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General Topic/Installation & Licensing

2017: Cascading sequences for Autodesk products

2017: FLEXnet feature codes for Autodesk products

Autodesk Network License Service not starting on the 2017 version 11.13

What is the Autodesk License Service (x64) in my Control Panel?

You want to know how to install a network licensed version of 2017 software

3ds Max

3ds Max - Rendering warning from Maya CAD imported Model 

3ds Max - Quicksilver not rendering animated PathDeform objects

Advance Steel

A customized Drawing Style is not working anymore, message “*** Error in Drawing Style definition” a...

External BOM list error - Some parts appear several times when using a customized BOM template

How the existing tabular data / Library records are used by a joint

Model check function giving errors about beam body when the joint “Shear plate” is used 

How to map channel sections in Advance Steel 2016 

How to modify an attribute for a barcode in a drawing in Advance Steel 2016 

How to replace beams with plates in the Turnbuckle gusset bracing joint in Advance Steel 2016 

What is the License Manager Option 

Alias

Autodesk Alias 2016 will not start up properly on OSX10.11.x (El Capitan)

AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2016: Plotting to HP plotter on Windows 10

AutoCAD 360 Pro Mobile App Free with AutoCAD Subscription

AutoCAD is not included in Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate

ED command alias does not work in AutoCAD 2015

Get Up to Speed with AutoCAD 2017

How to change the location for images saved from an imported PDF in AutoCAD 2017

How to snap to gap in dotted linetype

Line smoothing doesn’t stay turned off from session to session

Location of acad.pgp file in AutoCAD

Osnaps don’t work on 3D objects in blocks in AutoCAD

SHX files not included in PDF import

You want to know how to borrow a network license in your 2017 software

You want to know how to change or reset your licensing on your 2017 software 

You want to know how to create a Deployment of 2017 software

You want to know how to install a network licensed version of 2017 software

You want to know how to install a single instance of 2017 software

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Alignment Stations projected to adjacent alignment

Cannot snap to corridor model when referenced

Civil 3D: Intersection Wizard produces fatal error 

How to connect to a XLS database in Map 3D or Civil 3D

How to display the cut length of Pressure Pipe

Is using feature lines for grading the only way to grade?

Surface data exchange InfraWork Civil 3D

AutoCAD Electrical

Panel BOM report is missing the description of certain components 

AutoCAD for Mac

How to create Multilinestyle in AutoCAD for Mac

Missing objects in a PDF created in AutoCAD for Mac

Trouble attaching xref drawings in AutoCAD for Mac

AutoCAD Map 3D
AutoCAD Map 3D typical workspace environments are missing 

AutoCAD Map 3D: FDO objects with solid filling seem to have a transparent style

Georeferenced Tiff file will not load into AutoCAD Map 3D

How to connect to a XLS database in Map 3D or Civil 3D

Bing Map Placement

AutoCAD Mechanical

Mechanical: Change tolerance precision shown in fits list

Power view does not inherit the layer properties from last view

AutoCAD Plant 3D

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Connection failed because of a property conflict

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Objects not displayed correctly when using the Realistic visual style

Wrong angle of isometric symbol for a rotated actuator 

AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD 360 Pro Mobile App Free with AutoCAD Subscription

Get Up to Speed with AutoCAD LT 2017

BIM 360 Field

How to add a new Account Admin within the BIM 360 Account Admin Tool (HQ)

Some photo images are missing within the Photos area of my BIM 360 Field project on the iPad

CFD

Discontinuation of Autodesk CFD CAD Connections for NX, Parasolid and Pro/ENGINEER

Heat sink material does not have any heatflow through the base surface in Simulation CFD

Moist Air mixing material model difusses instantly in Simulation CFD 2016

Fusion 360

Adjusting Windows 10 display scaling settings for Fusion 360

Fusion 360 user interface menus don’t work on a Windows MSI GT72S Computer

Tutorial will not exit and no option to close on iMac

How to create a 2D drawing from your CAD file in Fusion 360

Incorrect System time warning when starting an Autodesk 360 application

Inventor

‘Failed to acquire a license’ during login of Content Center in Inventor

A gap between a text and a leader line is not changed by Dimension Style > Display > C: Gap

Adjusting the width of commands on Quick Access Toolbar

Connected Design does not load properly - Error 404 or 403 is shown 

IDW view does not have the same colors as the IPN file for parts 

Inventor Crashing - Graphics related issue

Inventor drawing browser name cannot set back the file name automatically

Unable to create /save iLogic code for external rule

Maya

Mental Ray plugin for Maya 2016 on Mac not in plug-in manager

When you start Maya LT 2017 or Stingray on a MAC OS you are unable to login

When you start Maya LT or Stingray 2017 on a MAC OS, the product hangs on start

When you start your 2017 product you display an error referencing a “clock” problem

Where are the Dynamics menu items such as nCloth, nParticles, and nConstraints in 2016?

You are unable to access Maya LT 2017 or Stingray in a proxy environment using PAC files

You receive a MAC “Keychain” error when you start Maya LT or Stingray on MAC

You want to know how about Proxy-Auto-Configuration (PAC) files for 2017 licensing

Moldflow

SHX files not included in PDF import

Simulation desktop subscription offerings discontinued and migrated to equivalent multi-user subscri...

Variable Cloud Credit Consumption for Design of Experiments in Autodesk Moldflow Insight 

Nastran

Is solid element relative stress error output from Autodesk Nastran accurate

Thermal conductance input is not available in FEMAP for Autodesk Nastran

ReCap

System requirements for Autodesk ReCap 360 2017

Revit

Certain Revit elements are half-toned within a particular view

Exported DWG file from Revit is not showing properly 

How to check Collaboration for Revit status 

Revit Error: Cannot load non-shared version of Revit family

Revit freeze when modifying schedule parameter

The dwg export result and print result are incorrect

Wrong angle of elevation/sections after Rotate Project North

Robot Structural Analysis

Strange patches or strips on maps

Simulation Mechanical

Analysis fails when running from a network drive in Simulation Mechanical 2016

Vault

Autodesk Vault Cloud Support for HP VPC

Automatic Prompt when opening file from Vault does not appear

Cannot install MS Office Add-In for Vault Pro 2015

Error: Invalid URL the hostname could not be parsed during Vault Login

How to turn on WCF tracing

Support of MS Office 2016 in Vault

Vault Build Numbers

Vault Office 2016 thick client crash while renaming a search folder

Additional Topics

Fluid or air flow is near zero, very low velocities

Triple switch as input to ShaderFX doesn’t work

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