AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta

We have now released for testing the AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 Service Pack 1. This Service Pack was created as a direct result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility or who reported issues to Autodesk support or MyFeedback. Please continue to provide feedback and send the CER reports.

If you would like to test this Service Pack sign up at http://myfeedback.autodesk.com and in the Sign Up form select AutoCAD yes to beta and feedback projects and of course use your real name and email to participate. If you are already a member of MyFeedback there is no need to re-register just make sure your profile is up to date.

If you would prefer to not beta test this Service Pack you can wait until the final release is announced in the future.

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

32-bit Product Service Pack

• AutoCAD 2008
• AutoCAD LT 2008
• AutoCAD Revit^® Architecture Suite 2008 ¹
• AutoCAD Revit^® Structure Suite 2008 ¹

64-bit Product Service Pack

• AutoCAD 2008
• AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 ¹
• AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2008 ¹

¹ Apply the patch only if the installation contains AutoCAD 2008

Primary Issues Resolved by the Service Pack

Problems Reported with the Customer Error Reporting Utility

As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed in the following areas:

• .NET API
• 2D Display
• 3D Display
• 3D Navigation
• Annotation Scaling
• Attributes
• Blocks
• Copy and Paste
• Customer Involvement Program
• Dashboard
• Design Center
• Dimensions
• DWF Creation
• eTransmit
• External References
• File Navigation
• Hatches
• Hide
• Images
• Layers
• Layouts
• Lights
• Materials
• Multileaders
• Multiline Text
• Object Editing
• Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
• Open, Save, and Close
• Options
• OSNAP
• Plot
• Properties Palette
• Publish
• Random Crashes
• Recover
• Render
• Selection
• Sheet Set Manager
• Standards
• Tables
• Text
• Tool Palettes
• Tooltips
• Trim
• Undo and Redo
• Viewports
• Visual Lisp

General Updates

Other changes include the following:

.NET API

• ObjectID.Open no longer causes a crash
• Removing a handler from Database.ObjectAppended then firing the event now generates an error message

64-Bit

• vl-arx-import now functions for namespaces separate from VLX
• i-Drop is operating correctly

Annotation Scaling

• When dragging and dropping a named view from the style sheet manager to the host drawing, the annotation scaling features work properly
• Custom scales which exist in the nested xrefs are no longer duplicated in the host drawing
• Blocks in the Tool Palettes created from the DesignCenter annotative drawings are now annotative

Attributes

• Multiline attributes no longer shift positions every time drawings are saved and opened
• The Value field for an attribute definition may now be modified in the Property Palette

Blocks

• The Y-scale factor of inserted blocks is now scaled accurately

Dashboards

• The dashboard panel configuration is now maintained throughout different workspaces and user sessions

Data Extraction

• All dynamic block properties are now correctly extracted

Dimensions

• Radial extension arcs may now be disabled, restoring the ability to dimension small radii
• The In-Place dimension text editor size is now correct
• Round-off dimension values now appear correctly
• Dimension breaks no longer cause AutoCAD to hang

Display

• Linetypes now always display properly after zooming operations

DWG

• Copy/paste now works in the drawings saved as 2000 and then resaved in AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005, or AutoCAD 2006

E-Transmit

• AutoCAD 2000 and Release 14 file formats are preserved while using ETRANSMIT with the "Keep existing drawing file formats" setting enabled

Fields

• Drawing name field now always plots correctly

Hatch

• The BHATCH command boundary detection mechanism has been improved

Image

• Image frames are no longer plotted or displayed when IMAGEFRAME is set to 0

Layouts

• The ampersand character ("&") may now be entered on the Layout tab

Multileader

• The location of attributes in multileader block is no longer off-center
• Multileader text no longer unexpectedly rotates
• Multileader attributes are no longer off-center in a rotated UCS

MText

• MText tabs are now saved correctly to the older DWG formats
• Certain Japanese characters are displayed correctly
• Portuguese (Iberian and Brazilian) dictionaries now have accented capital letters

Open/Save

• If multiple drawings are opened in Explorer, only a single instance of AutoCAD containing those drawings will launch

OSnap

• Object snaps now work correctly in blocks

PDF Export

• Raster images now plot correctly to PDF

Performance Tuner

• If there are no new drivers, the "New Driver" bubble does not appear

Plot

• Plotting performance of rotated MrSID images is improved

Tables

• Data linked cell formatting is now correct
• Excel formatting is kept when the paste special (PASTESPEC) command is used

Tool Palette

• Icons are no longer truncated

Visual Styles

• Erroneous lines and display artifacts no longer show up after multiple zooming operations

XREF

• Drawings with long reference paths are referenced properly