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AutoCAD Performs Incorrect Calculation

November 19, 2009 By 2 Comments

quickcalc
My friend notify me about this bug a couple days ago. He mention that when we use the QUICKCALC (or CAL) command, AutoCAD returns incorrect value. This is a bug.

Try to calculate 750-693. You may see it returns incorrect value. I got 56. There are some more incorrect results.
Yesterday, VMichl notify me that this issue has been fixed in AutoCAD 2010 update 1.
Snipped from readme:

The following defects have been fixed:
(One of them is:)
QUICKCALC
Calculations performed by the QUICKCALC command may be incorrect.

If you have the same problem, download the update 1 here. Install it, and see if it’s fixed.

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About Edwin Prakoso

Edwin works as an Application Engineer in Jakarta, Indonesia. He has 4 years experience in building industry, then start to work for Autodesk reseller.
He is certified as Revit Architecture 2010 certified professional and CATIA V5 part design specialist. Currently he is involved as team leader for implementing SmarTeam as PDM in several companies.
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  • androXid

    This bug has been discussed since june 2009, it has been discovered by a french CAD user and confirmed by Shann Hurley soon after on Twitter.

  • http://www.cad-notes.com EdwinPrakoso

    Thank you for the additional information, anroXid :)