Autodesk® Inventor CAM™ 2026
Release Notes
Build 13.0.0.21672 / 9 April 2025 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 (2026):
General
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing a sketch. (#59902)
- Ongoing security improvements. (#54608)
- Updated version of Autodesk HSM Edit. (#57938)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Autodesk Inventor CAM 2026 supports Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11 64-bit.
- Inventor CAM 2026 is compatible with the 2026 version of Inventor and Inventor Professional.
INSTALLATION
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Inventor must be installed prior to installing Inventor CAM
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If you need to install Inventor, it should be available to you in the Autodesk Account Portal
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Before you install Inventor CAM 2026, 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.
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It is sometimes necessary to perform a Windows Update multiple times to completely update your operating system.
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Verify that enough disk space is available on your machine to install Inventor CAM 2026.
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Before installing Inventor CAM 2026, please uninstall all prior Autodesk beta products.
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Download Inventor CAM 2026 from the Autodesk Account Portal or from your Autodesk Desktop Application.
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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.
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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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