CAM Assist releases from 29 September to 31 December 2025, newest first: the 2.0.x launch period, including the first CAM Assist for GibbsCAM release. For how updates reach you, see CAM Assist release notes.
CAM Assist for Siemens NX 2.0.4, 31 December 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Siemens NX.
- A clear error message when no geometry is exported.
- CAM Assist now manages only the part, stock and fixturing selected in your setups, rather than more of the session geometry.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.13, 29 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- Added Korean, Portuguese and Vietnamese. See Change the CAM Assist language.
- Create an empty tool library. See Create a tool library in CAM Assist.
- Copy a tool to a new library. See Copy tools to another tool library.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Siemens NX 2.0.3, 24 December 2025
Download a new installer. Fixes and refinements.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.0.3, 24 December 2025
Download a new installer. Bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.12, 22 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- CAM Assist available in Spanish, French, German, Finnish, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Turkish, Italian and Czech. See Change the CAM Assist language.
- CAM Assist can now keep session tools, machines and materials.
- A tool library that needs updates shows how many tool assemblies need them.
- The Cutting Parameters Explorer has a legend. See The Cutting Parameters Explorer.
- With no session assets, CAM Assist defaulted to the High Speed, High Power machine, Generic Aluminum Alloy and the Built-in tool library for your units.
- Edit added to the tool library context menu.
- The usages icon shows a tooltip listing the presets associated with it.
- T-slot tools show the neck diameter field in the main cutting geometry.
- The 3D view of the part shows cylindrical and cuboid stock.
- Clearer messages in Analyze for surfaces that require splitting. See "Face requires splitting" in CAM Assist.
- Presets are easier to see in the tool library view.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion 2.0.4, 19 December 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion.
- New demo part 3.
- Support for CAM Assist in other languages.
- Presets for session tools are sent from the add-in to CAM Assist.
- Coolant settings are sent back to Autodesk Fusion.
- Other bug fixes.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.0.8, 16 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- Fixed a "zero length line" error.
CAM Assist for Siemens NX 2.0.2, 10 December 2025
Download a new installer. Bug fixes.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.0.7, 6 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- Fixed hole making in 3+2 operations in Mastercam.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.0.5, 5 December 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Support for the CAM Assist AI Support agent. See Get help from CAM Assist AI Support.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.0.2, 5 December 2025
Download a new installer. Bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.11, 4 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- Turned on the CAM Assist AI Support agent. It wasn't turned on for GovCloud accounts. See Get help from CAM Assist AI Support.
CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion 2.0.3, 4 December 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion.
- Advanced Freeform turned on by default.
- Support for cylindrical stock.
- CAM Assist AI Support agent turned on. See Get help from CAM Assist AI Support.
- Hole making into non-planar surfaces.
- Other bug fixes and refinements.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.0.6, 3 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- Hole-making checks use less memory.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.10, 2 December 2025
Installs automatically.
- Copy a tool to one or more libraries from the context menu in My Tool Libraries. See Copy tools to another tool library.
- My Machines, My Materials and My Tool Libraries remember your filters, search and page.
- Tool import errors are shown more clearly. See My tool library won't import into CAM Assist.
- A tooltip explains what a preferred tool is.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.0.4, 26 November 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Session tools use their associated feeds and speeds.
- Bug fixes for importing tools.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.9, 25 November 2025
Installs automatically.
General:
- Selecting a deburring operation in the program view highlights the edges it machines in the 3D view, including on curved, slotted and angled surfaces. You can select several at once.
- A loading indicator appears after you click Send to CAM package. See Send your program to your CAM package.
Tool management:
- Changes in My Tools now appear in CAM Assist without a refresh.
- Edit the tool number on the assembly properties tab.
- Turn Use tool on or off for every visible tool at once. The change follows the current filters and applies across all pages.
- New icons tell preferred tool assemblies apart from favorite tools.
Tool import:
- Imported tool assemblies get "best guess" suggested values. Suggestions appear under each field; click one to use it.
- Assign several stock materials to each uploaded file when importing a shop configuration or tool library. See Import a tool library or machine into CAM Assist.
- Tools with the same ID across several files now all import, each with its own ID.
- Solid round tools imported without an assembly get a default holder sized by cutting diameter (not face mills or inserts). CAM Assist tells you, and you can review or remove the default holders.
- Fixed
.toolsfiles not importing through the Autodesk Fusion shop configuration workflow. Dropped tools are reported separately.
Cutting parameters (see The Cutting Parameters Explorer):
- Sliders show the current feeds and speeds, with a warning when a value is outside the recommended range.
- When you set presets, the Cutting Parameters Explorer has tabs, like in the program view. Set ramping and cutting feeds and speeds for adaptive and pocket roughing; ramping values are saved in the preset.
- Inch values show full decimal precision (for example 0.00393701 instead of 0).
- Opening the Cutting Parameters Explorer from a preset shows your own cutting parameters on the sliders.
- When a session machine or material is missing a required property, such as spindle power, torque or ISO category, the Cutting Parameters Explorer says so instead of showing as unsupported.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.0.1, 24 November 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.
- Fixed the helix angle on inch tools.
- Fixed applying the Workgroup Manager in Category view.
- Updated demo part 5.
- Fixed inch mesh stock.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.0.0, 20 November 2025
First release of CAM Assist for GibbsCAM, for GibbsCAM 2025 and 2026. See Install CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.0.3, 11 November 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Hole making into non-planar faces.
- Assess suggests facet splitting when the geometry needs it.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.0.4, 29 October 2025
Installs automatically.
- Holes with a curved bottom are now machined.
- Better handling of surfaces in user-defined 3+2 operations.
- Other bug fixes.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.5 and 2.0.6, 22 October 2025
Installs automatically.
- Faces that require splitting are reported in Assess. See "Face requires splitting" in CAM Assist.
- Better recognition of the part, stock and workholding. (2.0.6 corrected this change from 2.0.5.)
- Better user-defined 3+2 output.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion 2.0.2 (Windows), 21 October 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion.
- Open the Cutting Parameters Explorer from toolpaths CAM Assist generated in Autodesk Fusion.
- Preferred tool assemblies have their own icon.
- Corrections to the initial view orientation.
- Fixed saving files after the latest Autodesk Fusion update.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.4, 14 October 2025
Installs automatically.
- Strategy comparison is off by default.
- Groundwork for better display of the view orientation.
- Improved tool export to your CAM package. See Export a tool library to your CAM package.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.0.2, 9 October 2025
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Toolpath generation controls in the Advanced tab in Prepare.
- Support for plane control in CAM Assist.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.3, 8 October 2025
Installs automatically.
- Prepare shows the selected coordinate system for Mastercam parts.
- NURBS surfaces are highlighted in the program view.
- Filter Assess feedback by setup.
- Duplicate a tool library.
- Other updates and bug fixes.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.2, 29 September 2025
Installs automatically.
- Send feedback with a debug bundle attached. See Report a problem to CloudNC.
- The program view shows operation colors on the part from the start, and highlights an operation when you select it. See The Program stage in CAM Assist.
- Other bug fixes.