AutoCAD 2008 Service Pack 1 Final

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
• Infocenter
• Layers
• Layouts
• Lights
• Materials
• Multileaders
• Multiline Text
• Object Editing
• Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
• Open, Save, and Close
• Options
• Object Snap
• 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

Communication Center

• The Communication Center is now enabled by default.

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

Object Snap

• 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

Known Issues With This Service Pack

• Problem: After applying the Service Pack 1, all dashboard control panels are displayed regardless of the selected workspace.
  Workaround: Make the desired workspace current.