Autodesk has again released a software update for Autodesk AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017, offering some bug fixes, along with a mix of new features.

Dubbing this AutoCAD 2017.1 and AutoCad LT 2017.1, it is currently available for download and installation via the Autodesk Desktop App that is installed along with your Autodesk AutoCAD 2017.

As mentioned in my previous AutoCAD update post, they are also available for download and installation from your Autodesk Account. To download from your account, log in at https://manage.autodesk.com, choose your AutoCAD product in the “All Products and Services” section and click the “Updates and Add-Ons” link.

 

New Features in this update:

Import PDF 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) In the AutoCAD 2017.1 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:

·  For the best results, use Windows 10 due to operation system limitations.
·  Use a compatible video card for the best results.
·  Some dialog boxes in vertical products are not optimized (see below).
Object Selection Objects that are moved off screen during selection 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 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

Primary Issues Resolved by This Update

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 the problems listed below:

Blocks

  • Fixed occasional crashes when inserting some blocks a second time.

Graphics

  • Fixed occasional crashes when zooming out of a drawing following the 3D Orbit command.

Purge

  • Fixed occasional crashes when purging DXF drawing files.

Web and Cloud

  • Fixed occasional crashes when modifying the Online Options settings and signing in to Autodesk A360 from InfoCenter.

General

  • Fixed occasional crashes when launching AutoCAD in Windows 10.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when inputting the system time in long string format, and then using the DIM command.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when switching layouts.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when performing a 3D rotate in drawings containing a point cloud.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when performing an Undo after detaching a reference using the External References palette.
  • Fixed occasional crashes when PNG images were specified in a CUI resource file

The following defects have been fixed:

Display

  • Fixed. Xrefs on a frozen viewport layer would still be plotted.
  • Fixed. AutoCAD in Citrix might not default to the primary display adapter.

Open and Save

  • Fixed. Opening a drawing file using an Excel hyperlink was repositioning the AutoCAD application window.

PDF Import

  • Fixed. Importing a PDF Underlay that was attached with relative path could fail.

Xref

  • Fixed. The Xref status incorrectly displays the “Needs reloading” message when the dataset is opened from a UNC path to a shared folder.

General

  • Fixed. When opening drawings created with AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD might crash if the drawing was saved again.
  • Fixed. Plotting with certain visual styles might produce incorrect results.
  • Fixed. Migrating custom settings might fail.

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