext is Graduated from Express Tools
TXT2MTXT is not a new feature for AutoCAD users. It’s been included in Express Tools for years. But now this tool is graduated from Express Tools and become AutoCAD core. It’s probably means nothing for AutoCAD users, but for AutoCAD LT users, it means they can use this functionality now.
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AutoCAD 3D Navigation Performance
AutoCAD 3D navigation now becomes faster and smoother. I tried it and can feel the significant difference when working with a large model. But, there are some conditions to met before you can feel the performance. If the performance boost doesn’t work, you will see this notification bubble.
Read about Enhance 3D Display Performance here.
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More Information about the Updates
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If you want to read more about this update, you can read about AutoCAD 2017 fall update on AutoCAD blog here. There is a video that shows the new features at the bottom of the article.