AutoCAD 2018.1.2 Update

Another update for AutoCAD 2018 is here. AutoCAD 2018.1.2 is available to download from your Autodesk Accounts page or using the Autodesk Desktop App. This update is also available for AutoCAD LT.

Details from the Readme:

The AutoCAD 2018.1.2 Update contains all of the updates previously released for AutoCAD 2018.

AutoCAD Updates can be applied to AutoCAD installed as a standalone application and AutoCAD-based vertical products. You can install the AutoCAD update in addition to any applicable updates for your vertical products listed below.

AutoCAD and Vertical Products:

• AutoCAD 2018
• AutoCAD Architecture 2018
• AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018
• AutoCAD Electrical 2018
• AutoCAD Map 3D 2018
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2018
• AutoCAD MEP 2018
• AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018
• Advance Steel 2018

After applying this patch, the Product Version in the About box will be listed as O.161.0.0 AutoCAD 2018.1.2 Update. If you use one of the vertical products, the Built On version will be listed as O.161.0.0 AutoCAD 2018.1.2 Update. _VERNUM returns "O.161.0.0 (UNICODE)" (read only). When installed it shows up as version 22.0.161.0 in the list of installed updates in Windows.

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:

Point Cloud

• Occasional crashes when adding color schemes to point clouds no longer occur.

General

• Occasional crashes when detaching external references in some visual styles no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when importing or attaching DGN drawings with some spline types no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when getting the UCS coordinate values from a dimension no longer occur.

Several additional defects have been fixed with the following results:

Display

• The image of a Web URL in the drawing displays correctly.

Model Documentation

• No error dialog box displays after completing certain Model Documentation commands.

MText

• The characters show correctly when using double-byte characters with certain settings.

PDF / Plot

• PDF files plotted using certain visual styles display correctly.
• The plot result remains correct after changing the visual style in model space.

General

• Object snap settings remain turned on during view editing commands.
• AutoCAD startup time and network drive scanning speed are improved.
• The dynamic input tooltips for dimensions display correctly on all supported operating systems.

Post about the previous AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update