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Resolved CPR’s

CAMWorks 2016 SP1

* Please refer to ‘What’s New’ PDF document for details regarding enhancements in CAMWorks 2016.

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1. CW-56219 11-6194 Toolpath

On Mill Turn parts if the advanced approach/retract type is set

to 'Direct' then, the generated approach and retract moves

are not satisfactory.

2. CW-56194 11-6170 UI

In German language version of CAMWorks, in the Advance tab

of operations parameters dialog box for multiaxis operations,

multiple text strings and fields in the tab are overlapping.

3. CW-55585 11-5895 PostFor specific Mill-Turn part, approach and retract moves cause

undesirable C Axis rotation in X move during post processing.

4. CW-55462 11-5829 AssemblyFor specific assembly file, the work coordinates for Part Setup

origin is not getting updated correctly.

5. CW-55363 11-5755 PostThe Post command "QUERY_MILL_TLP_Z_EXTENTS" for Gun

Drilling operation is not correct.

6. CW-55334 11-5754 PostFor legacy part files, when Gun drilling option is implemented

for drill operations, the posted code contains wrong moves.

7. CW-55251 11-5669 UI

In XML Setup sheet, Coolant type has been misspelled

‘DefineCoolentFrom’. This should be rectified to

‘DefineCoolantFrom’.

8. CW-55209 11-5682 System

After the tool automatically assigned by CAMWorks to an

operation is changed by the user, if the feature associated

with that operation is copied using ‘Copy Feature’

functionality and operations are generated for the copied

feature, then CAMWorks adds duplicate tools to the Tool Crib.

9. CW-55157 11-5650 UI

For Multiaxis Mill operations, if the Method assigned in the

Pattern tab is changed from ‘Milling’ to ‘Drilling’ and then

reverted to ‘Milling’, then the order of tabs within the

Operation Parameters dialog box changes.

10. CW-55156 11-5651 OperationIn Multi axis operation parameters the parameters of arc

leadin are not selectable. The same can be set in TechDB only.

11. CW-55144 11-5632 Post

For specific assembly file, in the NC code generated for Drill

toolpath of a pattern feature, the parameter

“IS_PATTERN_FEATURE” is set to FALSE.

12. CW-55119 11-5615 Translation

In Chinese language version of CAMWorks, in the Advance tab

of Contour Mill operation, the text string in Chinese for

“Upto” & “Past” in the dropdown list is incorrect.

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13. CW-55114 11-5718 Operation

Currently, when inserting any operation, if operation does not

exist, then the ‘Use TechDB Defaults’ default option is

displayed; if the operation exists, then ‘Copy from Operation’

default option is displayed. CAMWorks must be enhancedsuch that if user selects the ‘Use TechDB defaults’ option for

an existing operation, then this same option (instead of ‘Copy

from Operation’ must be displayed as default option when

inserting a new operation.


In Chinese language version of CAMWorks, in the NC tab of

Contour Mill operation, the text string in Chinese for “OFF”

option is incorrect.

15. CW-55104 11-4954 Operation

If CAMWorks 2015 SP1.1 is installed on a fresh machine, then

the “Covert to 5 Axis” option fails to generate toolpath. The

issue is rectified only if a previous version of CAMWorks 2015

is re-installed and CAMWorks 2015 SP1.1 is installed again.

16. CW-55088 ----- Assembly

In an assembly when the user selects to insert an operation

from CAMWorks Tool tree, then allow the user to select

setups which are valid and empty as well.

17. CW-55079 ---- UI

When editing an operation, if user wishes to preview the

toolpath, the Operation Parameters dialog box collapses. The

F5 button must be supported to preview the toolpath without

collapsing the Operation Parameters dialog box.


In Chinese language version of CAMWorks, in the Warning

message prompting for Rebuild, the Chinese text strings for

“Full” and “Light” are incorrect. In the CAMWorks Feature

tree and Operation tree, the Chinese text string for “Sub”(Sub-spindle) to is incorrect.

