Autodesk® Inventor CAM™ 2023.2

Release Notes

Build 10.2.0.21411 / 17 November 2022
Autodesk, Inc.

CONTENTS

This document covers these Inventor CAM products:

• Inventor CAM Premium
• Inventor CAM Ultimate

What’s New
System Requirements
Installation

WHAT’S NEW

The following changes have been made in the current update (2023.2):

Changes for Setup

• Fixed an issue in which the application could crash when right clicking on a setup. (#39242)

Changes for Tool Library

• Fixed a performance problem when loading HSMLib format tool libraries. (#40461)

Changes for Simulation

• Fixed a crash that could occur when starting simulation in an empty document. (#38782)

Changes for Post Process

• Generate an error if a machine is passed to the postprocessor for an unsupported packaged post. (#29488)

Changes for Tooltips

• Fixed an issue in which some localized strings with apostrophes caused bold formatting in tooltips to be lost. (#39134)

Changes for Milling: Pockets and Contours

• Fixed an issue in which certain small parameter changes could cause a crash in Contour2D and Pocket2D. (#38734)
• Fixed an issue in which incorrect tiny helical pieces in linking ramps could be produced for Contour2D and Pocket2D. (#38245)
• Fixed an issue in which offsets could be missing in Contour2D and Pocket2D when the input contours contain arcs. (#38888)
• Fixed issues that could cause incorrect toolpaths in some circumstances when linking for Contour2D, Pocket2D and Pocket3D. (#38929)
• Fixed an issue where the ordering of passes could be incorrect in Contour2D, Pocket2D and Pocket3D. (#39078)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a gouge in rare circumstances in Pocket2D with enabled smoothing. (#38847)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash in Pocket2D for some input contours containing only a single point. (#38736)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a gouge in some cases when linking for Pocket3D. (#37361)

Changes for Milling: Blend and Flow

• Fixed the cutting direction for paths in Blend so that it is always consistent with direction shown in the user interface. (#39776)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash with some special geometry cases in Blend. (#39255)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash in linking for Blend, Flow and Multi-axis contour. (#38189)
• Added support for machining boundaries and contact boundaries to Blend. (#26880)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash in Blend and Flow strategies. (#39459)
• Add damping for tool axis limits in Blend and Flow with a non-ball tool so that the tool will decelerate gradually to a stop. (#39370)

Changes for Other Milling Strategies

• Fixed an issue in which an incorrect warning about Ramp Clearance Height was sometimes displayed for Chamfer. (#39688)
• Fixed an issue that caused Chamfer 2D to sometimes fail to generate passes. (#37109)
• Fixed some issues that could cause crashes in some circumstances in 2D Profile. (#39470)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when using "Trimmed" or "Fail on collision" for "Shaft & Holder" in Pencil. (#38043)
• Fixed possible zig-zag cutting paths which don't obey climb/conventional in Ramp strategy. (#38971)
• Fixed an issue in which zig-zag ramping was applied in open slots when not needed. (#38307)
• Added support for toolpaths containing circles in Engrave. (#38781)
• Fixed an issue that could result in missing or incorrect cutting paths in some cases at corners in Engrave. (#38199)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a missing cutting path when using multiple depths in Engrave. (#23125)
• Fixed an issue that could result in collisions of the tool shoulder or holder with the stock in Adaptive 3D even when the "Pull away" option was enabled. (#38954)
• Fixed an issue in which the outermost cut could be missing in Morphed Spiral. (#35339)

Changes for Turning

• Fixed an issue where certain toolpaths using a neutral tool to machine a face groove were not being generated. (#17729)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths where the rapid retract out of a face groove was rubbing against the model. (#38900)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths where users were not given a warning that the lead-in had been modified. (#38127)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths with multiple stepovers where the tool was cutting material behind the model. (#38700)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths with multiple stepovers where the tool was not retracting in X before returning to the start of the toolpath in Z. (#39234)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing and finishing toolpaths where they were not honoring the back Z limit. (#38644)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths cutting deeper than expected when both Z stock limits were off the model. (#40248)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths retracting to an incorrect point in between passes. (#39190)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths where the tool was making incorrect rapid retract moves while machining a groove. (#39906)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths with canned cycles turned on and approach point set to first toolpath point. (#38666)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash in some cases in Adaptive Turning Roughing when leads parameters are disabled or set to zero. (#36476)

The following changes were made in an earlier update (2023.1):

