Hotfixes for AutoCAD 2017 and 2016

Apr 7, 2016 – Autodesk releases Hotfixes for AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD 2016 and all AutoCAD based products for those releases.

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The released AutoCAD hotfixes address different issues in both the 2017 and 2016 releases.

AutoCAD 2017 Hotfix 1

Released Apr 1, 2017

The following issues are addressed by the AutoCAD 2017 Hotfix 1:

  • Layers of Xrefs that are frozen in viewports are plotting ellipses.
  • In some languages the model documentation commands are not working.
  • The number of hits for GetLineContainment is incorrectly counted.
  • Xrefs show as needing reloading when opened from a network path to a shared folder.

Here’s the Readme

AutoCAD 2016 Hotfix 3

Released Apr 7, 2017 - Not yet on official Downloads page.

The hotfix assumes the AutoCAD 2016 SP 1 is already installed.

The following issues are addressed by the AutoCAD 2016 Hotfix 3:

  • May crash when panning transparently in multiple viewports.
  • Performance problem opening files containing specific objects in AutoCAD 2016 may appear as if files cannot be opened.
  • Use of the LISP (command) function within the (mapcar) function results in VVC Internal Error.
  • Grip stretch doesn't work properly when DYNMODE equals value other than 2 or 3.
  • acedCallBackOnCancel is not detected for Lispcallable Functions.
  • Certain VBA Macros throw an execution error.
  • DWG file fails to insert into another DWG file.
  • May crash when Copy/Paste a block by Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
  • May crash when opening AutoCAD in Windows 10.
  • AcSettingSync.exe launched when running OPTIONS command.
  • Annotations in Architectural Units format are changing to Decimal format.

Here’s the Readme