AutoCAD 2013 SP2 Released

Autodesk has released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for AutoCAD 2013.

Here is the link to download AutoCAD 2013 SP2 32-bit, Click Here...
Here is the link to download AutoCAD 2013 SP2 64-bit, Click Here...

Here is a link for the Readme file, Click Here…

This Service Pack can be applied to AutoCAD 2013 installed as a standalone application as well as AutoCAD 2013 installed from the following Autodesk Design Suites.

• AutoCAD Design Suite 2013
• Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013
• Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2013
• Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013
• Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2013
• Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013

The following operating systems are also now officially supported for 32-bit and 64-bit AutoCAD 2013 with Service Pack 2.

• Windows 8 Standard edition
• Windows 8 Enterprise edition
• Windows 8 Professional edition

Here are the details regarding what is included in the SP2.

Inventor 2013 - Service Pack 2 Released

Autodesk has now released Service Pack 2 for Inventor 2013.

Here are the details regarding what is included in the SP2 for 2013.

Cable & Harness

• Cannot import Cable & Harness libraries in Japanese Inventor 2012 SP2
• When autorouting more than 30 wires at a time, performance is extremely slow

Tube & Pipe

• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you click Hose Length command

API

• SurfaceEvaluator.GetXXX methods get a run-time error
• Cannot insert AutoCAD DWG into a sketch using the DWG TranslatorAddIn.Open method
• Other products (such as RADF Viewer) cannot open the SAT file that was generated by DataIO.WriteDataToFile with the ACIS SAT format

Application Functionality

• The Create New File dialog box takes too long to open when the template folder is a network Universal Naming Conversion path
• If you use a mapped network drive as a templates path, parent folders of the templates folder are exposed in the Create New File dialog box
• In the Create New File dialog box, in Details view, if you reorder or resize the width of the columns, the layout reverts to default the next time you open the dialog box
• The Create New File dialog box lists all folders that are on the same level as the template folder

Assembly Modeling

• Inventor unexpectedly exits after generating too many iAssembly members in one assembly
• In Constraint dialog box, when you set a parameter input using Display as an expression, the parameter does not work correctly
• In the Assembly in-place edit environment, the Redefine Feature command for UCS is disabled
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you in-place edit a subassembly feature
• When you drive one constraint between components that have an activated Contact set, the performance is worse in R2013 than in R2012

Content Center

• Custom material disappears after you migrate a Content Center library from 2012 to 2013
• You cannot place a part from Content Center after you migrate the custom library from 2011 to 2013

Direct Manipulation

• The preview of a workplane that you create with 3D sketch geometry is sometimes incorrect

Drawing Manager

• In a break view, projected geometries are not in the correct position
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you insert a sketch symbol
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you move a sketch symbol after deleting one of the sheets of the drawing
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you open a drawing that was created in R7
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you move cursor, zoom in or zoom out while updating a drawing view
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you drag a hole table from one sheet to another

Enhanced Visualization

• The shaded style of a Drawing view is not maintained after you click the view or other Drawing views

Frame Generator

• Cannot select a mirrored 3D sketch when you attempt to insert it into frame generator
• Notch fails in some custom structural shapes

iLogic

• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you try to select iLogic Copy Design if .NET Framework 4.5 is installed on the machine

Materials/Appearances

• The Material or Appearance thumbnail does not update correctly when you import a legacy style
• The Material or Appearance thumbnail does not update correctly after you change the appearance color in the material or appearance editor
• If you save an appearance to a library which contains the same assets and select "keep both" to create a duplicated one, you cannot apply it to any object
• Mass value does not update in the drawing part list when you change material from the quick access tool bar or material browser
• Appearance in-used can be deleted from appearance browser
• The thumbnail of a material or appearance is incorrect when you migrate legacy xmls to a new or existing library
• The material name in the document library changes after you rename the same material in the Autodesk library, Inventor library, or user library

Part Modeling

• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you measure an object in a Face Draft preview
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you extract an iFeature

Sheetmetal

• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you create a corner seam in sheet metal

Sketch

• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you edit the sketch of a sheetmetal feature
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you drag the endpoint of a line in some 2D sketches
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you add a dimension between projected profiles
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you click Edit Pattern in some 2D sketches
• Inventor unexpectedly exits when you scale a sketch

Translators

• Get wrong bounding box when you open an STL file with Template Units in Options dialog box
• DWF publish time shows nearly 300% regression in SP1.1 compared to Inventor 2013

Here is the link to download Inventor 2013 SP2 32-bit, Click Here...
Here is the link to download Inventor 2013 SP2 64-bit, Click Here...

Here is a link for the Readme file, Click Here...

Inventor 2014 - Update 1 Released

Autodesk has just released Update 1 for Inventor 2014.

This Update addresses multiple issues for Inventor 2014.

Here is what is addressed in Update 1:

• Many duplicate occurrences shown in browser of IPN's following assembly demote/promote
• Create New dialog does not remember the size and order of column in details view
• Mass property is not available after migration
• Min and Max values for Hole patching are not stored
• View remains raster after selecting Precise view
• iFeature insert dialog will show "Create Package" instead of the description of the iFeature
• Copying a material in the category will corrupt that material from the library
• Unable to change icon of existing custom category in Content Center Library
• Adding a material will flag existing file as out of date and unnecessarily replace/update appearances
• Weldment iAssemblies still looking for the obsolete "Use as Weldment Material" setting
• Highlight effect when mouse hover on geometry is not as good as full mode when create Dimension/Baseline/Ordinate annotation in Raster View
• GraphicsNode.RenderStyle has no effect on the graphics entity
• The translator addin imports the DWG into sketch with wrong units if custom units specified
• Legacy Section View displays incorrect line
• Title block incorrectly displayed on Zoom when multiple files opened
• Decreased performance when selecting all assets
• Decreased performance when select Derive menu Other Tab
• Slow shut down of InventorViewCompute.exe even after Inventor main window closes
• Unexpected exit when make all views raster and make all views precise
• Unexpected exit when switching to Full from Express mode
• Unexpected exit when click adjust with customized project setting
• Unexpected exit when rotating large assembly
• Unexpected exit when dragging materials in user library
• Unexpected exit when Load Express
• Unexpected exit when starting Inventor from Factory Design Suite
• Unexpected exit due to Non-transacted AddTriangleGraphics

 

Here is a link to download Update 1 for Inventor 2014 - Click Here...
Both the 32-bit and 64-bit are included in the download.
Here is a link for the Readme File - Click Here...

This update covers the following products:

• Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014
• Autodesk Inventor 2014
• Autodesk Factory Design Suite Premium 2014
• Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2014
• Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium 2014
• Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2014

Autodesk Labs - Design Checker for Inventor

Design Checker for Inventor software is a free technology preview of a productivity solution used to give a designer insight into the adherence of standards for the product being designed. Live checking provides instant feedback on the adherence to company and customer standards, as well as ensures a high level of quality for the entire design process.

Design Checker can be configured to define not only what type of features are checked, but also the standards that dictate if a check passes or fails. Custom checks can also be defined. These configurations are stored in a Profile and can be separated into different work environments (Parts, Drawings, Assemblies). This allows Profiles to be created that define different checks for different product types, different customers, or any other end user variances. By changing profiles, Design Checker checks the models based on the rules defined in that profile.

Right now Design Checker is available for Inventor 2013 & Inventor 2012. If the Labs team need more of a wider audience they will include Inventor 2014 at a later date. This technology preview will operate until February 10, 2014.

Download Design Checker for Inventor 2012 or Inventor 2013

Image Credits: Autodesk Labs