Autodesk InventorCAM (HSM) 2020.3 Release Notes Build 7.3.0.20019 / 27 January 2020
Changes for Milling
- Fixed an issue where in 2D contour with a circular input contour, the application sometimes failed to generate a toolpath due to linking constraints. (#17413)
- Fix an issue in 3D Pocket that caused linking moves to gouge when linking between 2 pockets. (#16278)
- Fixed an issue in 2D/3D pocket in which a warning 'Cannot plunge outside stock' could be displayed even if this action was not requested. (#16970)
- Fixed an issue in which 'Lead to Center' was ignored during spring passes in Bore toolpaths. (#17569)
Changes for Drilling
- Fixed an issue when using the 'Drill Tip Through Bottom' setting. Only the Bottom depth could be edited when it was set to 'Model Bottom'. (#13033)
Enhancements for Turning
- Added the ability in turning profile roughing and finishing to set the front Z tool limit type for right facing inserts. (#17254)
- Improved the workflow for profile roughing and profile finishing operations by automatically setting the default turning mode based on the type of turning tool selected. (#17715)
- Added the ability to reduce the feed rate at a certain radius for the turning face operation. This is done so the tool can slow down as it approaches the 0 spindle surface speed point where the tool finishes the little nub at X = 0. (#16867)
- Added the ability to use contact point Z and radial limits with a turn profile roughing canned cycle operation. (#17872)
- Optimized the workflow for turning profile roughing operations with cycle set to vertical passes by setting the default direction to outside to inside when turning mode is set to outside and setting the direction to inside to outside when turning mode is set to inside. (#17463)
- Added the ability in a turning profile roughing operation to choose whether to rapid directly to the next depth of cut or perform a dual move consisting of a rapid move to the previous depth of cut, then feed to the next depth of cut. (#17896)
- Enabled the parameter 'Use Tailstock' for inside turn profile roughing. (#17387)
Fixes for Turn Profile Finishing
- Fixed issues with certain profile finishing toolpaths where:
- the correct toolpath was not generated when the outer radius coincided with model outer radius. (#17158)
- the toolpath was not going deep enough if the inner radius coincided with the lowest model radius to be machined. (#17181)
- the back tangential extension was shorter than expected in some cases. (#16408)
- there was an extra point in the partline output when using the 'In Control' compensation type. (#17414)
- the tool was moving past the inner radius by twice the tool nose radius if the radial tool limit was set to the contact point for outside finishing. (#11747)
- toolpaths were entering radial grooves even though grooving was not enabled (also fixed for roughing). (#17837)
- no toolpath was produced in some cases. (#18188)
Fixes for Turn Profile Roughing
- Fixed an issue with turn profile roughing so that the linking moves between two cutting depths are now a combination of rapid and cutting feed. (#17255)
- Fixed issues with profile roughing toolpaths where:
- the tool was entering the material at an incorrect Z clearance when using a back to front direction in some cases. (#17253)
- the first cut was deeper than expected and there were no retract moves at the back stock surface when using a back tangential extension. (#17688)
- toolpaths with vertical passes on the face of the part were not being generated correctly. (#17139)
- the toolpath was incorrect if the outer radius of the operation coincided with the outer radius of the model being machined. (#16868)
- toolpaths were incorrect if grooving was set to 'Allow Radial Grooving'. (#18665)
- the toolpath was not removing material to the back Z limit (#17517) or as expected in some cases. (#17690)
- the toolpath was not leaving material when using vertical passes with X clearance. (#16748)
- a toolpath move was being assigned a feed rate not accessible through the user interface. (#17497)
- certain boring bars could not be used. (#17341)
- the toolpath was not respecting the grooving parameter when using vertical passes. (#16730)
- the toolpath was incorrect in some cases if using both vertical passes and tangential extensions. (#16657)
- the toolpath was incorrect in some cases when using vertical passes and direction set to both ways. (#16624)
- the tool did not clear the remaining stock material by a distance equal to Z clearance in some cases with horizontal passes. (#16456)
- the first cut was too deep if the back Z limit of the operation was set to a contact point tool limit type. (#16569, #16829)
- the retract move was gouging into the wall in some cases when using vertical passes. (#16542)
- the toolpath was incorrect for certain combinations of turning mode and direction. (#16749)
- the toolpath was not being generated in some cases when using a horizontal neutral turning tool. (#17578)
Changes for Turning Canned Cycles
- Fixed issues with profile roughing when using canned cycles where:
- the canned cycle profile was not extending up to the correct limit with tool limits set to the contact point. (#16571)
- the first move in the canned cycle profile was not a rapid move. (#18065)
- the first move in the canned cycle profile was inside the stock. (#17991)
- an additional point was added to the end of the canned cycle profile if the section was vertical and coincided with the front Z limit. (#16387)
- the toolpath failed to generate in some cases on the front of the part. (#17386)
- post-processing failed for certain setups containing turning canned cycle operations. (#17470)
Other Fixes for Turning
- Fixed an issue where adaptive turning could fail when rest machining from a previous operation. (#16960)
- Fixed an issue where certain grooving tools with round shanks were not correctly rendered for toolpath verification and simulation. (#17430)
- Fixed an issue for turning chamfer operations where boring bars were not supported for either outside and inside chamfers. (#13005)
Changes for Simulation
- Fixed a crash that could occur when starting and stopping simulation multiple times. (#18611)
- In stock simulation for a threading operation, the distance between threads will now match the thread pitch from the operation rather than from the tool. (#17088)
Changes for User Interface
- Improved the performance of gathering post information when opening the Post Process dialog. (#16883)
- Fixed an issue in which an error about a missing file could be generated when using rest machining in specific cases. (#18280)
- Corrected the icon which was displayed for turn profile roughing. (#17647)
- Fixed an issue in which the Spanish help page was not found. (#16880)
Uninstall
- in some circumstances, an incorrect update version appears on the Windows "Installed Updates" page and this update cannot be uninstalled there. When this is the case, this update can be uninstalled using one of the following commands in the Windows Command Prompt. Choose the command corresponding to your HSM product:
- Inventor CAM Premium/Ultimate: msiexec.exe /promptrestart /qb /uninstall {D7C66041-8446-4AE0-9883-B05BBF15F27C} /package {08246110-8B45-41B8-BE4C-1091C19900C0} SETUP=1
- Inventor CAM Express: msiexec.exe /promptrestart /qb /uninstall {6EE2ACBF-42E3-4914-9AB2-F3055EAC69BD} /package {90A7FECD-439D-410F-95DE-4554392F7021} SETUP=1
