CAD Manager Control utility

This stand-alone utility controls Web access for the Communication Center.

Based on the Autodesk application you have installed, Communication Center provides product information available from Autodesk, including software patches, product support information, and articles.

Access to software maintenance release notifications

When you turn on access to Communication Center, you choose whether Communication Center notifies users of product maintenance patches. To be notified of maintenance patches, specify an Autodesk Web server patch list, or a local patch list. A patch list is a text file that specifies a list of patches available for installation on your computer.

The following table describes the values that a patch list requires.

Patch List Property-Value Pairs

Property

Value

ProductCode

Primary universal unique identifier associated with the product.

ProductVersionCandidate

List of product versions to which the patch can be applied, separated by a semicolon.

PatchGUID

Universal unique identifier assigned to the patch.

PatchFileLocation

Location of the patch (can be edited).

PatchSize

Size in kilobytes of the patch.

PatchDescLocation

Location of the Readme file (can be edited; is sometimes blank).

PatchTitle

Title of the patch (can be edited).

PatchDesc

Short description of the patch (can be edited; up to 1024 characters).