Autodesk Inventor 2018.2.3 Update Readme

Thank you for downloading the Autodesk® Inventor® 2018.2.3 Update.

This readme contains important information regarding the installation and contents of the Update.

Important: This Inventor 2018.2.3 Update is available in 64bit version and is only applicable to Autodesk Inventor 2018.2 Update. If you do not have Inventor 2018.2 Update, please download and install it prior to installing this Update.

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Applying Updates

Inventor Updates can be applied to Inventor installed as a standalone application or installed as part of a Suite or Collection. You can apply this Update on:

After applying this Update, the product build in the About Box will be listed as Build:227 Inventor 2018.2.3 Update.

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New Feature and Feature Enhancement Summary

The following Links summarize the new features and enhancements provided in the specific Updates:

What's New for Inventor 2018.2

What's New for Inventor 2018.1

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Problems Reported Through the Customer Error Reporting Utility

As a result of the detailed information that we received from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, we were able to identify and fix several defects with the following results:

 

General

  • Unexpected exit when Opening a presentation where a component fails to load. (INVGEN-10774)
  • Unexpected exit on editing an iPart when thread tables do not exist. (INVGEN-11599)
  • Unexpected exit when RMB on view copied from other sheet with changed custom view orientation. (INVGEN-10987)
  • Unexpected exit when access DWG underlay via API. (INVGEN-11630)
  • Unexpected exit when constraining to DWG geometry. (INVGEN-10415)

General

  • Fixed the Inventor unexpected exit issue when deleting sheets in a drawing. (INVGEN-4795)
  • Fixed the Inventor unexpected exit issue related to browser docking. (INVGEN-8989)

General

  • Unexpected exit when creating new folder. (INVGEN-7515)

General

  • Unexpected exit in the browser node select/double click operations. (INVGEN-4696)

General

  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when switching panels with BrowserPane.OnActive event watching. (171265)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you edit Shrinkwrap feature with exclude or include components and Associative option is enabled. (171442)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you switch the level of detail from the drop-down list in the Shrinkwrap dialog during editing shrinkwrap feature. (174303)
  • STEP associative import causes Inventor to unexpectedly exit when you use a Vault project. (INVGEN-838)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you export a file to the Revit family file format if the Revit Interoperability sub component is not installed. (INVGEN-2721)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you edit a ring feature. (INVGEN-1122)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you measure a partial chamfer. (INVGEN-723)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you delete the parts with Dynamic Simulation run. (INVGEN-1279)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits in Frame Analysis environment. (INVGEN-1275)
  • Inventor unexpectedly exits when you update the style in a sheet metal part file. (INVGEN-1254)

General

  • Unexpected Exit when using Load Model during AnyCAD Reference. (INVGEN-3741)

General

  • Unexpected Exit on Undo after placing a Factory asset. (FDS-11287, 177681)
  • Unexpected Exit when exiting Inventor while HSM is loaded. (178718)
  • Unexpected exit in stress analysis environment with block error alert. (INVGEN-840)

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General Update Content

Several additional defects have been fixed with the following results:

 

API

  • Fixed a unexpected failure when using Sketch.CopyContentsTo. (INVGEN-4491)

Application Functionality

  • Design Share view selection fails. (INVGEN-9661)
  • Part browser scroll bar doesn't appear after opening subassembly when both the Model and Vault browsers are opened. (INVGEN-6822, INVGEN-4065)

Assembly Modeling

  • Unable to deactivate Center of Gravity visibility. (INVGEN-1206)
  • Fixed a memory leak when adding component to some assemblies. (INVGEN-10458)
  • Performance issue with constraint dialog. (INVGEN-10760)
  • Importing a dataset to Inventor can take a long time. (INVGEN-10325)
  • The Assembly mass and density does not calculate correctly. (INVGEN-9731)

Communication and Interoperability

  • Publish to DWF fails with 3D Annotation. (INVGEN-11174)

Drawing Manager

  • Text layout changing within text box when moving a drawing view. (INVGEN-9554)
  • Solid hatch color changes randomly in Title Block. (INVGEN-10546)
  • The Margin setting is not functioning correctly. (INVGEN-11840)

Part Modeling

  • When using the Mini Tool Bar for Fillet, Chamfer, Hole, Shell, or Revolve the value input is not retained if Preview is activated. (INVGEN-10259)
  • A change in the source workplane height does not propagate to derived part. (INVGEN-11602)

Translators

  • Invisibility attributes are lost when exporting to STEP file. (INVGEN-10420)

Tube & Pipe

  • Bend radius command is missing after input error. (INVGEN-9314)

