AutoCAD 2018.1.1 is available now

[john.vellek]

Hello to AutoCAD customers on Subscription and Maintenance plans.

Update 2018.1.1 is available for Microsoft Windows-based AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based vertical products. If you have the 2018 version of these products, you can get it from the Autodesk desktop app or by finding it in your Autodesk Account.

I have attached the update ReadMe file to this post but will highlight the AutoCAD 2018.1.1changes:

New and Enhanced Features

Xref Layer Property Enhancements (new) –To provide more flexibility for controlling xref overrides, the Layer Settings dialog box, which is accessed from the Layer Properties Manager, includes new controls for managing Xref layer properties. When the option to retain overrides to xref layer properties is turned on with the VISRETAIN system variable, you can now specify which xref layer properties that you want to reload. The various layer property options are stored in the registry as specified by the new VISRETAINMODE system variable. The Layer Properties Manager also includes a new status icon to indicate when a layer associated with an xref includes overrides.
Primary commands and system variables: LAYER, VISRETAIN, VISRETAINMODE, XREFOVERRIDE

Views and Viewports (new) – You can now easily create, retrieve, and place model views together with automatically sized and scaled layout viewports onto the current layout. When selected, layout viewport objects display two additional grips, one for moving the viewport, and the other for setting the display scale from a list of commonly used scales.
Primary commands and system variables: MVIEW, NEWVIEW

High Resolution (4k)Monitor Support (enhanced) – Support for high resolution monitors continues to be improved in the Update. More than 200 dialog boxes and other User Interface elements have been updated to ensure a quality viewing experience on high-resolution (4K) displays.
For the best results, use the Windows 10 operating system and a compatible video card.

3D Graphics Performance (enhanced) – The 3D graphics performance for the Wireframe, Realistic, and Shaded visual styles continues to increase depending on the content of the DWG files tested. For example, the median value for the frames-per-second performance in the six large benchmark models used increased by 37% in the Update as compared to AutoCAD 2018.
Primary commands and system variables: 3DORBIT, ZOOM, PAN, VSCURRENT

General Update Content

Blocks

• The attribute position of a block remains the same after editing the block.

PDF/Plot

• PDF files plotted from certain drawings now display correctly in Adobe Reader.
• Hatch patterns in PDF files are consistent with lineweight.
• Raster images are plotted correctly when Shadeplot is set to the Rendered option.

General

• The AEC property-set data in DWG files can be successfully exported to 3D DWF files.
• Certain Pro/E files can now be successfully imported into AutoCAD.

Problems Reported Through the Customer Error Reporting Utility

General

• Occasional crashes when opening the block editor no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when selecting or creating a non-associative hatch no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when clicking the Insert View button on the ribbon in some drawings no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when modifying certain dimension styles no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when editing the grip of a spotlight in some drawings no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when opening DXF files containing Xrefs no longer occur.

After applying this patch, the Product Version in the About box will be listed as O.154.0.0 AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update. If you use one of the vertical products, the Built On version will be listed as O.154.0.0 AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update.

Uninstall this Update

Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10

1. Click Start and then Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. In the left pane in the Programs and Features window, click View Installed Updates.
5. Find the appropriate update in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.

Affected products include:

• AutoCAD® 2018
• AutoCAD® Architecture 2018
• AutoCAD® MEP 2018
• AutoCAD® Mechanical 2018
• AutoCAD® Electrical 2018
• AutoCAD® Map 3D 2018
• AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2018
• AutoCAD® Plant 3D 2018
• Advance Steel 2018