Thank you for downloading Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® 2017 Service Pack 1.1.

This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this service pack. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you apply this service pack to your product. For reference, you should save this documents to your hard drive or print a copy.

Contents

• Who Should Install This Service Pack?
• Primary Issues Resolved by This Service Pack
• General Installation Information
• Installation Instructions
  • Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
  • Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
  • Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image
  • 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.

You can also use the Autodesk Desktop App to install the Live Update Maintenance Patches, which will automatically show the correct Hotfix or Service Pack for your product.

64-bit Product	Service Pack
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017	C3D2017_x64_SP1.1.exe

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The following issues have been resolved in Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 Service Pack 1.1:

API

• The API has been extended to enable match line and view frames.
• The .NET API has been extended to enable write access for setting cant on a railway alignment.
• An API has been added to create a siteless feature line :
  static NAMESPACE_ACDB::ObjectId Create(System::String^ featurelineName, NAMESPACE_ACDB::ObjectId idCreatedFrom);
• An API has been added to move a feature line to none site:
  static void MoveToNoneSite(NAMESPACE_ACDB::ObjectId featureLineId);
• An API has been updated to allow a feature line to be moved to none site:
  static void MoveToSite(NAMESPACE_ACDB::ObjectId featureLineId, NAMESPACE_ACDB::ObjectId destinationSiteId);

Alignments and Profiles

• Use of object snaps has been enabled for profile view lines.
• An issue where a drawing created in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 would display station numbers with extra characters when opened in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 has been resolved.
• An issue that caused the superelevation diagrams to display a design check warning with a blank tooltip has been resolved.
• An issue that caused the Superelevation Tabular Editor to display a rate of change warning with a blank tooltip has been resolved.
• An error is no longer reported when moving a data-referenced alignment to a different site.
  
• An issue has been resolved where a blank meny woould appear when right-clicking on a data-referenced object that had its source drawing renamed.
• When using the Export to Civil 3D Drawing command, alignments are now exported as polylines as they have been in previous releases of AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Corridors

• An issue that prevented use of the command line to input a station range when using the Export Corridor to Solids command has been resolved.
• An unexpected error is no longer generated when erasing an intersection while the Intersection Offset Parameter dialog box is open.
  

Export to DWG/DGN

• An issue that prevented a successful drawing export to Microstation® DGN format has been resolved.
• An error is no longer generated when exporting from a drawing that has been saved at the root directory of the local disk.
• An issue has been resolved where the file browse dialog box for selecting a DWS file when exporting to DGN was not displayed.

General

• An issue has been resolved where grading criteria sets were duplicated when attaching a referenced template.
• An unexpected error is no longer generated when erasing a profile while the Profile Layout Tools toolbar is open.
• An issue that prevented the Miscellaneous Utilities in the Toolbox from being run at the command line has been resolved.

Grading and Feature Lines

• Running the AUDIT command after moving an overlapping feature line in a site no longer causes errors to be reported.
• An issue that caused a grading object to not respond to changes in a feature line after a drawing audit has been resolved.
  

Hydraflow Extensions

• An issue has been resolved that caused the inlet grade dimensions to not match between the Hydraflow Storm Sewers extension and the Hydraflow Express extension.
• When plotting an Inlet Section Table the "Inlet Depth" and "Inlet Spread" column headers have been changed to "Bypass Depth" and "Bypass Spread".
• An issue has been resolved that caused an error when applying changes after adding an empty column to a custom report in MyReport.
• The Hydraflow Storm Sewers extension and the Hydraflow Express extension have updated calculations for gutter spread depth of curb inlets in sag.
• The Hydraflow Storm Sewers Help has been updated so that definitions are consistent with the current behavior.
• The Bypass Spread depth values in the Hydraflow Express extension now use the same rounding as in Hydraflow Storm Sewers extension.
• The Hydraflow Storm Sewers extension and the Hydraflow Express extension have updated calculations for gutter spread depth of curb inlets in sag.

Hydrology and Hydraulics

• Linetypes that include blocks and text now are displayed correctly when used for catchment boundaries or flow paths.

Labels

• A feature has been added where a glyph and tooltip are shown when a label component has had its contents and/or format overridden.
• An issue has been resolved where the default projection label style that was specified in the ProjectObjectsToMultiSect command settings was not retained when the Project Objects to Multiple Section Views command was run.

Pipe Networks and Pressure Networks

• An issue that caused unexpected behavior when using grips to edit pressure network pipes in profile view has been resolved.
• An issue has been resolved where some changes in a pressure network data shortcut were not synchronized to the referenced drawing.
• An issue has been resolved where edits to the elevation of a pressure network were not retained when the pressure network was data-referenced.
• An issue has been resolved where pipe network styles were overwritten when synchronized in paper space.

Autodesk® Vault

• An issue has been resolved that caused an error where checking in a drawing that has a TIFF XREF that is checked out.

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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 or uninstallation, you may be prompted for the original installation media or a network image. In order to apply this service pack, you must have privileges to install and uninstall products.

Network Deployment

Administrators can deploy this service pack over a network using the Deployment Wizard.

Close the Application

When you are installing this service pack, a prompt with options to "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" or "Ignore" may be displayed. It is required that you close Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® 2017 before proceeding with the installation of Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® Civil 3D^® 2017 Service Pack 1.1.

Reboot

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

About Your Product

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

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• Apply This Service Pack to a Stand-Alone Installation
• Apply This Service Pack Through a Local Network
• Apply This Service Pack to a Network Administrative Image
• Uninstall This Service Pack

Follow these instructions to install this service pack on a single computer.

1. Download the service pack and save it to any folder.
2. Close all running Autodesk applications.
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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The following method of distributing Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 Service Pack 1.1 applies only to administrative images created with the Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 Network Installation wizard. After you complete this procedure, any new deployments of Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 will have the update applied to them automatically. For complete information on updating a Network Administrative Image please see the Autodesk Installation Administrator's Guide.

To apply Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 Service Pack 1.1 to an existing Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 administrative image:

1. On the workstation where you initially created the Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 deployment, open the Tools\ApplyUpdates folder and double-click the Update - [deployment name] shortcut icon.
2. On the Updates tab on Application Manager, select Civil 2017 SP1.1 and click Add, then close the Application Manager.

Now any new deployments of Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 will have the service pack applied to them automatically.

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Due to an issue with the Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system, the uninstall process may take longer than expected. For example, you may wait for several hours before the service pack is uninstalled. It is recommended to have the original installation source files for the uninstall to be successful. If the source files are unavailable, installing the following Microsoft hotfix prior to uninstalling the service pack will prevent the delay:

The removal of an update takes longer than expected in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

Follow these instructions to uninstall this service pack on a single computer.

1. Insert the product media (for example, the Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D installation disc) or make sure the installation source files are available.
2. In Windows Control Panel > Uninstall a Program, select View Installed Updates.
3. Under the Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 heading, right-click on Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 SP1.1 and choose Uninstall.

It is not possible to uninstall the service pack if the installation source is a network administrative image with Service Pack 1.1 merged.

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