3D Annotations

  • Fixed an issue when switching between Preparations, Welds and Machining folders in Weldment environment removes existing annotations and the Annotations folder. (184563)
  • Fixed an issue for creating linear dimension 3DA in edit in context environment. (INVGEN-8975)

Application Functionality

  • Fixed an issue with the out-of-date icon appearing next to a virtual component. (INVGEN-1598)
  • Fixed an issue viewing multiple sheets of an Inventor drawing in the cloud viewer. (INVGEN-2452)
  • Fixed an issue when editing a Direct feature causes the browser to move incorrectly to the top. (INVGEN-3933)
  • Fixed an issue when Ctrl+N/O does not work immediately after starting Inventor with iLogic add-in loaded and Show My Home on startup option is off. (INVGEN-4078)
  • Improved stability when clicking Un-Resolved filter. (INVGEN-4745)
  • Fixed the issue where clicking the blank area between two selected nodes in browser would deselect the nodes. The nodes now remain selected. (INVGEN-4953)
  • Fixed for Pack and Go Not Responding or crashing when the file contains unresolved files. (INVGEN-5275)
  • The Inventor Studio no longer exits on first launch if Microsoft Excel is not installed. (INVGEN-5352)
  • Fixed the issue where an unused user parameter was not able to be removed. (INVGEN-5698)
  • Fixed the issue where a command is randomly executed when you quickly right-click a browser node. (INVGEN-6733)
  • Fixed the issue of options not importing correctly with the command line option /import options. (INVGEN-8438)
  • Improved stability when using the Half Section View and creating a New window. (INVGEN-8550)
  • Make Offline help work. (INVGEN-9322)
  • Fixed an issue launching help from the Inventor Connected Design panel. (INVGEN-9434)

Assembly Modeling

  • Fixed an issue where an assembly made from a multibody part would always be out of date. (INVGEN-1600)
  • Fixed an issue when handling constraint with assembly sketch. (INVGEN-3442)
  • Fixed an issue with editing cells while column sort was enabled in BOM dialog. (INVGEN-6179)
  • Fixed an issue with visibility settings in Shrinkwrap dialog changing the current design view. (INVGEN-6240)
  • Fixed an issue where unit String would be added even when "Unit String" option checked off after exporting Part List to Excel. (INVGEN-6307)
  • Fixed an issue where Preserve Features function did not work in Shrinkwrap Substitute. (INVGEN-6580)
  • "Stock Diameter" and "Cut Length" in part list are now exported as numbers in Excel table. (INVGEN-7324)
  • Fixed an issue where position representation was imported incorrectly from migrated data. (INVGEN-8416)
  • Improved stability with view the Shrinkwrap preview when Break link option is on. (INVGEN-8484)
  • Improved the stability of weldments with modifications that cause welds to become sick. (INVGEN-8487)
  • Improved stability that could occur when deleting an assembly feature in weldment. (INVGEN-9798)

Communication and Interoperability

  • Corrected the font size when export IMGDT symbols as PDF. (INVGEN-1665)
  • Fixed an issue that additional surface bodies are generated when you import Solid Edge weldment file into Inventor. (INVGEN-2500)
  • Fixed an issue with importing SolidEdge weldment file to associate original visibility. (INVGEN-2665)
  • Improved stability that could occur when importing certain CATIA files. (INVGEN-3125)
  • Fixed an issue with geometry missing when exporting STEP file. (INVGEN-4663)
  • Fixed an issue that fails to export to 3D PDF in secondary Inventor instance. (INVGEN-5451)
  • Fixed an issue with geometry missing when exporting the specific IDW to ACAD DWG. (INVGEN-5824)
  • Corrected Barcode font (Free 3 of 9 Extended) exported to PDF/DWF shows the same as in Inventor drawing. (INVGEN-6408)
  • Fixed an issue with failing to export PDF for the Excel tables embedded in Drawing. (INVGEN-6442)
  • Fixed an issue with missing components in exported 3D PDF. Exporting Master DV reduces the likelihood of a similar problem. (INVGEN-6488)
  • Fixed an issue with exporting, weldment sub-assemblies inserted into assembly, to 3D PDF. (INVGEN-6568)
  • Improved stability that could occur when exporting certain STEP files. (INVGEN-6711)
  • Fixed an issue when exporting as a STEP file some elements are missing. (INVGEN-7167)
  • Could not update Fusion reference after Fusion file type is changed. (INVGEN-8377)
  • Corrected the components display when exporting to 3D PDF. (INVGEN-9185)

