Inventor 2013 Update 2 is available and fixes critical problems in the program. Included in it is all the fixes that were in Update 1 and the Inventor Vault Add-In Hotfix.
Download the DL20082900.zip and extract its files. Run the _32-bit.msp or _64-bit.msp file based on your operating system. The Inventor Vault Add-In DL19384851.msp can be run after this.
As with Update 1 it's not a service pack but contains many critical fixes to the program (it's the equivalent to a collection of Hotfixes).
Here is a list of what's included in Update 2:
Inventor 2013 Update 2 Read Me.
List of fixes that were included in Update 1:
• Updating the assembly does not clear out the update sign
• Incorrect texture scale applied during migration
• Responses to dialog prompts are not being remembered
• Region and Language setting not being honored
• Inventor Optimization not recognizing license
• Add Hole to an existing Hole Table is not functioning
• Missing Face-Edge connectors for Midsurface gaps that have an angle between faces
• File New dialog does not list templates from a networked location
• Repeated prompting on opening read-only Tube & Pipe data when "Prompt for Recomputable Updates" Save option is checked
• Edit with Frame Generator fails when working with custom Content Center library & materials
• Frame Generator Member parts do not honor the selected custom material
• Content Center refresh does not refresh Content Center part material after user selects the correct material library
• Use of custom library shows incorrect density on physical iProperties
• Graphic slices shown on parts with singularities
• Materials & Appearances are not being updated properly from style library
• Appearance thumbnails from custom library are not showing the correct colors - all gray**
**After Update 1 is installed edit thumbnails in-document & copy back to the library to fully resolve.
• CER: Unexpected exit when suppressing some features at the same time
• CER: Unexpected exit when add constraint preview
• CER: Chamfer: Unexpected exit when measure during preview
• CER: Unexpected exit after deleting broken view
• CER: Unexpected exit when open assembly with updating
• CER: Unexpected exit from undo after opening multiple AutoCAD DWG files
• CER: Unexpected exit when rotate with 3D mouse and select a face
• CER: Unexpected exit resulting from removing default Material/Appearance Libraries
• Unexpected exit when importing unresolved file with Inventor Apprentice API
You can verify if the Hotfix is applied by going to Control Panel>Programs>View installed updates. You'll see the Update listed under Autodesk Inventor 2013.
It won't show up in Inventor Under Help>About Autodesk Inventor or change the build number.
For more information on the differences between service packs and an update courtesy of the Autodesk Being Inventor Blog, see the following Update or Service Pack not exactly the same thing.
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