19. CW-54978 ----- UI

The “Create Setup” button must be made available all the

time within the New Feature dialog box. Currently, this button

is not shown if there are pre-existing setups.

20. CW-54951 11-5552 Post

For Contour Mill toolpath generated for an Open Pocket with

island with Ramp Method set as ‘Angle’, the corresponding NC

code or CL file generated does not generate correct Cutter

compensation code.

21. CW-54895 11-5537 Toolpath

For specific turn part with four OD groves, the Bore Rough

toolpath overcuts the part as defined allowance values are

not taken into consideration.

22. CW-54860 11-5346 Assembly

For specific assembly part, when Avoid Area command is

defined for a Z Level operation or Area Clearance operation,

then CAMWorks crashes.

23. CW-54836 11-5505 Toolpath

The ‘Spiral’ ramping method needs to be the default setting in

Entry/Retract tab of the 3 Axis Mill operations when the

Pattern type is changed to ‘Adaptive’.

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24. CW-54792 ----- Machine

In Turn mode, the machining time calculated seems to be

inaccurate, particularly when using the Constant Surface

Speed (CSS) and Feed Per Revolution (FPR) parameters.

25. CW-54674 11-5401 License

If non-admin user logs on to the computer with differentaccounts, then user needs to import the license file in order to

launch CAMWorks 2015 or 2016. This issue was not observed

in previous versions of CAMWorks.

26. CW-54664 11-5387 TechDB

In the customized TechDB, a user-defined Turn Thread

strategy was inserted and then removed. User then reinserted

it back by adding the necessary Features and Operations.

However, the Thread Conditions library does not list the

strategy after reinsertion.

27. CW-54531 ----- APIAdd methods on ICWTool interface to get/set feed, speed and

coolant.

28. CW-54530 20921 Turn

For Rough Groove operations, if user assigns a “User-defined”

Tool Block instead of “Automatic” and regenerates the

toolpath, the user-selected Tool Block is not updated. This

use is observed only for Front Turret.

29. CW-54360 20369 Feature

When creating/ editing a 2.5 Axis feature, the RMB context

menu for the “Selected Entities” list box must provide an

option “Deselect All” for deselecting all selected entities.

Currently there is no context menu for this list box.

30. CW-54307 20285 TechDB

For specific part, when ‘Save Operation Plan’ command is

executed for Center Drill operation, the user-defined

machining depth is not retained.

31. CW-54259 11-5187 Feature

If multiple non-connected segments are selected to

interactively define an Open Profile feature and if the cut

direction is reversed in the Feature Profiles tab, then the

updated cut direction is not retained for the operations and

toolpaths generated for the Open Profile feature.

32. CW-53730 11-5024 Toolpath

For Contour Mill Toolpaths with Ramp Angle defined, the

number of helical moves must remain the same when the

Toolpath Center is changed from “With Compensation” to

“Without Compensation”.

33. CW-53681 15579 Feature

For the specific Mill part with multiple pockets, the ‘Simplify

Features’ option does not work as expected.

34. CW-53611 15397 Feature

For the specific mill part, chamfers are missing on the

irregular features that were recognized using ‘Extract

Machinable features’ command.

35. CW-53467 ----- Feature

For specific mill part machined on a multiaxis machine,

selecting the "Check accessibility for through features" option

fails to create features in one direction.

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36. CW-53020 11-4847 Toolpath

For multiaxis toolpath with flowline curves, the tilt axis is

guided by ‘Tilt through line’ and the line tilt strategy is ‘All line

weighed by distance’. If the 3D sketch defining the tilt line is

modified and the toolpath is rebuilt, the tool axis tilt doesn’tget updated.

37. CW-52361 11-4691 UI

In Part mode, if the “Calculate safe CNC comp toolpath” is

active or inactive, CAMWorks immediately warns the user

when the option impacts the toolpaths and recalculates

automatically. However, this warning message is not observed

in assembly mode.

38. CW-52359 11-4687 APIAPI to retrieve the User Defined Clearance value defined for

multi axis operations.