Design Accelerator

  • Previously, when creating a bolted connection with through all connection type, the patterned holes are created without thread if holes are distributed on several components. This issue is now resolved, the patterned holes have thread as long as the components' termination planes are at the same level. (INVGEN-6839)
  • Design Accelerator features can be created successfully now and Inventor installation path contains local characters. (INVGEN-9580)

Drawing Manager

  • Fixed a performance regression found in 2018.1 where changing a View Representation in a drawing was slower than in 2018 RTM. (INVGEN-2314)
  • Fixed an issue where a shaded drawing view would be incorrect if using Offline Only under Use Bitmap in the Drawing View dialog. (INVGEN-3327)
  • Fixed an issue in drawing view preview for long and thin parts. Changing the view orientation could cause Inventor to scale the preview incorrectly. (INVGEN-3579)
  • Fixed an issue where some projected drawing views would be migrated incorrectly from 2017 to 2018. (INVGEN-4523)
  • Fixed an issue in drawings with invisible parts appearing in the drawing view. In 2017.4 if a user placed a sub-assembly with parts that had the visibility turned off into an upper level assembly the drawing view of the assembly would show the invisible parts. This error has been fixed. (INVGEN-4542)
  • Corrected the part list with QTY column for substitution with Item QTY exported to Excel & Access. (INVGEN-4644)
  • Fixed an issue when Zoom All command shrinks drawing to 95% of its original size. (INVGEN-654)

Enhanced Visualization

  • Fixed an issue where opaque percentage has no effect at 67% and higher. This value is used for the inactive component appearance and transparent components. (INVGEN-1887)
  • Improved stability for working in drawing environment, such as close drawing, copy and paste between drawing. (INVGEN-2033)
  • Fixed an issue so that assembly appearance can update correctly when there's appearance change in library. (INVGEN-2959)
  • Improvement made to surface face missing in Drawing shaded views. (INVGEN-4959)
  • Improved stability that could occur when closing drawing document under Vault environment. (INVGEN-8591)

iLogic

  • Fixed the issue when warning dialog pops up for all iLogic rules if Inspect rules for malicious code option in iLogic Security dialog is on. (INVGEN-6245)
  • Provide support for parameter equations: acosh(), asinh() and atanh(). (INVGEN-6339)

Inventor Studio

  • Improved stability for adding local lights in Inventor Studio. (INVGEN-4763)
  • Fixed an issue: unable to select the environment for Inventor Studio local lighting style on new Windows 10. (INVGEN-6160)

Part Modeling

  • Improved stability for creating Direct Edit features. (INVGEN-4779)
  • Improved stability with the sweep command. (INVGEN-4792)
  • After generating files for iPart, you are no longer required to save members again when place in an assembly. (INVGEN-7158)
  • Fixed an issue where Cut Normal would result in corrupting the constraint. (INVGEN-9538)
  • Fixed issue with Freeform Thicken, where modified thickness values would not have any effect on the previewed/computed result. (INVGEN-9609)

Sheet Metal

  • Improved stability with reorder feature. (INVGEN-4713)

Simulations

  • Improved stability in Dynamic Simulation. (INVGEN-688)

Sketch

  • Improved stability when copy/paste 3D sketch. (INVGEN-4860)
  • Fixed an issue with handling add dimension to a fixed geometry. (INVGEN-8064)

Task Scheduler

  • Fixed an issue that prevented publishing 3D PDF and purging a style in Task Scheduler. (INVGEN-8297)

Tutorials

  • Fixed an issue with the thumbnail associated with a duplicated Inventor tutorial. (INVGEN-4827)
  • Fixed an issue duplicating an Inventor tutorial in which the Tasks had been reordered. (INVGEN-4828)

Assembly Modeling

  • Representations not functioning properly. (178864, 173817)

Drawing Manager

  • Hole table content incorrectly changes the wrong part of the split table. (INVGEN-4757)
  • Wrong content in export of BOM in format columns. (INVGEN-6140, INVGEN-6723)

Part Modeling

  • Non-migrated Inventor files represent incorrect appearance in Shaded visual style. (INVGEN-6178)
  • Parts containing only sketch geometry do not show a preview while placing a Base View. (INVGEN-7540)

Assembly Modeling

  • Save & Replace not working correctly. (INVGEN-6569)

General

  • Table Text incorrectly erased when new text added. (INVGEN-6534)
  • Trail shows if right click and immediately move the mouse from Marking Menu. (INVGEN-5243)

iLogic

  • iLogic security incorrectly identifies rules as suspect. (INVGEN-6245, INVGEN-3597)

Part Modeling

  • Chamfer Dimensions are not accepted correctly. (INVGEN-6621, INVGEN-3570)

Translators

  • Selecting "Project as construction line" option changes export face output geometry to yellow dashed line style. (INVGEN-6391)

API

  • ContourFlangeDefinition.Definition.ExtentDirection does not work for specific case. (169998)
  • Added TemplateFilename and BOMStructure for FileMetadata to allow users to specify the template and default BOM structure.