Changes for Contour Strategies

• Improved support for arcs in all contour based operations. (#32162)
• Improve the feed rate calculation when "stock contours" are used for certain 2D strategies. (#24118)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in 2D Contour when "Loops around corners" and "Trimming" were enabled. (#36572)
• Fixed an issue in some 2D Contour cases where a badly formed stay-down link could be generated when using a user defined exit position. (#37174)
• Fixed an issue where overlapping contours and contour selections with no area could cause a crash of the toolpath calculation. (#37404)
• Fixed an issue with missing offset paths for 2D Contour and 2D Pocket. (#37628)
• Fixed a case where a toolpath wasn't calculated for contour strategies when using a tool with a shaft that was wider than the tool body. (#34403)
• Fixed possible holder gouges or incorrect trimming in 3D Contour when using the "Trim" option for holder and the "Axial stock to leave" option. (#35229)
• Fixed an issue in which lead-in moves were removed incorrectly in certain cases when using the "Trim" option for holder. (#24158)
• Fixed a case in contour clearing in which rapid moves could cause the tool to collide with the stock. (#36308)
• Updated error messages to be clearer and more informative. (#26233)

Changes for Pocket Strategies

• Fixed an issue that could generate incorrect ordering in a 2D Pocket. (#34935)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in some cases in 2D Contour and 2D Pocket when the input paths contained arcs. (#38029)
• Fixed an issue where arc input to 2D Contour could cause the toolpath calculation to fail. (#37095)
• Fixed an issue in which the toolpath calculation could fail in certain cases of 2D Contour clearing. (#37337)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in a 2D Pocket when the input contours contain arcs. (#37504)
• Fixed an issue in Pocket that could result in rapid moves to the stock when approaching from outside and using "Minimum/shortest retracts". (#36719)
• Fixed incorrect offset paths in 3D Pocket that could occur in unusual cases. (#37333)
• Fixed an issue in which Rest shadow could produce unnecessary passes just under the bottom of the stock. (#34334)
• Fixed an issue where predrill positions in the center of circular pockets were not used. (#37162, #37363)

Changes for Adaptive

• Added a warning in 3D Adaptive if the surface height is larger than the retract height. (#33672)
• Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause an Adaptive toolpath calculation to not finish. (#33025)
• Fixed an issue where inaccessible pockets becoming accessible at lower Z levels could cause tool collisions in Adaptive roughing. (#33114)
• Improved a warrning message so that it is only displayed in relevant helical ramp cases. (#35557)

Changes for Blend

• Changed Blend and Flow strategies so that the top of the toolpath is define by "Top Height" rather than "Retract Height". (#35844)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in certain cases when using Blend. (#29008)
• Improved the linking of segments in Blend so that start points of closed segments are better aligned. (#32734)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in certain cases in Blend, and provide an error message instead. (#35393)

Changes for 2D Chamfer

• Updated an error message that is displayed when a contour that must be closed contains a non-closed contour. (#28296)
• Added a log entry for cases where the 2D Chamfer violates the model. (#27436)

Other Milling Strategy Changes

• Fixed a crash in adaptive rest machining. (#37208)
• Fixed an issue in which the toolpath could gouge the part in certain cases when using "In control" compensation in 2D Profile. (#37083)
• Fixed certain cases where Engrave incorrectly generated straight lines when it should have produced arcs. (#37254)
• Fixed certain cases where Engrave incorrectly failed to sharpen corners where one or both sides were arcs. (#37616)
• Improve the generation of Face toolpaths by applying an offset for a collection of stock contours from the same Z-level instead of creating independent offsets. (#33676)
• Improved Face toolpaths by using the plunge feed rate for vertical lead-in moves when they are outside the stock. (#34596)
• Fixed an issue for Jet where offset calculations could crash during toolpath calculation. (#35885)
• Improved Swarf to issue warnings when the input contains a mixture of closed and open contours. (#21775)
• Added display of additional information when a toolpath is empty because of the machining boundary selections. (#27850)

Changes for Turning

• Fixed an issue where turning profile roughing toolpaths were entering a groove despite the grooving parameter being set to "don't allow grooving" (#37072)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths that were failing to generate. (#35355)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths with a large X stock to leave that were failing to generate a toolpath. (#34188)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths with "make sharp parameters" turned on where the toolpath was not being generated. (#34899)
• Fixed a problem with certain turning profile finishing operations using a grooving tool where the retract move was incorrect. (#35101)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths machining undercuts that were not being generated (#36138)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations with rest machining turned on that were giving an internal error instead of the valid "no cutting area found" error. (#33462, #34756, #37219)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing toolpaths with canned cycle turned on that were gouging into the model. (#35381)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations with rest machining turned on where the toolpath calculation was not culminating. (#36448)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning boring toolpaths where users were getting a warning that the toolpath was crossing the rotary axis even when it was not. (#36743)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations with a large number of stepovers where the toolpath could not be generated. (#37391)
• Added a warning message for turning profile finishing operations if the lead in was modified due to a gouge with the model. (#37255)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing toolpaths with compensation set to "in control" where the compensation NC codes were being output incorrectly. (#36897)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations with canned cycle output turned on that were not generating NC code. (#30280, #34049)

Changes for Tool Library

• Fixed an issue in which an error message incorrectly appeared when deleting a folder in the tool library. (#35045)

The following changes were made in an earlier update (2023):

Changes for Drilling

• Fixed an issue in which holes could be drilled "upside down" when using select by diameter. (#34435)
• Fixed an issue in which offsets defining hole heights could be applied in the wrong direction. (#34041)

