Thank you for downloading AutoCAD^® Plant 3D 2016 and AutoCAD^® P&ID 2016 Service Pack 2

This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of the Service Pack. We strongly recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the Service Pack to your product.

Important uninstall note:

If you have both AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 Service Pack 1 and AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 Extension 1 installed, do not uninstall AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 Service Pack 2. See Uninstall This Service Pack for details.

Contents

• Who Should Install This Service Pack?
• AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID Updates
• AutoCAD Updates
• Installation Instructions
  • Before You Begin
  • Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
  • Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
  • Uninstall This Service Pack

You can apply this Service Pack to the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct Service Pack for your software.

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• AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID Service Pack Updates
• AutoCAD Service Pack Updates

Issues fixed with this Service Pack:

Customer Reported (CER) Defects

• If the program shuts down unexpectedly, you can report the error to Autodesk. We have addressed numerous errors reported by you with this service pack. If you reported an error, Thank You!

P&ID Drawings

• Substituting a reducer after reversing the line flow could cause the reducer to incorrectly place into the line.
• In Project Setup P&ID Class definitions, pipeline segments could not be set to use the current (Use Current) layer or color.
• Leader lines were not always included with automatically placed annotations.
• Including an Autogenerate Expression in a tag would unnecessarily prompt for a file (PnIDProject.xml).
• Segment Breaker annotations would not always place in the correct location. When placing the symbol, additional attachment points were not available (pressing the space bar).
• The Assign Tag dialog box allowed Read-only properties to be set.
• The Drawing Checker Review dialog box would sometimes display unnecessarily after reviewing changes in the prior session.
• Cap symbols placed on a line did not always orient correctly.
• P&ID substitution palette images were too small (16x16). To update existing projects to use larger (32x32) images, close the project and delete SubstitutionPalettes.xml in the project folder.
• KKS tagging could cause the line number to be set unexpectedly when using off-page connectors.

Vault Projects

• If plantvaultshareallowed is set true, you can now specify a non-local drive for the workspace folder when creating or opening a vault project the first time.  The local workspace is restricted to a local drive by default. You may experience performance loss because local caching is not enabled if you specify a network folder.

Fixes that apply to AutoCAD Plant 3D only:

3D Model

• If piping is modified outside of the project (offline edit), adding it back to the project could result in more than one line group.
• If a user coordinate system (UCS) is in use, routing pipe would set the world coordinate system (WCS).
• Blocks that did not have a uniform scale would not display in orthographic drawings.

Isometric Drawings

• Pipe slope would not always annotate correctly in isometric drawings.
• Piping that included a tee with clamped joints would sometimes fail to create an isometric drawing.
• If line properties (for example: service) are included in the isometric drawing name and the sheet splits, the property is not always included in the isometric drawing names.
• If the AdskIsoImperial dimension style is modified to include alternate dimensions, metric units would not always be correct in the isometric drawing.
• Oval enclosures with Expand Enclosure for isometric Bill of Material annotations would not work.
• If you add the Bolt Set Length property to the isometric Bill of Material table in a metric project, 0MM would display.

Plant SDK

• The PnPDatabase ColumnUpdated event would not always fire.

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AutoCAD Service Packs are NO LONGER INCLUDED with AutoCAD Plant 3D or AutoCAD P&ID service packs.  You can install AutoCAD Service Packs separately.

• Before You Begin
• Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
• Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
• Uninstall This Service Pack

As you prepare to install this Service Pack, keep the following in mind:

Back Up Custom Files

It is recommended that you back up all custom CUIX, MNR, and MNL files before you apply this Service Pack.

Administrative Privileges

During installation, you will be prompted for the original installation media or a network image. In order to apply this Service Pack, you must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.

Network Deployment

Administrators can deploy this Service Pack over a network using the Deployment Wizard.

About Your Product

After you install the Service Pack, updated product information displays in the About dialog box.

Reboot

After you install, it is recommended to reboot your system even if not prompted.

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Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on a single computer.

1. Download this Service Pack and save it to any folder.
2. If required, insert the product media (for example, the AutoCAD installation disc).
3. Find the folder where you saved the Service Pack and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

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Follow these instructions to install this Service Pack on multiple computers using your local network.

1. Download this Service Pack and save it to any shared folder on your local network.
2. Find the shared folder where you saved the Service Pack, and double-click the executable (EXE) file.

Note: Installation through your local network using the CAD Manager Control Utility is not supported for this Service Pack.

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Windows 7 / Windows 8

If you have AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 Extension 1 and AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 Service Pack 1 installed, do not uninstall AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 Service Pack 2.  Instead, you should uninstall and re-install Extension 1 (this removes service pack 2). If you do not, you will get an error message: The file PnP3dBaseUI.arx cannot be installed.

1. From the Start menu (Windows), click Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click Programs and Features.
4. In the Programs and Features window, in the left pane, click View Installed Updates.
5. Find the appropriate Service Pack in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.

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