39. CW-52313 11-4667 Toolpat h

For specific mill part, if the ‘Skim’ option is selected for

Clearance Plane type in NC tab for Contour Mill operation,

then the resultant toolpath gouges the part.

40. CW-51996

11-4557

11-4575

11-4598

TechDB

When CAMWorks 2015 SP1 is used with customized TechDB,

then for the specific part, when the ‘Extract Machineable

Feature’ and ‘Generate Operation Plan’ commands are

executed, CAMWorks crashes.

41. CW-51981 ----- System

On HP machines, it takes more than 11 minutes to load a

specific saved part. Time taken for toolpath computation is

also more.

42. CW-51306 11-4183 TechDBIn TechDB, the default Operation Parameter "Opt. Stepover%"

for Area Clearance is missing.

43. CW-50825 11-4115 TechDB

SQL to SQL import from older to new version of CAMWorks

takes a huge amount of time. In earlier versions, this process

was pretty quick.

44. CW-50636 11-4026 Feature

For corner slot features, the provision to select/deselect

multiple segments to define air segments using Shift and

Control buttons must be provided.

45. CW-50628 11-3937 Setup Sheet

In XML based Setup Sheets generated using CAMWorks,

SOLIDWORKS Configuration Specific information must be

made available in the Setup sheet.

46. CW-50482 11-3912 TechDB

When manually assigning a tool to a hole operation, the user

cannot assign any User Defined Tool from the TechDB

because the user defined tool is not present as an option inthe dropdown list of the Tool Select Filter dialog box.

47. CW-50337 11-3819 Operation

The ability to calculate the machining depth of a Countersink

operation using the Countersink feature diameter does not

work. Even though the feature parameters indicate a

countersink diameter, this value is not being applied to the

TechDB process to calculate the tool machining depth.

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48. CW-49445 ----- ToolpathFor the specific Mill part, the Engrave toolpath generated

gouges the part.

49. CW-49408 11-3483 Tool

CAMWorks allows for the creation of a Dovetail tool with an

angle greater that 90 degrees, which is incorrect. An error

message must ideally be displayed is user attempts to assign

an angle greater than 90 degrees.

50. CW-49406 11-3498 Wire EDM

The option to Arc fit a Contour Mill toolpath is available in Mill

mode. The same function must also be made available in Wire

EDM toolpaths.

51. CW-49211 11-3406 Operation

When same tool is used for more than one operation, any

changes made to the tool parameters must be updated in the

other operations and all the operations should be

regenerated with the new parameters. A message should be

displayed indicating the operations which have beenregenerated.

52.CW-49147

CW-4912411-3294 Wire EDM

In Wire EDM mode, under Cutting Conditions settings, the

wire diameter can be assigned only from a dropdown list of

specific diameters. A generic solution must be provided

wherein user will be able input/add a desired wire diameter

value.

53. CW-48910 11-3244 UI

In CAMWorks 2015 SP0, it takes a lot of time to open the

Operation Parameters dialog box for the Contour Mill

operation generated for an interactively defined Open Profile

Feature when the mouse pointer is placed over theSOLIDWORKS Feature Manager Design Tree.

54. CW-48185 11-2832 Toolpath

For 3 Axis and 5 Axis operations, the Fixed/ Free option (which

exists for 2.5 Axis operations) must be made available. This

will enable the user to output X, C, Z moves instead of X, Y and

Z moves when desired.

55. CW-48183 11-2539 PostAn option must be provided in EDM Post system to post a file

with Line Feed only and no Carriage Return.

56.CW-34236

CW-21040

Beta-139

2-1533

Assembly

In Assembly mode, while defining fixtures in Part Setup, the

functionality allowing selection of subassemblies as fixtures

must be provided.

57. CW-32190 10-5615 UI

The size of the TechDB tool crib form is too small. Using the

scroll bar within the form is inconvenient. The form must

either be enlarged or the option to resize the form must be

provided.

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58. CW-30257 10-4125 Tool Crib

The functionality to find out the vacant station number in the

tool crib must be provided so that on executing ‘Generate

Operation Plan’ command, any newly added tools in the

operation gets added to vacant stations available in thebeginning of the Tool crib.

