Release Notes
Build 16.3.0.43990 / 21 December 2021 Autodesk, Inc.
CONTENTS
This document covers the following HSMWorks products:
- HSMWorks Premium
- HSMWorks Ultimate (including Fusion entitlement)
What’s New
System Requirements
Installation
WHAT’S NEW
The following changes have been made in the current update (2022.3):
Changes for General
- SolidWorks 2022 is supported with this update.
Changes for Milling
- Improved the 2D pocket and contour strategies to avoid having tiny arcs in cutting passes. (#32366)
- Fixed crashes that could occur in some cases when using the jet, spiral, or trace strategies. (#27365, #27368, #29789)
- Fixed a toolpath calculation failure that could occur in a slot strategy which produced an "Invalid Contours" error. (#30242)
- Fixed several cases where a ramp cutting into the part was generated. (#30297)
- Fixed a stock collision that could occur in 3D adaptive clearing when 'Order by Area' was selected. (#30873)
- Improved linking in the pocket strategy with enabled rest machining to avoid air cutting ramps. (#32132)
Changes for Post Process
- Improved the property handling functions (getProperty, setProperty) in the post-processor. (#25694)
- Improved the section bounding box as calculated by the getRange functions so that it now includes milling and boring cycle movements. (#27824)
- Fixed an issue in which machining angles could be calculated incorrectly in some cases. (#30178)
Changes for NC Editor
- Fixed an issue in which HSM Edit's Transforms Group was disabled. (#31105)
The following changes were made in an earlier update (2022.2):
Changes for Milling
- Fixed an issue in which adaptive clearing unexpectedly reversed the cut direction mid-move, which could lead to a tool breakage. (#28780)
- Fixed an issue in which the adaptive clearing toolpath would not generate in specific circumstances. (#28190)
- Fixed an issue for adaptive where a ramp diameter close to the maximum possible diameter for a given pocket could cause the application to hang. (#27818)
- Fixed an issue for adaptive toolpaths where a ramp into pockets without a suitable predrill position was used in some circumstances. (#26730)
- Fixed several additional cases where adaptive clearing failed to calculate a toolpath. (#27628)
- Fixed an issue in which adaptive toolpaths that were trimmed by holder collision protection were not respecting the minimum cutting radius. (#28122)
- Fixed an issue where a toopath did not reach all accessible areas when using holder protection (pull-away) in rest machining. (#23919)
- Fixed an issue with rest shadow air cut reduction in pocket clearing that was not working correctly. (#28357)
- Added information to the log in cases where an adaptive toolpath fails to produce any path because the ramps are too large. (#27439)
- Fixed an issue where avoid surface clearance was causing an empty toolpath with unreachable passes. (#27041)
- Fixed an issue for 2D Contour in which the toolpath was not calculated using the check surfaces option. (#28762)
- Added a warning for Engrave when there are open curves in the input. Engrave requires the input curves to be closed. Ignoring the open curves without a warning could produce confusing results for the user. (#28620)
- Added warning messages in blend toolpaths when the drive curves are badly formed. This could include cases where the curves are end to end or where there are an odd number. (#27271)
- Fixed a crash that could occur in some cases when trimming a pocket toolpath. (#28607)
- Fixed a crash that could occur in some cases in 5-axis linking. (#27268)
- The warning message "Skipping a pocket since the rest tool has not removed any material" will now only show when a pocket was untouched by the rest tool, and the entire stock is left for the rest operation. The message is also updated to "Warning: A pocket, which was not machined by previous operations because they used tools that were too large, has now been fully machined in this operation. This may increase in tool-wear as the entire pocket is included in the remaining stock in this operation." (#22621)
- Fixed a potential stock collision due to missed machining levels which could occur in some cases of adaptive clearing.(#26891)
- Fixed an issue where the adaptive clearing toolpath could crash or hang when the reduced air cutting feature flag was enabled. (#28673)
- Fixed several crashes that could occur in specific parts when using parallel or contour strategies. (#30841, #30673)
- Reduced the likelihood of pocket clearing toolpaths gouging when attempting to enter a slot of similar width to the tool diameter. (#28564)
- Fixed an issue where rest machining for pocket clearing did not remove all accessible stock in some cases. (#28987)
- Fixed a potential crash in rest machining when a previous stock level with stock gets completely cleared at a later stage. (#29837)
- Fixed an issue where the holder could collide with the remaining stock when rest machining and reduced air cutting were enabled. (#29777)
- Add diagnostic information to the log when an adaptive toolpath fails to produce any result because the ramps are too large. (#28959)
Changes for Post Process
- Fixed an issue in which machine angles were calculated incorrectly in some special cases with singularities. (#30178)
- Added support for using packaged post files (.cpsz). This allows newer post-processors that have been created for Fusion 360 to also be used in HSMWorks. (#29485)
Changes for Localization
- Corrected some untranslated strings on the Turning Profile command. (#28980, #28979)
Changes for NC Editor
- An update for HSM Edit fixes an issues where the Transforms Group was disabled. (#31104)
Note that the 2022.1 update was skipped due to an issue found during release testing.