Changes for Milling

• Improved the stability of the Slot strategy so that it recognizes more slots and produces valid toolpaths. (#30388)
• Fixed an issue in which the Slot strategy could produce an incorrect toolpath when the input contour was open and had an arc at the end. (#14085)
• Improved the alignment of starting positions on closed cutting passes in Blend. (#31074)
• Fixed incorrect leads in Contour2D when "In Control" compensation was enabled and "Horizontal Lead Arcs" was disabled. (#34288)
• Fixed an issue in which Contour2D toolpaths would fail to generate when using multiple depths and the top and bottom heights were equal. (#33845)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in some circumstances when using Contour2D. (#31405)
• Fixed a performance problem that could occur in Contour2D and Pocket2D when using many stepovers. (#33792)
• Fixed an issue in which a spiral toolpath in Pocket2D could generate a gouge in some circumstances. (#33460)
• Fixed an issue in which Pocket2D sometimes was cutting through islands that should have been avoided. (#27482)
• Fixed an issue in which Pocket2D sometimes ignored open input contours if they did not contain arcs. (#22142)
• Fixed an issue with Pocket3D in which a gouge could occur in some cases when the toolpath incorrectly duplicated passes. (#32554)
• Fixed an issue in which a spiral toolpath in Pocket3D sometimes resulted in a kernel crash and no toolpath. (#27364)

Changes for Turning

• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations where the tool retracted incorrectly after a cutting pass. (#34271)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations where setting tangential extensions to certain values was giving an internal cam error. (#33832)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations with back to front direction where they were gouging into the model. (#33464)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations with canned cycle output turned on where X coordinates of the canned cycle profile were incorrect. (#32692)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations where there was an unnecessary feed move before the final cutting pass. (#32841)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations where a rapid move was gouging into the stock. (#24499)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile roughing operations with incorrect diagonal rapid retract moves. (#22401)
• Fixed an issue with certain ID turning profile roughing operations where the tool was doing a diagonal rapid move at the end of the toolpath. (#28609)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations that had a cutting feed linking move instead of a direct move. (#26547)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations where the retract was a dog leg rapid move instead of a simple vertical move. (#34157)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations where the tool was gouging into the model while leading out. (#33916)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations where the tool was incorrectly machining behind the part. (#33358, #33822)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations where the tool was gouging through a feature. (#33294)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations where a tool machining the OD of the part was also machining the ID. (#33196, #26500, #26485, #26482)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations using back to front direction where a leadin was created even though it violated the back stock. (#32601)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations using back to front direction where the leadins were not generated as expected. (#31808)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations with compensation set to "in control" where the toolpath points were incorrect. (#31784)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning groove toolpaths that were not being generated when the Z stock limits coincided with the groove limits. (#34296)
• Added the ability for turning grooving tools to machine certain types of undercut grooves in a turning profile finishing operation. (#33616)
• Fixed an issue with turning profile roughing and finishing operations using a grooving tool where the tool was gouging into the part for certain values of the grooving parameter. (#33828)
• Fixed an issue with certain turning profile finishing operations using a grooving tool machining undercuts that were not generating the correct toolpath. (#33297)
• Fixed an issue with certain profile finishing operations using a round insert grooving tool that were giving a cam kernel error. (#33195)
• Fixed an issue with certain rest machining turning grooving toolpaths that were cutting air. (#34518)

Changes for Setups

• Fixed an issue in which Save and Reset User Default didn't work well with string parameters when using expressions. (#33455)
• Fixed an issue in which setup parameter errors were not clearly identified. (#33810)

Changes for UI

• Added a missing "disabled" icon for the 2D Chamfer strategy. (#33839)

Changes for Post Process

• Fixed an issue in which post processing sometimes included operations that were invalid or had errors. (#34724)

Changes for Setup Sheet

• Fixed an issue in which the setup sheet was not selecting the correct image in the network location. (#33728)

Changes for API

• Fixed an issue in which the incorrect value (0) was being returned for integer parameters. (#34778)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Autodesk Inventor CAM 2023 supports Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11 64-bit.
• Inventor CAM 2023 is compatible with the 2021, 2022 and 2023 versions of Inventor and Inventor Professional.

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INSTALLATION

New installation

• Inventor must be installed prior to installing Inventor CAM

• If you need to install Inventor, it should be available to you in the Autodesk Account Portal

• Before you install Inventor CAM 2023, 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 Inventor CAM 2023.

• Before installing Inventor CAM 2023, please uninstall all prior Autodesk beta products.

• Download Inventor CAM 2023 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.

Before installing an update there is no need to uninstall a previous Inventor CAM release; but if you prefer to do so, you can uninstall the relevant release in Programs and Features in Windows Control Panel by accessing “View installed updates”.

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FEEDBACK

We encourage you to provide your feedback to us and help make Inventor CAM 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 Inventor CAM team using 'Send Feedback' on the 'Help' menu.

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