59. CW-30248 ----- UI

When the tree view is split so that there are two trees

displayed and the ‘GoTo’ command is used, the tree item

found is always shown in one of the tree views, which may

not be the tree view that GoTo was selected from. This needs

to be rectified.

60. CW-29774 10-3833 TechDB

In TechDB, for Area Clearance operation, in the Pattern tab,

when ‘Adaptive’ is selected, the ability to set optimum

stepover as a percentage of the tool is missing.

61. CW-29739 10-3818 TechDB

In TechDB, for the default Operation Parameter settings of

Pencil Mill operation, the combo box to enter distance is

missing.

62. CW-28082 10-2732 Toolpath

For specific mill part with Open Pocket and pocket features

with islands, it takes approximately 40 to 45 minutes to

generate toolpath.

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1. CW-54756 SP0 11-5343 Post

Add a new post parameter“TOOL_FLUTE_LENGTH” that will fetch the

Flute Length of a mill tool from the Mill Tool

Definition tab.

2. CW-54748 SP0 11-5447 Translation

In Japanese version of CAMWorks, within

the 2.5 Axis Feature Wizard, the Japanese

text string for “Through” is incorrect.

3. CW-54705 SP0 11-5421 Help

In the Help documentation for Advanced

tab of 3 Axis operation, details given for the

“Enabled” option of “Holder Avoidance”

needs to be updated to indicate conditionsfor collision avoidance.

4. CW-54688 SP0 21047 Help

In the CAMWorks Help documentation for

VoluMill with Entry Method set to “Pre-drill

Holes”, the note indicating size relation

between drill diameter and tool diameter

needs to be added.

5. CW-54685 PR1 21205 Toolpath

When tool paths of Z Level operations are

converted using 'Conver to Five Axis' then,

the rapid moves are converted into feed

moves.

6. CW-54575 PR1 21005 Features

The user cannot define a 3D Curve feature

in CAMWorks 2016. The feature is

projected on a plane and is converted into a

2D feature.

7. CW-54551 PR1 11-5361 Wire EDM

The EDM Cutting Conditions for Sodick

machine are not consistent across all the

available model types.

8. CW-54541 PR1 20953 UI

In Origin tab of Mill Part Setup when we

switch the origin between sketches then

the newly set origin as per the sketch is not

saved when the user closes the dialog box

using OK button.

9. CW-54522 PR1 20871 HelpThe help description of for fixed B Axis

turning is not present.

10. CW-54504 PR1 11-5338 Simulation

The geometry of the User Defined Mill tool

is incorrectly shown in CAMWorks Virtual

Machine Simulator.

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11. CW-54496 PR1 20775 UI

When the Turn operations containing B Axis

value are copied using control and drag

functionality, then the user defined B axis

values are not copied in the newly created

operation.

12. CW-54402 PR1 11-5298 Help

Add more description detail for the Rotary

Axis - Reverse Direction option in the Help

file.

13. CW-54338 PR1 11-5267 Toolpath

For the specific part in the Contour Mill

operation if the user selects 'Stay down'

option for link between the passes on the

Leadin tab, then CAMWorks crashes.

14. CW-54319 PR1 20277 UI

For the specific part in the Mill Part Setup

on the Origin tab when the origin is defined

using a user defined vertex, then the user

will not be able to apply any offsets. This

was working fine in CAMWorks 2014.

15. CW-54301 PR1 11-5255 TechDB

When the customized TechDB is imported

into CAMWorks 2015 SP1.2, then some of

the parameters are not imported.

16. CW-54268 PR1 20213 Operation

For the specific part in the Turn Rough

operation the estimated time shown when

spindle mode is set to RPM and SFM is

wrong.


In Chinese version of CAMWorks TechDB, in

the UI for inserting a tool, user defines the

Holder Edge as “Side” or “End”. The

Chinese text for “End” needs to be

corrected.

