Missing D3D dll causing Inventor to crash on startup

Published date: 2009-Oct-26
ID: TS14057824

Applies to:
AutoCAD® Inventor LT™ Suite 2010
AIP 2010 with Autodesk Inventor Tooling 2010 Add-In
AutoCAD® Inventor® Professional Suite 2010
AutoCAD® Inventor® Routed Systems Suite 2010
AutoCAD® Inventor® Simulation Suite 2010
AutoCAD® Inventor® Suite 2010
AutoCAD® Inventor® Tooling Suite 2010

Issue

You want to know why Inventor crashes when starting a new document even after you downloaded and installed the latest graphics drivers.

Solution

The explanation is that your D3Dx_35.dll is missing from your machine. The reasons for this dll gone missing are unclear for the moment.
To correct the situation, please navigate to this Microsoft link to download and update your DirectX installation:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

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