CAM Assist releases from January 2026, newest first, including add-in localization for Mastercam and GibbsCAM and a first-run tutorial in Autodesk Fusion. For how updates reach you, see CAM Assist release notes.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.0.5, 26 January 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.
- CAM Assist in GibbsCAM available in other languages. See Change the CAM Assist language.
- Updated icons in the CAM Assist plug-in.
- Choose standard roughing or Volumill roughing in Prepare. See GibbsCAM process preference settings.
- Simple lead-ins and lead-outs for wall finishing.
- Flat toolpaths use "Offset with cleanup" instead of "Offset".
- Standard roughing sets the island stock value.
- Support for parametric holders.
- The initial view orientation in CAM Assist matches GibbsCAM.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.0.7, 26 January 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- CAM Assist in Mastercam available in other languages. See Change the CAM Assist language.
- Fixed a plunge rate bug.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion 2.0.5, 22 January 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion.
- Tutorial mode. (Autodesk Fusion 2.1.0, in March 2026, removed the Tutorial button so the tutorial only appears for first-time users. See CAM Assist release notes: March 2026.)
- Session tools removed from the demo parts.
- Updated for Autodesk Fusion's move from Python 3.12 to 3.14.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.0.14, 22 January 2026
Installs automatically.
- Tidier machining mode choices in Prepare. See What are 3 Axis, 3+1 and 3+2 machining modes?.
- Tutorial mode for CAM Assist in Autodesk Fusion.
- Clear your workholding and avoidance geometry selections. See Select avoidance geometry and workholding.
- Languages are listed by their own names. See Change the CAM Assist language.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.0.9, 20 January 2026
Installs automatically.
- Surfaces that can't be machined in one complete operation are shown in Analyze. See "Face requires splitting" in CAM Assist.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.0.6, 9 January 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Corrected the initial view orientation, which affected the operations CAM Assist created.
- Updated demo part 3.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.