Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016.2 Readme
Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking 2016.2 Readme

Thank you for using Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking 2016.2.

This readme contains important information about Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking 2016.2 that may not be included in the Help. For reference, save or print this document. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you install.

Contents

Service Pack 1 Updates

Severe Steering Warning

The severe articulation and steering warning now uses the physical limits from the vehicle and not the model's current limits.

Incorrect aircraft silhouettes

Three planes have been removed from the library: A350-800, A350-900 and A350-1000.

New Features and Updates In This Release

Support for Bentley® MicroStation®

Support for Bentley® MicroStation® V8i (SELECTseries 1, 2, and 3) as host applications for Autodesk Vehicle Tracking has been added.

Note: To enable support for MicroStation, MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 1, 2, or 3) must be installed prior to installing Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016.

Help and readme items on Start menu

After installation, program group items for accessing the Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking Help and readme are available in the application's program group on the Microsoft® Windows® Start menu.

Roundabout elevations

An issue that impacted Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking roundabouts in Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® has been resolved. This issue caused the centerline elevations of the approach and exit halves of each arm of the roundabout to differ.

Affected roundabouts in existing drawings can be updated by performing the following task:

  1. Upgrade to Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016.
  2. Open the drawing in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016.
  3. Select an Autodesk Vehicle Tracking roundabout.
  4. Run the _adskJunctionEdit command to display the Junction Properties dialog box and click Apply. This will update the approach and exit elevations of the roundabout's profiles and corridor.

    5. Note: If the profiles and corridor are not updated automatically when you perform step 4, run the _adskJunctionEdit command, click 3D Corridor to display the Corridor properties, select the Update Profiles and Update Corridor check boxes, and click Rebuild Now.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each roundabout in the drawing.

Parking bay row markings

The ability has been added to not display the parking bay row markings for the first and last bays in a row of bays when there is no island.

Curved rows of parking bays

An update has been made to curved rows of parking bays so that available free space at the end of a row on the outer edge of the curve is converted into an extra bay.

Standards for FHWA roundabouts

  • A change has been made to the definition of the standards for the FHWA Mini Roundabouts so that the tilted plane is turned off by default.
  • A change has been made to the definition of the standards for the FHWA Rural Double Lane Roundabouts so that the default widths of the circulatory lanes can accommodate the design vehicle.

Starting Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking on MicroStation® and opening MicroStation® DGN™ files

An issue that occurred after starting Autodesk Vehicle Tracking on MicroStation by using either the desktop shortcut icon or the program group icon has been resolved. Previously, an alert dialog box that contained the message "File <file name> does not exist" would be displayed on some computers. If you clicked OK in the dialog box and opened a DGN file, a MicroStation Text Window would be displayed informing you that the OS could not load atru811ss3.dll and the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking icons were not displayed on the main toolbar.

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Feature Limitations and Notes

Manually loading and running Autodesk Vehicle Tracking

If the installation process does not appear to work correctly, you may need to load and run Autodesk Vehicle Tracking manually. For more information, please see the following topics in the Help:

  • To load and run Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking for AutoCAD manually
  • To load and run Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking for MicroStation manually

Unresponsive host application

When you start a supported host application after installing Autodesk Vehicle Tracking, and the host application appears to become unresponsive, it may be because a hidden dialog box is waiting for a response from you. Please use Alt+Tab to switch to and review the open dialog boxes on your machine and reply to any prompts as required.

Additional item in Programs and Features dialog box

On 64-bit operating systems, two items are created for Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 in the Programs and Features dialog box in the Windows Control Panel. These entries are Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 (32 bit) and Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 (64 bit). The 32-bit entry includes the support for MicroStation.

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Installation

English Installer

Autodesk Vehicle Tracking runs in all of the supported languages, but the installer is in English only.

Supported license combinations

The license types that can be used for Autodesk Vehicle Tracking when used with AutoCAD or a supported AutoCAD-based host application depend upon the license type of the host application. For more information, see About the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking Licensing System in the Autodesk Installation Help.

Network deployment administrative image path

It is strongly recommended that you use a UNC path when specifying the administrative image path for a network deployment. For more information about network deployments, see the Autodesk Network Administrator's Guide.

Supported host applications

After you install Autodesk Vehicle Tracking, it is available in the supported host applications that were installed before Autodesk Vehicle Tracking if their license types are compatible with the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking license type.

Note: The licensing type compatibility requirement applies to AutoCAD and supported AutoCAD-based host applications only. Any Autodesk Vehicle Tracking license type can be used with MicroStation, regardless of how the MicroStation licensing is configured. For more information, see Supported license combinations.

The supported host applications are the following products:

If you install AutoCAD or supported AutoCAD-based host applications after installing Autodesk Vehicle Tracking, you must perform the following procedure in order to enable Autodesk Vehicle Tracking in those applications.

To enable Autodesk Vehicle Tracking in AutoCAD or supported AutoCAD-based host applications that are installed after Autodesk Vehicle Tracking:

  1. Close all versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based applications, and MicroStation that are currently running.
  2. Insert the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking media into your computer's media drive.
  3. Locate the following file:
  4. Double-click the file and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: If you install MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 1, 2, or 3) after installing Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016, you must uninstall Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 (32-bit) and then reinstall Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 in order to enable it on MicroStation.

Compatibility with Autodesk® Design Review

Autodesk® Vehicle Tracking 2016 cannot be run on the same computer as Autodesk® Design Review 2009. If Autodesk Design Review 2009 is on your computer, you can uninstall it either before or after installing Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016. Autodesk Design Review 2010 and later versions are compatible with Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016.

