In our continuing efforts to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Inventor 2017.4.4 Update, for Inventor 2017.4 Update, which addresses multiple issues (see Description below).

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

Contents

• Description of the Issues
• System Requirements
• Installation Instructions

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Inventor 2017.4.4 Update:

• INVGEN-6487: Fixed an issue where Rebuild all on a Frame generator assembly creates multiple Extends in part file

• INVGEN-13574: The browser node for Flush constraint now updates correctly when working with positional representations (except for Master) and setting values via API or iLogic. This means you can now override the flush constraint parameter.

• INVGEN-6707: Fixed an issue where solid hatch caused some lines to be too bold when printing to PDF.

• INVGEN-9707: Improved performance for Drawing update.

• INVGEN-11602: A change in the source workplane height now correctly updates in the derived part.

• INVGEN-5005: Fixed an issue Date fields in properties are not behaving correctly when moving between time-zones.

• INVGEN-12395: Fixed an issue where DWF Generation moves title block.

• INVGEN-12606: Fixed an issue where a drawing becomes corrupted after migration of some datasets

• INVGEN-13840: Fixed an issue where Sketch Blocks & Sketch Blockfolder is grayed out and added geometry is invisible

• INVGEN-9661: Design Share panel now recognizes A360 sign-in status

• INVGEN-13890: Fixed and issue where files incorrectly become dirty on entering FEW environment.

• INVGEN-13664: You can now change the frame member family of a reused frame member.

• INVGEN-14318: Fixed an issue where Non-design lines are displayed after 2D PDF export.

• INVGEN-9706: Improved stability when opening a part file with multiple mesh bodies.

• INVGEN-9881: Improve stability when open IPN files.

• INVGEN-14270: Improved stability when working with Design Doctor in drawing

• INVGEN-1944 : Improved stability when create sub-assembly in place component

• INVGEN-15051: Improved stability when click Cancel after run macro in VBA editor or ESC after iLogic error.

• INVGEN-2363, INVGEN-5339, INVGEN-6709, INVGEN-7191, INVGEN-15049, INVGEN-15018: General stability improvement.

Inventor 2017.4.3 Update:

• INVGEN-10774: Unexpected exit when Opening a presentation where a component fails to load

• INVGEN-2371: Vault file filter does not persist when refreshing My Home

• INVGEN-10712: Unexpected exit on opening IDW file

• INVGEN-1206: Unable to deactivate Center of Gravity visibility

• INVGEN-6613: Excessive memory consumption when some parts update

• INVGEN-11599: Unexpected exit on editing an iPart when thread tables do not exist

• INVGEN-10987: Unexpected exit when RMB on view copied from other sheet with changed custom view orientation

• INVGEN-9661: Design Share view selection fails

• INVGEN-10546: Solid hatch color changes randomly in Title Block

• INVGEN-6442: Export PDF for the Excel tables embedded in Drawing fails

• INVGEN-10760: Performance issue with constraint dialog

• INVGEN-3565: Incorrect Creation Date written when working on a separate volume in Windows 10

• 127734: Isometric view dimension values have a different orientation angle in 2D-PDF export

• INVGEN-7831: Unexpected exit when editing the dimension of a plane

• INVGEN-1817: Colors in shaded drawing views are not correct when printing

• INVGEN-7575: Centerline and Centermarks are deletable in drawing view sketch

• INVGEN-6157: Hatching color of logo in the font field changes when the initial view is set in IDW

• INVGEN-1293: Custom Tube & Pipe Style cannot be saved with custom parts

• INVGEN-2959: Appearances aren't updated in assemblies

• INVGEN-3022: Unexpected exit when changing the iProperties->Occurrence->Appearance of a part under subassembly

• INVGEN-9580: Design Accelerator features cannot be created successfully when installation path contains local characters

Inventor 2017.4.2 Update:

• 178864, 173817: Representations not functioning properly

• ​INVGEN-4757: Hole table content incorrectly changes the wrong part of the split table

• 153983: Unexpected exit when opening some assembly files in Express mode

• INVGEN-6178: Non-migrated Inventor files represent incorrect appearance in Shaded visual style

• INVGEN-6140, INVGEN-6723:Wrong content in export of BOM in format columns

• INVGEN-6612: Cannot break link to referenced picture

• INVGEN-2045: Unexpected exit when switching sheets in drawing

• 109515: Hidden lines become visible again after break view

• INVGEN-5012: Cannot print out some PDF files created from Inventor

Inventor 2017.4.1 Update:

• 177455: When IDW/DWG document is opened in HIDDEN mode, the thumbnail is incorrect

• 180263: Automatic contacts does not correctly create pair

• 180941: Document name isn't shown with file extension

• 178071: Unexpected exit when importing DWG

• 99634: Tube and Pipe connections switched after Publishing in Content Center

• 164653: Drawing thumbnails not created correctly in Silent mode

• 42048: Repeated access to picture creates poor network performance

• 180669: When exporting to Excel BOM quantiy incorrectly shows "1" for iAssembly part members

• 183277: Numeric values are incorrectly converted to text when exporting Parts List to Excel

• 181181: Filled regions in IDW show incorrect color

• 160529: Unexpected exit when disable display adapter and save document

• INVGEN-3358: Tapped Hole selection hangs with MS Office 2013 (Excel)

• 185052: Contour Flange with shared sketch not updating correctly

• INVGEN-3324: Some DWG layouts are missing when opened in Inventor

• INVGEN-3321: Symbols are incorrectly appended when editing a dimension

• INVGEN-3765: Simulation Analysis stops without results

• INVGEN-3349: Sketch Symbols not visible

• 181308: Break Link is not working for point cloud RCS formated files

• INVGEN-1464: Inventor Security Patch

• INVGEN-4289: Export of IDW not working correctly with AutoCAD Mechanical template

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For application of this update, your system must have Inventor from one of the following products installed:

• Autodesk® Inventor® Professional 2017
• Autodesk® Inventor® 2017
• Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Premium 2017
• Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Ultimate 2017
• Autodesk® Product Design Suite Premium 2017
• Autodesk® Product Design Suite Ultimate 2017

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This Update is available in 64bit version and is only applicable to Autodesk Inventor 2017.4 Update. If you do not have Inventor 2017.4 Update please download and install prior to installing this Update. Once installed, it will appear as an Update under Add/Remove Programs and can be uninstalled from there.

1. Update your operating system before you install this Autodesk Inventor 2017 update. Reboot your system after the Updates are installed.
2. Download the update.
3. Double click the .msp file downloaded in step 2 to install this update on each system running Autodesk Inventor 2017.4 Update.
4. Choose Next to begin the install...
5. Once finished you'll receive the Autodesk Inventor 2017 Setup dialog box stating that the update has been successfully applied.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation and exit the dialog box.

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We thank all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you with the best solution in mechanical design. We also thank you for your continued business and for feedback regarding the content of this update release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk Inventor Product Team

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