Some users have experienced performance degradation in AutoCAD and other Autodesk products when running them side by side with Autodesk Showcase 2013.
This issue has been resolved in Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Showcase 2013 which can be downloaded from here:
There is a new technical solution available that addresses a problem where VBA applications fail to run in AutoCAD after a security update from Microsoft was installed on the machine.
Error messages you might see can include:
“Object Library invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found”, "Cannot insert object." or "Element not found."
Error "Object Library invalid" when running VBA applications
I was on the road last week (yes, my arm is still in a sling) and I forgot to let you know about a new series of training videos on installing Autodesk 2012 products.
The videos use the Autodesk Design Suite Ultimate 2012 package as an example but the concepts should be similar for most Autodesk 2012 products. There may be minor variations from one product to the next — options that appear in one installer but don't appear in another — but, by and large, the steps will be similar regardless of whether you're installing a single product, like AutoCAD 2012, or a full suite of products, like those included in the Autodesk Design Suite Ultimate 2012.
2012: Preparing for installation of Autodesk products and suites
2012: Configuring and installing Autodesk products and suites
2012: Activation and Post-Installation Tasks for Autodesk products and suites
Unlike past videos, these have been broken up into shorter, topic-based videos so you have the option to watch each complete series or only watch the sections that interest you. After you've watched the videos, please take a moment to fill out the feedback box at the top right of the technical solution page and let us know if the videos were helpful and/or how they could be improved. The feedback box looks like this:
This is not a new issue – we've heard about it since Windows 7 officially shipped – but apparently it's new to some people and is still being reported.
The symptom is that you are running AutoCAD (or an AutoCAD vertical) in Windows 7 and you use a command that invokes an AutoCAD file navigation dialog – Open, Save, ImageAttach… take your pick – and your system locks up requiring a hard reset of the computer.
This issue is caused by the default driver that shipped with Windows 7 for the NVIDIA® video card. In our testing, and in cases reported by customers, updating the Windows 7 system to the latest certified driver resolves this problem.
We have seen some cases where AutoCAD for Mac will fail to launch after being installed on a hard drive that was either migrated from another hard drive using Migration Assistant or restored from a Time Machine backup.
It seems that metadata is being added to the FLEXnet Publisher folder during migration or restore and that is preventing FLEXnet from creating the trusted storage files that are required to launch and run AutoCAD for Mac (it is safe to assume that this issue can also affect native Mac Autodesk products other than just AutoCAD for Mac).
The workaround for this is to rename the existing FLEXnet Publisher folder and then uninstall and reinstall AutoCAD for Mac. This will create a new FLEXnet Publisher folder where FLEXnet can create the trusted storage files and AutoCAD will be able to successfully launch. Specific details are included in the following technical solution:
AutoCAD for Mac fails to launch when installed on migrated Mac hard drive
Note: The FLEXnet Publisher folder is not owned by Autodesk but is owned by Flexera, makers of the FLEXnet licensing technology used in Autodesk products. This solution is offered as one possible method of resolving this issue but following these steps is solely up to the discretion of the customer.
Over the years, we've seen an intermittent issue with the Product Activation wizard where it will launch to activate an Autodesk product but the dialog will be empty save for two unlabeled radio buttons:
This condition typically indicates that JavaScript execution has been disabled or impaired under the local security settings.
Up to now we've published a workaround that explains how to enable Active Scripting for the My Computer zone but those steps have not successfully resolved the issue for many users. A big part of the challenge in tracking down the root cause of problems like this is being able to reproduce the problem ourselves.
Recently, we were able to reproduce this problem in-house, track down some other conditions that may be contributing to the issue, and offer a couple more suggestions for resolution. I won't go into all the details here but you can read them in the updated technical solution:
Register Today (Product Activation Wizard) displays only two radio buttons
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