CAM Assist releases from May 2026, newest first. These notes record what each release changed at the time. For other months, and for which parts of CAM Assist update automatically, see CAM Assist release notes.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.2.2, 28 May 2026
Installs automatically.
- Added the option to exclude roughing volumes when you edit the strategy. See Change roughing boundaries.
- Improved the roughing strategy: it prefers larger tools and uses fewer operations in corners.
- Fixed corner fillets in pockets not being machined when a tool fits them exactly.
- Fixed fillets being missed in open filleted slots.
- Fixed duplicate contours being created.
- Fixed entry and exit moves on Contour Freeform operations.
- Fixed an out-of-memory error on some stick-out recommendations.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.2.6, 27 May 2026
Installs automatically.
- Smarter rounding of tool values, to prevent errors when importing tools.
- Clearer preset validation messages.
- Copied and saved tool libraries now keep their tool usages.
CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion 2.2.1, 27 May 2026
Download a new installer. See Install CAM Assist for Autodesk Fusion.
- Updated the end user license agreement (EULA).
- Cutting parameters can be sent from the add-in to the CAM Assist window and back.
- Fixed "Failed to set parameters" errors.
- Fixed toolpath names that weren't translated.
- Fixed the overall length (OAL) of imported Kyocera carbide ball mills.
- Fixed overall length mismatches on imported spot drills.
- Fixed CAM Assist hanging on tool libraries with edited drills.
- Reworked how tool imports are handled.
- Fixed ball mill freeform presets not being imported.
- Fixed CAM Assist not recognizing tools in the session.
- Fixed spot drilling preset warnings on import.
- Fixed misaligned tool parameters on exported tools.
- Preset materials are kept when importing Fusion files.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.2.5, 22 May 2026
Installs automatically.
- More descriptive error messages.
- Fixed tool suggestions for over-engagement. See "Insufficient tool stick-out", "Insufficient usable tool length" or "Tool over-engagement" in CAM Assist.
- Fixed the high-demand pop-up blocking progress. See "Usage limit reached" or "We're experiencing high demand" in CAM Assist.
- Fixed a rounding issue on tool import that caused confusing error messages.
- Inch tool values support five decimal places instead of three.
- Prevented empty toolpaths when running with presets only.
- Fixed the default holder not being applied to face mills.
CAM Assist for Mastercam 2.2.2, 15 May 2026
Download a new installer. See Install CAM Assist for Mastercam.
New and improved:
- Flat finishing operations can use 2D contour toolpaths.
- Better prevention of missing facing operations.
- Updated the end user license agreement (EULA) in the installer.
- Imported tools default to climb milling when the direction isn't specified.
- When a tool is imported without ramping values, the ramp feed defaults to 50% of the cutting feed and the ramp angle to 2.5°.
- Session tools are shown by name instead of tool number.
- Tap handedness is kept when tools go from Mastercam to CAM Assist and back.
Fixes:
- No operations created in the Program view.
- Relieved sections of solid end mills on import.
- Chamfer corner style on imported end mills.
- Manufacturer not sent back to Mastercam from CAM Assist.
- Feed rates from CAM Assist causing invalid output in Mastercam Backplot.
- Universal libraries not generating roughing operations.
- Missing values on tool import crashing Mastercam.
- Importing taps.
- Imported chamfer mills giving a body diameter error, and chamfer mill errors when tools go from Mastercam to CAM Assist and back.
- Missing preset data, and incorrect presets on tool libraries exported from CAM Assist.
- Imported twist drills reporting a usable length longer than the flute.
- Cutting edge angle on imported face mills.
- Missing stick-in geometry (the shank inside the holder) on imported T-slot cutters, and a rounding error on their corner radii.
CAM Assist for Siemens NX 2.2.1, 15 May 2026
Download a new installer. See Install CAM Assist for Siemens NX.
- Added support for NX 2512.
- CAM Assist data for the part, such as workholding bodies and CAM Assist settings, is saved with the part.
- Added exporting tool libraries from CAM Assist to NX. See Export a tool library to your CAM package.
- CAM Assist checks for the NX solid modeling license when it loads. See Which Siemens NX licenses does CAM Assist need?
- Fixed LAN proxy settings stopping CAM Assist from opening.
- Updated translations.
CAM Assist Strategy Service 2.2.1, 14 May 2026
Installs automatically.
- Fixed flat-tipped drills with a drill point length of zero producing negative values.
- Fixed imported drills producing a zero feed rate.
- Tighter roughing boundaries after you edit roughing.
- Improved logging, to help CloudNC support respond faster.
CAM Assist User Interface 2.2.4, 7 May 2026
Installs automatically.
- Tool assembly views mark the cutting regions of the tool.
- Added a visual scale to tool and tool assembly diagrams.
- Improved error messages.
- Faster icon rendering.
- Added bulk editing for tool libraries. See Edit several tools at once in a tool library.
- Notifications can be translated. See Notifications in CAM Assist.
- Faster startup for large or complex parts.
- Introduced a four-hour session timeout. See "Are you still there?" in CAM Assist.
CAM Assist for GibbsCAM 2.2.1, 6 May 2026
Download a new installer. See Install CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.
- Corrected how "GibbsCAM" is written.
- The installer tells GovCloud users they're installing for GovCloud. See CAM Assist for GovCloud (US).
- Spindle speeds are limited to whole numbers and feed rates to one decimal place.
- Flat toolpaths from the same source operation are grouped together.
- Added a message explaining the problem when you open CAM Assist with no part loaded.
- Fewer wall toolpath gouges where edges weren't projected correctly.
- Fixed Contour Flat operations with several stepdowns, and Contour Flat operations split into several wall chains.
- Fixed Contour Freeform operations.
- Fixed a translation issue in the add-in.