The following changes were made in an earlier update (2022):
Changes for Installation
- Fixed an issue in which the ProductEdition was not set when the product was installed via the Autodesk Desktop Application (ADA). (#24697)
- In previous annual updates, the installer automatically removed earlier versions of HSMWorks from your computer before installing the update. This step is no longer done. We recommend that you manually uninstall the 2021 release before installing HSMWorks 2022. For more details, see the Installation section below.
Changes for Toolpaths
- Fixed an issue in which toolpaths would fail to generate if certain folder paths contained non-English characters. (#27004, #27426)
Changes for Machine Configurations
- Fixed an issue in which older machine configuration files were not functional in recent updates. (#24373)
Changes for Post Process
- Fixed an issue in which post processing for setup sheets failed with certain Excel templates that were not installed correctly. (#24957)
- Fixed an issue in which the machine properties were not always shown in the post processing dialog. (#27251)
Changes for HSMEdit
- The CIMCO HSMEdit application has been updated (#26319). Improvements include:
- New visual look for icons.
- New solid simulation kernel with support for 5-axis.
- All general improvements and fixes from HSMEdit version 8.
- 64-bit support.
Changes for API
- Added support for the export of NCStream (CLData) functions. (#26984)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Autodesk HSMWorks 2022 supports Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit.
- HSMWorks 2022 is compatible with the 2020, 2021, and 2022 versions of SOLIDWORKS.
INSTALLATION
- SOLIDWORKS must be installed prior to installing HSMWorks
- Before you install HSMWorks 2022, please make sure to run Windows Update, install all Windows Updates that are pending on your machine, and reboot:
- For Windows 10: Windows Update is available in the Update and Security section of Windows Settings, which is available from the Windows menu.
- It is sometimes necessary to perform a Windows Update multiple times to completely update your operating system.
- Verify that enough disk space is available on your machine to install HSMWorks 2022 (approx. 2 GB).
- Before installing HSMWorks 2022, please uninstall all prior Autodesk beta products.
- Download HSMWorks 2022 from the Autodesk Account Portal or from your Autodesk Desktop Application.
- Follow the instructions to download and launch the installer. Temporary extraction is to your temp folder. Operating system errors regarding very long path names can occur if the temporary location is nested too many levels deep.
- If the installer does not launch, browse to the folder where the files were extracted, and double-click setup.exe.
Updating an existing installation
- When a new update is available, an update notification will appear in the Autodesk Desktop App.
- Please download and install the update package.
- We recommend that you uninstall HSMWorks 2021 before installing HSMWorks 2022. You can uninstall the relevant release using the Autodesk Uninstall Tool or using "Add or remove programs" in Windows Settings. If you choose not to do that, you may need to be aware that:
- HSMWorks 2022 will now be registered with SolidWorks instead of HSMWorks 2021.
- If you uninstall HSMWorks 2021 at a later time, you may lose the registration of HSMWorks 2022 with SolidWorks. The registration between the two products can be restored using the following command, which requires admin privileges to run: regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\HSMWorks 2022\hsmsw.dll"
- Before installing any updates after the annual release (e.g. HSMWorks 2022.x) there is no need to uninstall the previous HSMWorks release.
FEEDBACK
We encourage you to provide your feedback to us and help make HSMWorks even better. If you encounter issues not covered in this document, please report them to Autodesk through your reseller, on the CAM discussion forum, or to the HSMWorks team using 'Send Feedback' on the 'Help' menu.
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