AutoCAD 2026.1 Update
August 14, 2025
Fixed Issues
Autodesk Trust Center
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Problems Reported Through the Customer Error Reporting Utility
Based on detailed information from customers using the Customer Error Reporting Utility, we identified and fixed several defects, including the following:
| Hatch |
| Occasional crashes when creating a hatch in specific drawings containing empty boundaries or island loops. |
| General |
| Occasional crashes when using the ATTEXT command to perform a complete data extraction. |
| Occasional crashes when opening a DWT file and opening the Manage Page Setups dialog box in an opened DST project that uses the DWT file as the page setup overrides file. |
| Occasional crashes when switching between open drawings from the Windows taskbar. |
| Occasional crashes when zooming in or out on an area of a drawing that referenced a specific point cloud file. |
| Occasional crashes when importing multi-user empty markup in AutoCAD. |
| Occasional crashes when right-clicking any items on the menu of the Start tab. |
General Update Content
The following defects have been fixed:
| Connected Support Files |
| The Set up button no longer shows in the File tab of the Options dialog box when the configuration of a project on Autodesk Docs server has been completed. |
| Geolocation |
| The GEOMAP button now displays on the Geolocation tab of the ribbon as expected. |
| The From Bing maps option is now available in the Set Location drop-down list in the localization builds as expected. |
| DXF files saved in AutoCAD 2026 from DWG files containing geolocation information now keep the information as well. |
| Graphics |
| AutoCAD runs well when switching the visual style to Shaded (Fast) in drawings containing point cloud data. |
| When the VP linetype property of a layer is changed in a DWG file, the linetype of objects displays correctly in the paper space. |
| Zoom area displays properly when clicking one button on ViewCube in specific drawings. |
| ViewCube displays in the paper space when loading the external reference file and switching to a layout. |
| The selection color effect matches to the setting of the Options dialog box when switching the visual style to Shaded (Fast). |
| Gradient hatches with curve boundaries display well when the LINESMOOTHING system variable is set to off. |
| Performance |
| Improved display performance of the text editor when double-clicking the MText in the attached drawing. |
| Improved performance when referencing raster image files from a network folder. |
| Improved performance when using EXPORTPDF or Plot to PDF. |
| Plot |
| The custom named paper size is now retained when printing to Windows system printer or some specific printers in AutoCAD. |
| Plot style files are now included when zipping the eTransmit package from an open sheet of a DST project. |
| Viewports with "legacy hidden" visual style are now plotted to PDF files successfully. |
| PDF files generated from specific drawings in AutoCAD 2025 and later releases can now be combined with other files in Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Pro. |
| The default plotted file name always follow the legacy behavior: File Name+Layout Name.pdf, regardless of the printer driver used (third-party PDF printer or DWG to PDF). |
| Plotted results for text or MText objects containing double-byte characters now match their display. |
| The correct field values now display in PDF files exported with background publishing. |
| Table |
| The values displayed when selecting the Link to a named range option are now correct in a table created using the Excel data link. |
| The outer border of the table displays correctly, consistent with previous versions of AutoCAD. |
| General |
| AutoCAD quits without error when opening a drawing using the Find dialog box launched from the Select File dialog box. |
| The authentication dialog box of OneDrive now opens correctly when displaying the DWG History in Activity Insights palette. |
| The correct results are now generated for any objects with non-zero Z values when using the FLATTEN command to enable the "Remove hidden lines" option. |
| A drawing exports to an IGES file successfully on Autodesk Advance Steel. |
| The world file can now be read when inserting a GEO image located on a network server using the IINSERT command on AutoCAD Map 3D and AutoCAD Raster Design. |
| The correct highlighting effect is now displayed when selecting a 3D object created by the PRESSPULL command. |
| The name, definition, and other properties of the original blocks are preserved when running the EXPORTLAYOUT command for some legacy drawings. |
| The correct field values are now maintained when changing the world coordinate system to a custom coordinate system. |
| Selected objects zoomed to the extents of a drawing remain visible even after running the BCONVERT command in a rotated view. |
| The Vault ribbon tab on AutoCAD now displays correctly when the registry entries point to a UNC path. |
