CAM Assist releases from March 2026, newest first, including 3+1 indexed machining, CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion on Mac, and deburring strategy editing. For how updates reach you, see CAM Assist release notes.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.1.4, 30 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- CDN caching turned on.
- Upgraded 3D viewing engine.
- Tools with invalid presets are no longer used in cycle time estimation.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.1.5, 27 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- CDN caching turned on.
- Upgraded 3D viewing engine.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.1.1, 20 March 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
- Better handling of proxy settings.
- Fixed conversion of Universal tool libraries.
- Mastercam-specific controls in Prepare available in other languages.
- Tutorial mode opens if you run CAM Assist with no part loaded.
- The session machine and material are passed to Prepare.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.1.4, 20 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- Support for 3+1 indexed machining. See What are 3 Axis, 3+1 and 3+2 machining modes? and Set the rotation axis for 3+1 machining.
- Support for like-for-like corner finishing. See Configuration settings.
- More detail in machine definitions (see Add or edit a machine in CAM Assist):
- Machine preferences: machining modes, tool libraries and tool capacity. In this release these were for information only and didn't affect how CAM Assist ran.
- Cycle time adjustment: scale factor, setup time, tool change time and tear down time. See Estimate cycle time and export a cycle time report.
- The Cutting Parameters Explorer available in other languages.
- All materials moved to the top of the material picker.
- The number of excluded faces updates correctly.
- Fixed blank entries in the tool library selection in Prepare.
- Updated machinability feedback for tool over-engagement. See "Insufficient tool stick-out", "Insufficient usable tool length" or "Tool over-engagement" in CAM Assist.
- A tooltip for Maximum internal corner radius in Prepare.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.1.3, 19 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- Better collision-free chamfer toolpaths.
- Support for 3+1 indexed machining.
- Support for like-for-like corner machining.
- Cycle time estimates update more reliably.
- Updated machinability feedback about facet splitting. See "Face requires splitting" in CAM Assist.
- Better roughing when the lateral load equals the workholding security limit. See What is workholding security in CAM Assist?.
- SolidCAM roughing toolpaths use the Minimum Cutting Radius parameter.
- Other fixes and improvements.
CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion 2.1.0, 12 March 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion.
- First release of CAM Assist 2.0 for Mac.
- Updated end user license agreement.
- Export a tool library in
.jsonor.toolsformat. See Export a tool library to your CAM package. - Better translations.
- Removed the Tutorial button. The tutorial only appears for first-time users.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.1.0, 6 March 2026
Download a new installer: see Install CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.
- Chamfering of rounded corners.
- Geometry and holder changes you make to session tools in CAM Assist are applied in GibbsCAM. A message box lists the changes.
- Tutorial mode opens the first time you use CAM Assist. (GibbsCAM 2.2.2 later replaced it with the "Welcome to CAM Assist" tour. See CAM Assist release notes: August 2026.)
- Updated end user license agreement, and an image in the installer showing where to find CAM Assist.
- CAM Assist available in other languages.
- T-slot finishing.
- Updated download link.
- Solid selection for flat finishing deprecated.
- Information for GovCloud users. See CAM Assist for GovCloud (US).
- An error message when no part is available. See "Please define a part body before starting CAM Assist" in GibbsCAM.
- Lead-ins and lead-outs for standard roughing.
- Fixed feed rate unit conversion.
- Fixed the coordinate system on single-edge chains.
- Fixed stock selection for facing in the second setup.
- Solid (edge) flat finishing toolpaths set to air by default.
- Fixed an "eProcRepeats" error.
- More robust detection of curve planes.
- Fixed holder identifiers.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
Known issue in this release: check cutting feed rates before posting from GibbsCAM.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.1.3, 5 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- Fixed a session tool preset issue in SolidCAM.
- Fixed a missing geometry ID in SolidCAM.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.1.2, 5 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- Fixed tool libraries sometimes not loading.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.1.1, 5 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- Edit deburring operations. See Edit an operation.
- Fixed the selected tool library not showing in Prepare.
- Faces removed while editing strategies are reflected in the counts sent to your CAM package.
- Clearer wording and matching colors in the face selection legend.
- Machinability feedback colors match the 3D view.
- Updated tooltip for edited operations.
- Usage tracking for strategy editing turned on.
- Clearer message when no valid subscription is found. See Check your CAM Assist subscription.
- Fixed colors of some light mode elements.
- Fixed ball mill rendering in the Cutting Parameters Explorer.
- CAM Assist can't run if no valid tool assemblies are available. CAM Assist also tells you when some tools in the selected library have validation errors. See CAM Assist has no usable tools.
- Edit session machines and materials.
- The Cutting Parameters Explorer works in Autodesk Fusion with session tools.
- Cancel a tool import.
- The Cutting Parameters Explorer works for face mills using presets.
- Editing tools during strategy edits regenerates the affected operations.
- Edited tools no longer cause a "Resolution failed" error.
- Tap tools work in the Cutting Parameters Explorer.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.1.1, 5 March 2026
Installs automatically.
- Longer chamfer leads for open chains in Autodesk Fusion, and for closed chains.
- Arc leads in Mastercam and Siemens NX.
- Deburring strategy editing, including changing the tool type.
- Chamfer operations split for different heights.
- Operations regenerate after strategy edits.
- Other fixes and improvements.