Autodesk® AutoCAD® Mechanical 2019 Readme
This readme contains important information about Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2019.
Before Installation
- Make sure that your Windows OS is updated before you begin to install AutoCAD Mechanical 2019.
- If it’s not already installed, AutoCAD Mechanical 2019 installs Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7, which requires one of the following Windows update levels:
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355
- Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update
- For Windows® 10 editions, only the 64-bit version is supported.
Autodesk® Vault Basic 2019 (Client)
- Autodesk Vault Basic 2019 is now supported only on 64-bit platforms.
- Please sign in with your Autodesk ID and download the Autodesk Vault Basic (Server and Client) from http://www.autodesk.com/account.
Content Library Selection
- All standard content libraries are selected for installation by default.
- When installing via the Autodesk® desktop app, the standard content libraries are installed to their default location, regardless of the settings specified in the Autodesk desktop app.
Migrate from a Previous Release (Migrate Custom Settings Utility)
- The Save as setting in the Options dialog (Open and Save tab) is automatically set to AutoCAD Mechanical 2018 upon migration. If required, you can change this setting manually after migration.
Bill of Materials (BOM) and Parts List
- Export to Microsoft Excel 95 format is not supported.
Standard Content Template
- Some of the standard content templates are updated, so you may be prompted to update the content when you edit the part from existing drawings in AutoCAD Mechanical 2019.
DWGCONVERT, ETRANSMIT, and ARCHIVE Commands
- The ZIP option of the DWGCONVERT, ETRANSMIT, and ARCHIVE commands now create UTF-8 ZIP files, which uses the popular 8-bit form of Unicode for file names. This means that you can package files that have names with extended font characters. The file names will not display correctly if you use ZIP utilities that don't support UTF-8 ZIP files. Use a ZIP utility such as 7-Zip to correctly display and extract these files.
Feature-Specific Requirements
- The Model Documentation feature is supported only on 64-bit platforms.
- The Save To AutoCAD Web & Mobile feature is available only on 64-bit platforms.
- It is recommended that you use a 64-bit platform for computation-intensive rendering.
- Custom C++ applications created for a previous release of AutoCAD Mechanical will need to be recompiled and tested due to the break in binary compatibility.
- Starting with AutoCAD 2017-based products, BMP files no longer support the color value of 192,192,192 as a transparent color. Custom images that need to support transparency must now be saved as a PNG file.
Help Documentation
- The product Help documentation is available online and offline. The offline Help isn't automatically installed with the product. If you don't have a continuous connection to the Internet and want to install Help locally, you can install offline Help at the end of the product installation. Alternatively, you can download offline Help from the product Help menu when you have an Internet connection.
After installing offline Help, follow these steps to choose online or offline Help.
- At the Command prompt, enter OPTIONS.
- In the Options dialog box, on the System tab, click or clear the Access Online Content When Available option.
- Click OK to apply the change and close the Options dialog box.
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