RBPrice Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I just tried to install SP 1 for 2013 and was told that the SP could not find any copy of AutoCAD 2013 on my computer. Is this yet another case of AutoCAD 2013 being subsumed by AutoCAD Mechanical and is there some solution to the problem? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 AutoCAD Mechanical use different Service Pack. You can't use AutoCAD SP for ACM. Download ACM SP1 here: usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL20546317 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBPrice Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 I gues I did not clearly state my problem. I have AutoCAD 2013. whcih as I understand, is a part of AutoCAD Mechanical. Note that I have the Product Design Suite Premium whiich has lots of other Autodesk products in it. AutoCAD 2013 is made available by selecting the "vanilla" setting in Mechanical which tells me that AutoCAF 2013 is a sub-set of Mechanical. When I download the SP for AutoCAD 2013, I am told that I do not have AutoCAD 2013 on my computer. Given all the trouble I went through to get AutoCAD 2013 to run independently of AutoCAD Mechanical I am not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 No. AutoCAD Mechanical is different product, not just add-on added to AutoCAD. There are different SP for specific verticals (like AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, etc) Have you tried to install the SP from the link I gave you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBPrice Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Well no I did not because I am not trying to install a SP for Mechanical - I am trying to install a SP for AutoCAD 2013 Is there such a thing available? And I just checked, ACM is has the latest SP but not AC 2013. Edited February 14, 2013 by RBPrice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Is THIS the service pack you are trying to install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBPrice Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Yes it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Is AutoCAD 2013 showing up in Add/Remove Programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBPrice Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Great Question - and no it is NOT which explains why the SP can't find it. an even more interesting quesion is WHY NOT? Is it some ghost program that lives in a different universe? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 ... even more interesting quesion is WHY NOT? Because you installed as Mechanical. You need to use SP released for Mechanical (which will include the vanilla AutoCAD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBPrice Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hi JD - as I said in a prior post, I have installed the SP for Mechanical. I think you are telling me that having done that, AC 2013 is up to date also. And given that I am convinced that 2013 is the "vanilla" subset of AC Mechanical, that is the best that can be done. Why Autodesk would subsume AC 2013 inside Mechanical is beyond my understanding. I guess that after some 15 years of running AutoCAD without the "benefit" of Mechanical my ancient brain isn't suitable for that level of complexity. Thanks for your input on this matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 If you are still not sure, run your AutoCAD. Type ABOUT then enter. See the product version. Does it say SP already installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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