Autodesk® Inventor HSM™

Release Notes – 2018.3.1 (R4.1) Update

Build 5.4.1.73/ 2 February 2018

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

The following changes have been made in the current update (2018.3.1):

Fixed issue that disabled the direction arrow after clearing geometry input in Flow and Swarf #9397
Fixed crash in “Flow” when switching Flow direction #9368
Fixed unsupported stroke scaling for Internet Explorer / Edge browsers #9352
Fixed crash due to invalid plane/origin for protected operation #9317
Fixed regression where Mouse clicking no longer worked after renaming a browser node #9282

Changes to post processor:

Post Processing: Fixed issue where getGlobalParameter() always returns the value in MM #9347

The following changes were made in an earlier update (2018.3):

Added 2D Profile strategy (similar to Fusion 360). #8863
Added support for pecking for Turning Profile. You can use this feature to break the chips. #8835
Added support for both ways Adaptive Clearing. When both ways is enabled you can set a separate load and feedrate for the opposite cutting direction. You can use this feature to reduce machining time further when roughing depending on the material you are machining. The main cutting direction (normally Climb) will be the preferred cutting direction but the opposite direction will be used when the alternative non-engaging stay down linking would be estimated to be longer. #8734
Added support for back cutting (used for Sandvik PrimeTurning) for Turning Profile. #8946
Added Flow strategy. #8296
Improved stock simulation of simultaneous multi-axis toolpath. #9187
Show number of holes being machined for Drill. #8221
Fixed issue when selecting a tool from different operation in the tool library did not use the desired feedrates and speeds. #9235
Block post-processing if an operation is calculating. #9218
Fixed a crash when running simulation of a weldment assembly. #8900
Fixed issue where undoing multiple CAM operations wouldn’t refresh browser nodes. #8868
Fixed issue where toolpath generation didn’t obey the max number of concurrent tasks set in the CAM Task Manager. #8781
Fixed issue where the maximum spindle speed would be overwritten when selecting tool which uses constant surface speed. #8394
Improved turning radii selections when using the “Selection” option. #8282
Fixed issue where multiple tool entries would be created when copying operations across documents. #7809
Using a Spot drill for drilling exposes linear feedrates. #5413
Fixed issue edits to an operation parameter will be lost if hitting Return quickly. #8836
Shows a progress bar when executing commands (generate, duplicate etc.). #6749

Known Issues

If you cancel a rename action in the CAM browser, or accept a rename that doesn’t make a change, you may get into a state where further browser actions (e.g., right-click) menu do not work. To get out of this situation, just press ESC again. #9282

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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

Autodesk Inventor must be installed prior to installing Inventor HSM
Inventor HSM 2018 is compatible with the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 versions of Inventor.
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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FEEDBACK

We encourage you to provide your feedback to us and help make Inventor HSM even better. If you encounter issues not covered in this document, please report them to Autodesk through your reseller or to the Inventor HSM team directly at inventorhsm@autodesk.com or on the CAM discussion forum.
The Autodesk CAM Team
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