The AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 installer launches when you start another application
Autodesk has provided the following Solution for this issue. A customer has confirmed that it worked on multiple machines using multiple operating systems and RAM configurations in his office.
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Issue
When you launch an application that is not AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 you receive a message from the Windows Installer stating the following:
“Please wait while Windows configures AutoCAD Map 3D 2010.”
is displayed while the non Autodesk application is launched.
The Windows Application Log will also have this entry:
“Detection of product ‘{5783F2D7-8002-0409-0002-0060B0CE6BBA}’, feature ‘P’, component ‘{43DB808E-EDB6-4FBC-A37D-41E59D400FCA}’ failed. The resource ‘C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Geospatial Coordinate Systems Temp\Australia\Agd66\A66National(13.09.01).gsb’ does not exist.”
Solution
This attempt to heal Map 3D 2010 is benign and can be suppressed by following these instructions:
1. In Windows Explorer browse to:
XP: “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\”
Vista: “C:\ProgramData\Autodesk”
2. Right-click “Geospatial Coordinate Systems” and choose copy.
3. Right-click a blank space in the right pane and choose paste.
4. Wait until the copy process is complete.
5. Rename “Copy of Geospatial Coordinate Systems” to “Geospatial Coordinate Systems Temp”.
Note: that Vista protects this folder with extra security. An administrator will need to perform these steps.
AutoCAD MTEXT object causes excessive sluggishness / Crashing
issue:
singular large MTEXT object causing extreme performance degradation. The Text originates from a Word Doc, or from Notepad.
system: (varies)
XP, VISTA, WIN 7
32 bit and 64 bit
4 GB to 12GB RAM
Resolution:
The paste special to text worked so much better than pasting it into MText.
Research:
—part 1—
For a complex page composition sample like this, the video driver has to be optimized, the font has to be supported and Word’s export converter, mswrd632.wpc needs to be functioning correctly in order to paste the contents into a single Mtext block in AutoCAD and maintain expected performance.
On a 32-bit version of Win XP, I was able to reproduce the appearance of all the text as shown in Word by pasting special as AutoCAD entities in AutoCAD 2010. There was no delay as the cursor moved over the text or selected individual text lines. There were a few lines of text that were overlapping that needed adjustment. All text was single line or Dtext that is searchable and editable in AutoCAD
When I attempted to paste directly into AutoCAD as an OLE object from the clipboard, I received an alert message that ‘Word cannot start the converter mswrd632.wpc’. This message is caused by a security update from December 8, 2009. The OLE paste completed and I still didn’t have any delays in AutoCAD.
I then tested copying all three columns from Word that caused a slight delay in the Mtext editor. When I pasted one column into an Mtext block, there was no appreciable delay in the editor or after existing the Mtext editor.
Also, I noticed that the driver version 7.15.11.8246 is not listed in our Graphics Hardware List. That specific Quadro NVS 295 graphics card model is not listed among those tested by NVIDIA for use with AutoCAD. The nearest model in the list is an NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 that recommends a non-certified driver version 8.16.0011.9166.
So, in summary, if you need the exact text appearance and fastest response, use the Paste Special as AutoCAD entities method. With the minor adjustments in text position, that will give the best performance.
—Research part 2—
The lengthy delay when editing the text that has been pasted into an MText block is caused by processing the complex formatting of the text from the Word document.
You’ll notice the message in the bottom left “Please wait, formatting text” as you resize columns or make any other significant changes like that.
AutoCAD is not optimized to perform full page text composition like Word can. The tests I described were based on the recognition of this, having attempted editing multi-column formatted text from external sources before. To be clear, I avoided this in the suggestions I last sent.
If you really need to maintain all the text in an Mtext multi-column text block then either create all the text in AutoCAD, or if you paste from Word or other external source, then select all the text, press Ctrl+Space to remove all character formatting, then the lengthy formatting process would be reduced and there would be far less delay.
Note: Ctrl+Space is a shortcut to remove character formatting. You can also select the text, right-click to ‘Remove Formatting’ and choose three options for removing formatting.
You can further increase response for this amount of formatted text once you have the appearance you need by exploding the Mtext block into Dtext.
I have attached a sample of this text block in a drawing ‘Sample pasted exploded.dwg’ that has been exploded after adjusting the columns as needed. To make adjusting the Mtext columns to match their appearance in Word easier, I changed the color of the text for columns one and three to reduce the need to zoom in and out as much.
AutoCAD MEP 2010 Pipe is being hidden by solid object on floor when in plan view
issue
The boxes are at floor level and the piping is approximately 8’6” above the floor. looking at plan view the boxes are hiding the pipe not the pipe hiding the boxes
software
AutoCAD MEP 2010,
Standalone,
No service packs applied
system
Win 7, 6GB, 64 bit
solution:
We have been working on your case about the solid object hiding the pipe at a higher elevation on AutoCAD MEP 2010 and have an answer.
Two things are accomplices working together to bring about this effect. Our MEP objects work with the displays like MEP Design. In plan view, our objects are not 3D, in fact they are 2D linework at 0 elevation. Ever try to orbit directly from plan view? Notice that everything looks flat up until you cancel the orbit command. Then suddenly it’s no longer plan view, and the objects spring up to be 3D? They are flat in plan for speed and efficiency. Second thing is the view is set to 3D Hidden. Our flat 2D 0 elevation linework is being hidden by the solid above.
To get around this, you have two choices. Don’t be in plan view, which agreeably is not much of a choice. Or open the Display Manager from the Manage tab of the Ribbon. In the tree on the left pane, expand on Configurations, then select on MEP Design but do not expand it. on the right pane, make sure you are on the Configuration tab. You should see Top, Bottom, left Right…Model. Top will currently be set to the MEP Design – Plan. Change that value to be MEP Design – Model. Ok out. The pipe will now be masking the solid below. The pipe will now be 3D in plan view.
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