CAM Assist releases from April 2026, newest first: the 2.2.0 releases, which moved cycle time estimation into CAM Assist, and the notifications tray. For how updates reach you, see CAM Assist release notes.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.2.3, 29 April 2026
Installs automatically.
- Notifications: get news and new-release updates inside CAM Assist. See Notifications in CAM Assist.
- Debug bundles include log files. See Save a CAM Assist debug bundle.
- Machine definitions include the machining envelope. See Machine details CAM Assist needs.
- View the properties of CloudNC tool libraries (read-only).
- Ball mills for flat finishing.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.2.0, 28 April 2026
Installs automatically.
- Spot drilling only applies to the drilled end of a through hole.
- Contour freeform finishing for top-edge fillets whose normal isn't horizontal, in Autodesk Fusion.
- Groundwork for future facet splitting.
- Logging at the end of the Assess phase.
- Updated tool model.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.2.1, 20 April 2026
Installs automatically.
- CAM Assist shows the part's setup coordinates, where available.
- More part settings are kept between sessions.
- Reset part settings to their defaults. See Where does CAM Assist store my settings?.
- Better validation for several tool types.
- The Cycle Time Estimator closes after you export the report.
- Fixed cycle time estimates over 24 hours.
- Other bug fixes.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.2.0, 16 April 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.
- Hole making into non-planar faces.
- Export a tool library in GibbsCAM
.vncformat. See Export a tool library to your CAM package. - Tool import fixes.
- Fixed tools being duplicated when created in the session.
- Helical boring entry height raised to 1 mm (0.03937 in) by default.
- Roll-in entry turned off for facing operations.
- Gouge protection turned on for surface freeform operations.
- Less gouging in wall finishing.
- CAM Assist checks that the Use Global Settings for Solids check box is selected for the CAM document.
- Fixed gouging in contour flat toolpaths.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.2.1, 14 April 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Fixed the overall length of imported tools not being used.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.1.5, 13 April 2026
Installs automatically.
- Better error reporting.
- Faster hole checks in Assess.
- Improved contour freeform toolpaths.
- Fixed unmachinable areas not showing in red in Analyze when your CAM package isn't in English.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.2.0, 8 April 2026
Installs automatically.
- Cycle time estimate reports, with export to CSV.
- Machines hold cycle time estimation settings. See Machine details CAM Assist needs.
- Better machine validation.
- More feedback when only part of a tool library imports. See My tool library won't import into CAM Assist.
- CAM Assist starts faster.
- Fixed partial machining values showing as negative.
- The part's machining mode is always filled in.
- Fixed semi-visible stock hiding roughing volume boundaries.
- Roughing operations using the pocketing or full-slot strategy are listed in the program as "Pocket Roughing".
- Reset the part settings CAM Assist saved. When saved settings are used, Assess tells you. See Where does CAM Assist store my settings?.
- Unexpected errors are handled the same way everywhere.
- Search engines are blocked from crawling CAM Assist.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
Cycle time estimation moved into CAM Assist
With 2.2.0, cycle time estimation became part of the normal CAM Assist workflow in Autodesk Fusion and Mastercam, instead of a separate tool. You run CAM Assist as usual and see cycle time estimates in the Analyze phase. These were removed:
- the separate Cycle Time Estimator window
- the Cycle Time Estimator item in the CAM Assist menu
- estimating cycle times by bulk file upload
- retrieving cycle times through the Mastercam integration, and the cycle time pop-up when exporting to Mastercam
For how the cycle time report works now, see Estimate cycle time and export a cycle time report.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.2.0, 7 April 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Removed the Cycle Time Estimator from the Mastercam ribbon.
- Removed Connection and Tool library creator from the CAM Assist menu in Mastercam.
- CAM Assist works for every user on the computer, whoever installed it.
- Support for cutting parameter variables in Mastercam.
- Tool import fixes.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Siemens NX 2.2.0, 2 April 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Siemens NX.
- Fixed hole toolpath alignment.
- Fixed hole approach problems.
- Fixed through holes being only partly machined.
- Support for round stock.
- Fixed a machine selection problem in Prepare.
- Soft Jaw Designer and other Siemens NX items in CAM Assist available in other languages.
- Fixed setups being changed when they weren't selected in CAM Assist.
- Fixed the end mill corner radius not reaching CAM Assist.
- Other fixes and improvements.