Thank you for installing AutoCAD^®/AutoCAD LT for Mac^®2018.1 Update

The 2018.1 Update improves the functionality and user experience. It also improves overall stability of the product. This update is recommended for all users. Please read the entire document before you apply the update to your product. For reference, please save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.

The 2018.0.1 Hotfix is included in this update.

Contents

• Feature Enhancements
• Primary Issues Resolved in 2018.1 Update
• Installation Instructions
• Apply This Update
• Uninstall This Update

New Feature Highlight

• Highlight indicator for what's changed on the interface, and new style tooltips.
• Welcomescreen Learn page now lists new enhancements additional to the videos.

Plot and Page Setup

• "Always default to previous plot settings" option added in the Plot dialog.
• "Save as PDF" button added in the Plot dialog.
• Plot preview PDF file now shows a meaningful name.
• Multiple layouts can be assigned to same page setup easily in the Quick View dialog.
• Easy access for Plot/Page Setup added in Layout tab right-click menu.
• Added button "Open the PDF file..." in the "Plot and Publish Job Completed" window.

Drag and Drop

• Drag a file to canvas to attach/insert it.
• Supported file formats: dwg, dxf, pdf, lsp and all supported image formats.

Purge

• Purge all now will automatically remove unwanted objects in nested objects.
• Purge all now will purge orphaned data, i.e. DGN linetypes.
• Added "Settings" option in Purge command to turn on/off the changes above.

Content

• Content palette will be switched to current when adding a block to a content library.

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Stability

• Crash randomly on French version on Macbook with Touchbar.
• Crash when open/save some drawings.
• Crash when plot if custom paper on the machine is corrupted.
• Crash when publish some drawings.
• Crash at launch in some particular situations.
• Crash when change license type in some situation.
• Crash when using the AliasEditor in some situation.

Startup

• Slow startup in some scenarios.

Plot and Publish

• Text with a few TrueType fonts cannot display in the plotted PDF.
• Publish to PDF shows wrong offsets while plot result is good.
• Plot to PDF file path is not remembered.
• Edit Page Setup will 100% inherit the current applied paper size.

Other

• Cannot add more than 10 custom commands in CUI.
• Right click a layout in the Quick View will no longer switch current layouts.
• Cannot combine layers if the layer name has special characters.

Previous issues fixed in 2018.0.1 Hotfix

• Newly added menu will be lost after relaunch AutoCAD.
• Some custom commands cannot be added to the Tool Sets panel.
• LT: dynamic input mode is always on after relaunch AutoCAD.
• LT: holding shift to switch ortho mode is broken.
• Layer display settings dropdown menu does not show in secondary monitor.
• Random crashes when save a drawing or autosave a drawing.
• Hangs on creating new page setup.
• Hangs on set the configuration of a shared physical printer.
• Crashes when working in the reference manager palette.

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• Apply This Update
• Uninstall This Update

The 2018.1 Update can be installed over the official release of AutoCAD(AutoCAD LT) 2018 for Mac and AutoCAD(AutoCAD LT) 2018 for Mac with 2018.0.1 Hotfix.

To install 2018.1 Update, do the following:

1. Close all Autodesk applications before you begin to install the update.
2. Double-click AutoCAD_Mac_2018.1_Update_Combo_R1.dmg(AutoCAD_LT_Mac_2018.1_Update_Combo_R1.dmg) to mount the volume.
3. Double-click AutoCAD_Mac_2018.1_Update_Combo.pkg(AutoCAD_LT_2018.1_Update_Combo.pkg) in the new mounted volume to run the installer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. The version can be checked in menu AutoCAD 2018(AutoCAD LT 2018) > select About AutoCAD(AutoCAD LT), you should see "2018.1 Update" label.

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This update replaces files from the original installation of AutoCAD for Mac and cannot be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall the full product, do the following:

1. Quit AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT for Mac.
2. In Finder, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD 2018 and double-click Remove AutoCAD 2018 app. For LT, navigate to Applications > Autodesk > AutoCAD LT 2018 and double-click Remove AutoCAD LT 2018 app.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Their reports gave us the opportunity to improve the product and to provide you with the best solution in general design and drafting. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback regarding this release.

Respectfully,

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Product Team

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