Autodesk® Inventor CAM™ 2023

Release Notes

Build 10.0.0.21308 / 13 April 2022
Autodesk, Inc.

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):

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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