To uninstall Autodesk Design Review 2009:

  1. Close Autodesk Design Review 2009 if it is currently running.
  2. Open the Programs and Features dialog box in the Windows Control Panel.
  3. Select Autodesk Design Review 2009 in the list of programs.
  4. Click Uninstall (or Uninstall/Change) and use the on-screen options to complete the uninstall process.

Uninstalling Autodesk Vehicle Tracking

For the uninstall process to function correctly, all versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based applications, and MicroStation must be closed before uninstalling Autodesk Vehicle Tracking. If you are in doubt as to whether those applications are closed, please restart your computer and then uninstall Autodesk Vehicle Tracking before starting AutoCAD, an AutoCAD-based application, or MicroStation.

To uninstall Autodesk Vehicle Tracking so that it is no longer available within AutoCAD and supported AutoCAD-based host applications:

  1. Close all versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based applications, and MicroStation that are currently running.
  2. Open the Programs and Features dialog box in the Windows Control Panel.
  3. Select the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking host application item in the list of programs (for example, Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 on AutoCAD 2016).
  4. Click Uninstall and follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each relevant Autodesk Vehicle Tracking host application.
    Note: A separate host application item is not created in the Programs and Features dialog box for MicroStation support. The Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 (32 bit) entry, which is created on both 32-bit and 64-bit machines, includes the support for MicroStation.
  6. Unload the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking customization group from AutoCAD and supported AutoCAD-based host applications.

To unload the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking customization group from AutoCAD and supported AutoCAD-based host applications:

  1. Start the host application.
  2. Enter CUIUNLOAD at the command line to open the Load/Unload Customizations dialog box.
  3. Select the Vehicle Tracking customization group in the Loaded Customization Groups list.
  4. Click Unload and then click Close.
  5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each relevant Autodesk Vehicle Tracking host application.

To fully uninstall Autodesk Vehicle Tracking:

  1. Close all versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based applications, and MicroStation that are currently running.
  2. Open the Programs and Features dialog box in the Windows Control Panel.
  3. Uninstall Autodesk Vehicle Tracking from the host applications.
  4. Select the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 item in the list of programs.
  5. Click Uninstall and follow the on-screen instructions.
    Note: On 64-bit operating systems, two items are created for Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 in the Programs and Features dialog box in the Windows Control Panel. These entries are Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 (32 bit) and Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 (64 bit). The 32-bit entry includes the support for MicroStation. Please run the uninstall process for both items.
  6. If required, unload the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking customization group from AutoCAD and supported AutoCAD-based host applications.

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Transferring Autodesk Vehicle Tracking Data Between File Types

Transferring Autodesk Vehicle Tracking data between DWG™ files created with AutoCAD® and supported AutoCAD-based host applications and DGN™ files created with MicroStation®

If you use AutoCAD or a supported AutoCAD-based host application to open a DGN file that contains Autodesk Vehicle Tracking data, the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking data will not be accessible. Likewise, if you use MicroStation to open a DWG file that contains Autodesk Vehicle Tracking data, the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking data will not be accessible.

To access the data in either situation, you must first export the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking data using the source host application, and then import it using the target host application. For more information, see the following topics in the Help:

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Compatibility Between Versions of Autodesk Vehicle Tracking

Compatibility between versions of Autodesk Vehicle Tracking

Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 is fully compatible with Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2015, Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2015.2 and Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2015.3.

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Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Czech Tooltips

Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Czech Tooltips

When running in MicroStation in Chinese Simplified/Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Czech, the tooltips displayed are in English.

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Additional Content Available

Additional Content Available

There is additional content available for the following countries:

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File Compatibility Between Autodesk Vehicle Tracking Versions and AutoTrack from Savoy Computing Services Ltd

Compatibility between drawings

DWG files that contain Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 data are binary compatible with DWG files that contain Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2014 or AutoTrack v12.00 data.

Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 can open DWG files that contain older versions of AutoTrack data (pre-AutoTrack v12.00 data). The older AutoTrack data will be converted to the new format when the drawing is opened. This is a one-way conversion. After the drawing that contains the converted data is saved, the data cannot be converted back to the older format by re-opening the drawing in an older version of AutoTrack (pre-AutoTrack v12.00).

Note: AutoTrack from Savoy Computing Services Ltd is not the same as Autodesk's feature called AutoTrack™ that exists within Autodesk® AutoCAD®.

Compatibility between library and standards files

Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 can open AutoTrack (v9.00 and later) library and standards files. If you save these files in Autodesk Vehicle Tracking, they cannot be opened again in AutoTrack.

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Object Enabler

Installing the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking object enabler

The object enabler for Autodesk Vehicle Tracking enables you to access Autodesk Vehicle Tracking object data in other applications. The object enabler is available on the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking installation media as well as online.

To install the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking object enabler from the installation media:

  1. Close all versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based applications, and MicroStation that are currently running.
  2. Insert the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking media into your computer's media drive.
  3. Navigate to the media drive folder and double-click Setup.exe.
  4. On the main installation page, click Install Tools & Utilities.
  5. Select the check box next to the object enabler.
  6. Click Install and follow the on-screen instructions.

Uninstalling the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking object enabler

To uninstall the Autodesk Vehicle Tracking object enabler:

  1. Close all versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD-based applications, and MicroStation that are currently running.
  2. Open the Programs and Features dialog box in the Windows Control Panel.
  3. Select Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2016 Object Enabler in the list of programs.
  4. Click Uninstall and follow the on-screen instructions.

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