18. CW-54241 PR1 11-5199 Features

For the specific part when Extract

Machinable Features is done, then

CAMWorks crashes.

19. CW-54239 PR1 20157 Toolpath

For the specific part on a Rough Mill

operation with entry option set to 'Entry

Drill' CAMWorks generates two entry drilloperations with different drill diameters.

When the user regenerates the toolpath

the entry drill operations become

satisfactory.

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20. CW-54215 PR1 20025 UI

In the New Advanced Approach and Retract

option in NC tab of 2.5 Axis operation for

Mill-Turn machines, the retract position is

termed as XYZ Home Absolute Preset. It

should be labeled as XZ Absolute Preset.

21. CW-54194 PR1 20023 Help

Help is not available for "Approach and

Retract" dialog box of a Mill operation on a

Mill-Turn machine.

22.CW-54189

CW-50261PR1 11-5186 Toolpath

For a Rough Mill operation with pattern

type set to 'Spiral in" the toolpath near an

island makes the movement in

"Conventional" way even though the cut

method is set as "Climb".

23. CW-54187 PR1 11-5193 API Add API for reversing the direction ofinteractively added Mill Part Setups.

24. CW-54168 PR1 11-5177 Operation

In the specific assembly whenever the user

does Edit Definition on any operation,

CAMWorks crashes.


In Chinese version of CAMWorks, in the

dialog box for interactively inserting a Turn

feature, the text for “Sub Spindle” and

“Main Spindle” in the Spindle dropdown list

needs to be corrected.

26. CW-54108 PR1 Beta TechDB

The spindle attributes of feature conditions

and matching operation conditions aredifferent in default TechDB. This results in

the operations being populated on wrong

setups.

27. CW-54012 PR1 19429 UI

For the 'Area Clearance' operation the

check box value set for use entry holes

option is not retained when the Operation

Parameters dialog box is closed and re-

opened.

28. CW-53994 PR1 19535 Toolpath

For the specific part the Z Level toolpath is

not machining the defined feature

completely.

29. CW-53985 PR1 19359 TechDB

In the default TechDB of CAMWorks 2016

the parameter of cutting direction tilt

option for Multiaxis Mill operations is

different in Inch and Metric units.

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30. CW-53968 PR1 19537 Operation

In Area Clearance operation when the

pattern type is set to VoluMill, then the

user doesn’t have the option of defining the

XY allowance and Z allowance separately.

31.CW-53964

CW-53717PR1

19465

15389 Features

In Mill mode if a through feature has fillets

on the top face, then the same is not

recognized when Extract Machinable

Features is done. If the feature is of the

blind type, then the fillet at the top face is

recognized.

33. CW-53962 SP0 11-5095 Toolpath

For the specific part the toolpath for turn

rough operation gets deleted and results

into incorrect WIP when variable

allowances are used.

32. CW-53944 PR1 19405 Operation2D sketches should be allowed to be used

for 5-Axis drilling.

34. CW-53941 PR1 19305 TechDB

In TechDB, for the hole feature with ID no.

35, the lower range for selecting the tool is

to be modified to zero. Strategy is to be

renamed to ‘Drill only’.

35. CW-53939 Beta2 19355 Help

In CAMWorks 2016, the newly added

functionality of Pre-drilled holes for

VoluMill pattern is available for 2.5 Axis

Rough as well as in 3 Axis Area Clearance

operations. But the CAMWorks Helpdocumentation states that it is available

only for 2.5 Axis operations.

36. CW-53936 PR1 19425 Toolpath

For the specific part, the multiaxis drilling

toolpath is not generated on executing the

Generate Toolpath command.

37. CW-53915 PR1 19235 TechDB

In the default TechDB, for the Contour Mill

operations the retract type is set to

"Retract Hole". The default value should be

"Z Rapid".

38. CW-53906 PR1 19243 UIWrong setup is highlighted in the selectfeatures dialog box which is invoked from

insert feature dialog.

39. CW-53895 Beta2 19263 UI

In CAMWorks 2016 Beta, CAMWorks error

message is observed when user clicks on

any tab of the Machine node and clicks OK.

