2017.3 Update - for Autodesk Inventor 2017(Build 233)
Release Notes - Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update
Autodesk, Inc.
Inventor 2017.3, an update for customers on subscription, delivers fixes and over 20 product enhancements in projected sketch references, intelligent interference filtering, 3D PDF publishing, additional BIM OmniClass product codes, and enhancements directly from customer Inventor Ideas feedback. This update also provides the next step in product learning with a unified learning experience that enables customers to create, manage and publish learning content with Guided Tutorials.
General
- Inventor 2017.3 Update (Build 233) installs on Autodesk Inventor 2017 (Build 142) or Autodesk Inventor 2017 SP1(196) or Autodesk Inventor 2017 R2(199).
- When appending Inventor 2017.3 Update for a deployment, update the deployment image on the same bit-type computer as the computer used for the final installation from that image. For more information about Network Deployments,
see the Network Administrator's Guide.
- Keep the original installation media or network image accessible during installation and uninstallation.
- Inventor 2017.3 Update includes released hotfixes for Autodesk Inventor 2017. No prerequisite installations are required.
Installation
- Update your operating system before installing Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update.
- Make sure Inventor is closed before installing Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update.
- Double-click the .exe file to update Autodesk Inventor 2017 with 2017.3 Update, an installer window will show the install progress while the installer updates the files on your system.
- Reboot your system after the installation of 2017.3 Update.
Check the Control Panel to verify the installation was successful.
Windows 7: Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Programs -> Program and Features -> Installed Updates.
Windows 8: Control Panel on the desktop Charms Bar -> Settings menu -> Programs-> Program and Features -> Installed Updates.
Windows 10: Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Settings menu -> Programs-> Program and Features -> Installed Updates.
The Programs list should display, Autodesk Inventor Professional 2017.3 Update, version: 233, the installation was successful.
Uninstallation
- Have the original source media available when uninstalling.
- The installation process is prolonged as it waits for the operating system’s file updates to time out. This process takes up to two hours.
- To speed up the uninstall process, after the file updates are complete:
- Access Network Connections in your system Control Panel.
- Disable the local area connection and all network adaptors, including virtual adaptors.
- After the uninstall process completes successfully, in your system Control Panel, re-enable the local area connection and all network adaptors, including virtual adaptors.
- Reboot the system after the uninstallation of 2017.3 Update is complete.
Deployment
- Method 1
- Create or modify a deployment, on the Deployment Configuration Complete page, click Add Updates button to open Application Manager.
- Select Inventor 2017.3 Update and add it. Please note, when installing Inventor 2017.3 Update from the deployment, 2017.3 Update install window will not be shown, 2017.3 Update will be installed with silent mode.
- Method 2
- Create or modify a deployment, Navigate to Configure page, unfold Include Additional software dialog.
- Add Inventor 2017.3 Update and modify the name if you want. Please note: if you don’t want the 2017.3 Update installation process dialog shown, please add “/S” as the command line parameter
- Method 3
- Create a deployment, under Img folder, create sub-folder ADDONS\ADDON_INVENTOR2017_R3_0 and copy Inventor2017_R3.exe into this folder.
- Open DeployName.ini file which is located in Img folder as well. Find EXE_SEQUENCE and add “ADDON_SEQUENCE=ADDON_INVENTOR2017_R3_0” under that line; add the following text in the bottom of the file
[ADDON_INVENTOR2017_R3_0]
PRODUCT_NAME=New Add-on
EXE_PATH=Addons\ADDON_INVENTOR2017_R3_0\Inventor2017_R3.exe
EXE_PARAM=/S
LOG=%tmp%\New Add-on.log
DISKCOST=587202560
IGNORE_FAILURE=YES
ROLLBACKABLE=NO
ACTION=INSTALL
- Save the DeployName.ini.
Known Installation Issues
- If Inventor was installed from a network location, the installation of 2017.3 Update may run up to twice as slow as expected. This is due to additional security checking by Microsoft. For more information, please see Installation might require several hours to complete.
You can opt out of the additional Microsoft security checking by running the 2017.3 Update installer from the Windows command line with the optional argument OPTOUT_KB2918614=1
- After installing 2017.3 Update, Autodesk Guided Tutorial Plugin will be updated from RTM version(3.30.0) to new version(4.20.0), after uninstalling 2017.3 Update, Guided Tutorial Plugin cannot roll back to RTM version. If you want to roll back to RTM version, please uninstall Guided Tutorial Plugin form Control Panel -> Settings menu -> Programs-> Program and Features, then install it again from original source media ...x64\LWS\AutodeskGuidedTutorialPlugin.msi.
- A Warning 1946 dialog may be seen during installation. This is a benign Microsoft warning and can be safely ignored. Simply click OK on the dialog.
- If Inventor is uninstalled directly after installing 2017.3 Update, then 2017.3 Update will also be uninstalled; however the 2017.3 Update entry on Control Panel will remain. Please double click it to fully remove it.
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- Verify that you have administrator privileges on your local machine to install Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update.
- Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update is approximately 578 MB in size. A minimum of 2.127 GB of free disk space is required on the drive where temporary files are directed.
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Download Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update here:
Inventor Updates
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3D PDF
- 111132 Textures for appearance/material overrides are not exported to 3D PDF.
- 121233 Cannot export 3D PDF from tooling assembly.
- 123002 A part with multiple surface bodies creates a degraded 3D PDF.
- 124442 Export to 3D PDF fails with unexpected behavior when both Inventor 2016 and 2017 are running.
- 142405 Error occurs when exporting a part with visible 2D sketch text to 3D PDF.
- 146433 Unable to export a view representation to 3D PDF that has name with a double byte character.
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Assembly Modeling
- 122608 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you access the Free Move marking menu, select or deselect Diagnostics and click OK.
- 138190 BOM export to a .xls no longer preserves trailing zero's.
- 148397 UI is frozen when placing a weld symbol in Drawing and Weldment environment.
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Connected Design on A360
- 122536 Inventor unexpectedly exits when creating design share for some specific data.
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Enhanced Visualization
- 131890 Inventor may unexpectedly exit when working in drawing.
- 140209 Edges may disappear when you zoom and Shaded with Edges visual style is active.
- 141033 API: FaceFeatures.Add fails in the Czech version of Inventor.
- 141250 Rotating the model may cause the FEA color bar to intensify.
- 142959 Inventor may unexpectedly exit when you click Load Full in an assembly.
- 143212 Inventor may unexpectedly exit when creating a section view.
- 143553 A display driver crash may cause Inventor to unexpectedly exit.
- 146136 Unable to drag a work plane's point when creating a Section View.
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Materials
- 150042 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you try to edit some materials.
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Part Modeling
- 138515 Retrieved model dimension tolerances cannot update when a model dimension is changed.
- 139583 Inventor unexpectedly exits when deleting the mirror created with the "remove original" option.
- 142036 Inventor mays unexpectedly exits when editing existing dimensions and changing the values in a sketch.
- 143570 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you manipulate a 3D Grip on a curved surface.
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We thank all of our customers who identified these issues and reported them to Autodesk. These reports give us the opportunity to improve the product and provide you with the best solutions in mechanical design. Autodesk also thanks you for your continued support and feedback regarding the content of this updated release.
Respectfully,
Autodesk Inventor Product Team
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