New Feature Update in AutoCAD 2009
Updates have been made in the following commands and features:
Update 1
- 3D Visual Styles
- Annotation Scaling
- External References (xref) Palette
- HATCH
- Partial Open
- PLOT
- Properties Palette
- Raster Images
- Remote Text (rtext)
Update 2
- 3DORBIT
- Annotation Scaling
- Blocks
- HATCH
- LAYER
- MATERIALS
- Menu Browser
- OPEN/SAVE
- PLOT
- Properties Palette
- PUBLISH
- RENDER
The following defects have also been fixed:
3D Navigation Tools
Update 2
- When you use the ViewCube in some drawings, AutoCAD freezes.
.NET API
Update 1
- When a .NET function with a LispFunction attribute has the return type as object, an exception is thrown 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.
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.
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.
DGN Support
Update 2
- When you import some DGN files, AutoCAD crashes.
DIM
Update 2
- If alternate units is on and you edit dimension text, the alternate units text is duplicated.
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
- If .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 is installed and you use the EXPORTLAYOUT command on some layouts, AutoCAD may stop responding.
External Reference ESW
Update 1
- The External References palette does not display when 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.
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.
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.
Layer
Update 2
- When you zoom to a locked viewport, the Layer palette updates
Layouts
Update 2
- When you attempt to switch layouts in drawings, an Out of Memory crash may occur.
Materials
Update 2
- When you import a 3DS file with texture, 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.
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.
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.
Object Snaps
Update 2
- Osnaps on polylines and mesh objects do not work correctly.
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 plot area is set to View, AutoCAD LT may crash.
Properties Palette
Update 1
- In the Properties palette, the Dimension Style control may display an incorrect dimension style name.
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.
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.
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.
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 a mtext object that contains multiple formats, the mtext object becomes distorted.
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.
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.
ZOOM
Update 1
- When you zoom while inserting some blocks, AutoCAD crashes.
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