Autodesk® Inventor HSM™

Release Notes – 2018.1 Update (R2)

Build 5.2.1.44/ 30 June 2017

Autodesk, Inc.

This document covers all three Inventor HSM products:

Inventor HSM Express
Inventor HSM Premium (formerly Inventor HSM)
Inventor HSM Ultimate (formerly Inventor HSM Pro)

What’s New
System Requirements
Installation

WHAT’S NEW

This release contains a number of important fixes and improvements, as identified below.

Improved turning toolpath preview for ID operations. Toolpath is now shown through the model, and the stock area preview is shown without edges. #6423
Added parametric confinement for turning, and removed the old confinement. #2894
Added retract height to Profiling and Grooving. #7290
Added retract height to turning Face, Part, Single Groove and Chamfer. #7291
Added support for embedding pictures in Setup Sheet.
Added relevant turning tool information in Setup Sheet.
Added support for turning tool preview in Setup Sheet. #2501
Added retract height for turning threading. Removed inner and outer radius as they did not affect the generated toolpaths. #4042
IdeaStation: Support ability for user to choose which license level (Premium/Ultimate) to use. #7412
Added dwell option for the Single Groove opration #7451
Allow user to disable toolpath generation on creation/change of an operation. This option can be changed in Inventor HSM options. #6422
IdeaStation: Use program name/comment from setup if only operation(s) selected. #7138
Fixed wrong stock simulation issue when milling comes after a Turning Thread operation. #7582
Simple ordering functionality for Parallel operation is now obeying the setting. #7593
Ensure that vertical moves for 2D Contour are generated with Plunge feed. #7512
Prevent unnecessary invalidation of operations using rest machining from tool (instead of operations) when re-ordering operations. #7458
Fix misspelling in Preserve Order tooltip. #7517
Prevent overwriting of all tool parameters just by re-selecting the same tool (with no changes). #7450
The Leads on all Finishing Passes parameter in 2D Contour / 2D Pocket is now being obeyed. #1366
Fixed wrong start position for bore milling cycle when using conventional milling direction. #7496
Avoid text truncation on Product Information button. #7026
When copying a pattern containing a drill operation from one document to another, Fusion would crash when attempting to fix the missing selections in the pasted pattern/operations. #7506
Custom value specified as size of a turning insert is now being persisted #7443
Calculating proper compensation point when selecting ‘Tip tangent’ for inserts without holder. #6742
Fix scenario in Inventor 2018 where CAM-specific marking menu would not be shown in simulate command if CAM browser is not active. #7383

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Autodesk Inventor HSM 2018 supports Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, and Windows 10 64-bit.
Inventor HSM 2018 is compatible with the 2016, 2017 and 2018 versions of Inventor, Inventor Professional, and Inventor LT.

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INSTALLATION

New installation

Inventor must be installed prior to installing Inventor HSM
If you need to install Inventor, it should be available to you in the Autodesk Account Portal
Before you install Inventor HSM 2018, 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.
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1: Windows Update is located in the Control Panel, which is accessible on the desktop Charms Bar, Settings menu.
Windows 7: Windows Update is located in the Control Panel, which is accessible from the Start 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 HSM 2018.
Before installing Inventor HSM 2018, please uninstall all prior Autodesk beta products.
Download Inventor HSM 2018 from the Autodesk Account Portal (preferred) or cam.autodesk.com.
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 HSM 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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