Application Functionality

  • You may not be able to scroll the browser. (182439)
  • Studio browser does not display after pressing Ctrl+0. (176318)
  • After using the edit in place command the browser scroll position now moves from the command that was just edited to the top of the browser. (172117)
  • The Application Options > General tab > Text appearance setting has no impact on the Model browser. (167010)
  • Browser panel may undock by a single click when mouse speed is very fast. (183855)
  • Marking Menu displays trails when you right-click and immediately move the mouse. (184991)
  • iLogic rules created in one session of Inventor fail to display in the iLogic browser the next time you open the file. (INVGEN-3820)

Assembly Modeling

  • Shrinkwrap dialog is clipped. (180337)
  • Features are not maintained on a part which are initially removed and then selected from excluded view. (173513)
  • Sub-assembly components set to invisible may continue to be visible. (INVGEN-3395)
  • Work geometries do not highlight in the graphic window when hovering mouse over browser in Constraint dialog. (181276)
  • Edit constraint value does not behave correctly after you undo and redo a constraint edit.(185914)

Communication and Interoperability

  • Inventor may not respond when you add an instance of a DWG underlay. (INVGEN-848)
  • Inventor may not respond when you hover your mouse over a DWG underlay geometry in the graphics window. (INVGEN-2313)
  • Error occurs when you open Catia 2017 V4 assembly files. (INVGEN-2360)

Design Accelerator

  • Belleville spring generator disappears after turning off and turning on the Spring Set option. (168731)

Enhanced Visualization

  • The Surface analysis does not display correctly. (168814)
  • Multi-Sampling Anti-Aliasing does not take effect when the Quality mode setting is inherited from the previous Inventor install. (175322)
  • The cutout appearance unexpectedly reflects to the section view body. (INVGEN-3087)

Part Modeling

  • The performance issue loading Thread/Clearance data is resolved. Inventor now reads the Excel spreadsheet for Thread or Clearance data using the Excel libraries, and no longer loads Excel even when Excel is installed on the local machine.

    ATTENTION: The environment variable UseLibXL is no longer required, and should be removed from your system as it can prevent Excel from being used for table write operations. (I168545)

  • You may not be able to select a hole feature from the graphics window. (186626)
  • Selecting an edge to create Chamfer, and then clicking on a different position, may lead the partial chamfer to stop working. (NVGEN-709)
  • The chamfer preview turns into transparent after measure and then zoom. (INVGEN-725)
  • Measure tolerance can be set to 14 decimals. (INVGEN-3316)
  • Dimensions disappear due to auto-update after clicking Show Dimensions and edit sketch dimension. (INVGEN-3395)
  • Pattern dialog does not display when you double click a pattern occurrence to edit the feature. (186625)
  • Select Other does not display when Extrude-To/Between or Fillet etc. is active. (183705)

Simulation

  • Inventor stops working after clicking Run in the simulation player. (INVGEN-1279)
  • Warning displays and cannot create Frame Analysis successfully. (INVGEN-841)

API

  • Non-transacting client graphics doesn't work as expected. (INVGEN-1938, INVGEN-1778, INVGEN-1602, INVGEN-1596)

Application Functionality

  • Factory & AutoCAD Electrical add-in browsers do not drag smoothly when moving or resizing. (167035, 168806)

Assembly Modeling

  • Shortcut keys not working correctly. (178295, 181293)
  • BOM column sort not working in Model Data tab. (176969)
  • BOM Export - QTY is always "1" in Excel sheet for iAssembly part members. (180669)

Drawing Manager

  • 'Text box' command floats with expanding 'Format text' dialog. (INVGEN-1934)
  • Export Parts List to Excel incorrectly converts Numeric columns to text format. (183277)

Part Modeling

  • iProperty values show a rounding error. (176292)

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Uninstall This Update

Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10

  1. Click Start and then Control Panel.
  2. Click Programs.
  3. Click Programs and Features.
  4. In the left pane in the Programs and Features window, click View Installed Updates.
  5. Find the appropriate update in the list of updates. Click Uninstall.

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Thank You

We want to express our appreciation to all our customers who identified these issues and reported them to us. Your reports gave us the opportunity to improve the quality of the product. We also thank you for your continued business, and for your valuable feedback regarding this release.

Respectfully,

The Autodesk Inventor Product Team

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