AutoCAD MEP 2015 Readme

Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® MEP 2015 Readme

This readme contains the latest information for Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® MEP 2015. For reference, save or print this document.
It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you install this product.

Before Installation

It is recommended that you first install all Windows updates prior to installing the product.

DWG Convert, Etransmit, and Archive

The ZIP option with the DWGCONVERT, ETRANSMIT, and ARCHIVE commands now creates UTF-8 ZIP files. This means that if you package drawings and other files that have names that include extended text font characters, the names will not display correctly if you use ZIP utilities that do not support UTF-8 format ZIP files. Use ZIP utilities such as 7-Zip to correctly display and extract these files.

Autodesk 360

To Install and enable Autodesk 360, use the checkbox for Shared Component "Autodesk 360" on the main install page and the “Autodesk 360 for AutoCAD” checkbox found under the Custom Install section. If you do not want this functionality, uncheck both options.

Autodesk 360 Sync

Before you reopen a file that you have saved and closed in Autodesk 360, allow additional time for the automatic sync feature to set the new path for linked files such as xrefs. If the repathing process is not complete, the drawing file will be locked when you open it, and you might get an error.

Design Feed

The Design Feed palette might not update immediately after you save a drawing in Autodesk 360. To accelerate the save operation, right-click the Autodesk 360 icon on the Windows taskbar, and select Sync Now.

Section

More lines are hidden from the 2D section results for better visual representation. To keep the same behavior of the previous releases when displaying 2D section results, turn on ENABLESECTIONCLEANUP system variable. However, when this system variable is on, some lines may be missing from the section result.

Point Cloud

You cannot view certain point cloud files if your graphics card does not support OpenGL^® 3.3 or later. Point clouds can only be displayed in Windows 64-bit operating systems. In addition, you cannot view these files in a Windows remote desktop session. See the Autodesk ReCap^TM Readme for more information.

Product Help

Product Help is available online and is not installed with the product by default. If you do not have continuous access to the Web and want to install Help locally with the product, you can start the Help installation at the end of the product installation. After you open the product, you can also select Download Offline Help from the Help menu. However, you would need an Internet connection to download the help files for offline access.

Project Navigator

When a view and its constructs are both checked out, the view may not reference the checked out version (.co file) of the constructs. If you encounter this situation, you can reopen the view or reload the affected constructs so that they refer to the checked out file.