For those of you that currently use the geolocation feature to insert live Bing maps into Autodesk Products, you may have discovered that there have been some issues with the maps importing into your drawings for the last week or so.  The issue began on Otober 29th, when Bing changed it server-side connection protocol, which was not compatible with Autodesk products.  Since then, Autodesk has changed their connection protocol to match Bings, and has issued a hotfix to ensure the live maps work correctly.

Please see below the links to download the files.  The upper link is for all 2015 products, and the lower link is for 2014 for AutoCAD products and AutoCAD Lt.  Also included are the installation instructions for this hotfix.

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-C2-AE-autocad-C2-AE-2015-geolocation-online-map-hotfix.html?v=2015

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-C2-AE-autocad-C2-AE-and-autocad-lt-C2-AE-2014-and-2015-geolocation-online-map-hotfix.html?v=2015

 

Installation Instructions

To install this Hotfix

You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft® Windows® operating system to complete the installation process.

This installation process requires you to modify an installed product, which may cause Windows security warnings to appear. For all Windows security warnings that appear during installation, click Continue.

We recommend that you update your Autodesk applications with the latest service packs or updates.

1. Close all software applications.

2. Navigate to the folder where your Autodesk product is installed.

For AutoCAD 2015: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015

3. Right-click AcGeoLocationUI.arx and click Properties.

4. Click the Versions tab and verify the file version.

If the version number of AcGeoLocationUI.arx is 20.0.51.0 then, proceed with installation.
If the version number of AcGeoLocationUI.arx is 20.0.210.3 or greater, this hotfix has already been applied and you do not need to proceed with the installation.

5. Right-click AcGeoLocationUI.arx. Rename it as AcGeoLocationUI.bak,

6. Download the Hotfix to a location on your local computer.

7. Extract the downloaded zip file.

8. Copy the extracted file (AcGeoLocationUI.arx) from step 7 (from the x86 or x64 sub-folder) depending on whether you have 32-bit or 64-bit software) to your product installation folder i.e. to the folder specified in step 2.

9. Repeat steps 3 and 4 and verify that the file version of AcGeoLocationUI.arx is 20.0.210.3 or greater.

To remove this Hotfix

1. Close all software applications.

Navigate to the folder where your Autodesk product is installed,

For AutoCAD 2015: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015

Delete AcGeoLocationUI.arx (the file you downloaded and installed).
Rename AcGeoLocationUI.bak to AcGeoLocationUI.arx.

If you have questions, please contact me at [email protected]