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40.CW-53859

CW-53852Beta2

18983

11-5057Toolpath

When the Ramping Method for the Contour

Mill operation generated for a grouped hole

feature is changed to ‘Angle’ and

previewed, then CAMWorks crashes.

41. CW-53788 PR1 15793 Toolpath

For the specific turn part the toolpath for

Face Rough operation gets deleted on

executing the Generate toolpath command

in CAMWorks 2016.

42. CW-53783 Beta2 15819 Operation

In CAMWorks 2016, for all turning

operations, changes done to default values

of any of the parameters in the NC tab are

not saved when the user performs a

preview and then clicks the button to

expand the Operation Parameters dialog

box.

43. CW-53772 PR1 15791 Toolpath

For the specific turn part, toolpaths were

generated for Rough Groove operation

using user defined tool in CAMWorks 2012.

However, on opening this part file in

CAMWorks 2014, 2015 or 2016 and

executing the Generate Toolpath

command, the toolpath for Rough Groove

operation gets deleted.

44. CW-53755 Beta2 15683 Rebuild

The CAMWorks rebuild prompt message is

shown even when the user edits a sketchwhich has not been used to define any

feature in the active part.

45. CW-53754 Beta2 15687 Wire EDM

If both CAMWorks 2015 and 2016 are

installed, then the

CWEdmMachineSetupTxtToBinx64.exe of

CAMWorks 2016 creates the

"MachineSetup.bin" file in the CAMWorks

2015 data folder location.

46. CW-53751 PR1 11-5036 Toolpath

For the specific part file, if contain area is

defined for the operation to machine

grouped features, then an erroneoustoolpath is generated.

47. CW-53696 PR1 11-5019 Toolpath

For the specific part the retract move of 3

Axis Mill undercut operations causes tool to

crash.

48. CW-53631 Beta2 15403 Operation

For specific part, when the Save Operation

Plan command is executed, it leads to the

crashing of CAMWorks and SOLIDWORKS.

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49. CW-53626 Beta2 15213 UI

In the Operation Parameters dialog box for

Multiaxis Mill operation, the text for the

Help button is missing.

50. CW-53619 Beta2 15203 Features

If the user inserts a rectangular pocket

feature by selecting multiple faces, then the

inserted feature will be of the type of

irregular pocket and not that of a

rectangular pocket.

51. CW-53604 Beta2 15183 UI

When inserting Contour Mill operation, the

Rest Machining parameters are activated

even if the Method is set to ‘None’ in the

Operation Parameters dialog box for

Contour Mill operation. They get

deactivated only after changing the

method.

52. CW-53601 PR1 15141 Feature

Provide functionality to enable using part

faces for defining Open Profile features

similar to how faces can be used to define

pockets and slots.

53. CW-53599 PR1 15165 UI

In the Insert Operation dialog box, the

selected feature gets deselected when user

changes the type of operation. For

example: From Roughing to Contouring.


For specific part, when user interactively

inserts a pocket feature by picking valid

edges to define its profile, an error messagewhich states that some of the profiles

selected are invalid is displayed.

55. CW-53576 Beta2 11-5000 Features

When defining an open profile feature, the

user has the ability to select multiple edges.

But the user defined 'Tool side' is not

retained when the feature wizard is closed

after defining the features.

56. CW-53568 PR1 15119 Feature

For the specific mill part with pocket

feature containing a filleted island, on auto-

detecting the island during interactive

feature insertion, the inner loop of fillet is

considered instead of the outer loop

resulting in wrong feature.

57. CW-53560 Beta2 15153 Toolpath

VoluMill toolpath with Entry method set as

‘Pre-drilled holes’ doesn’t consider the

user-defined position of the holes, resulting

in incorrect toolpath.

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When user creates slot features using non-

planar entities, then certain material

segments are recognized as air segments.

59. CW-53482 Beta2 15031 UI

Increase the size of arrow head that defines

the vector in a New Multiaxis Drilling

operation. Currently, user needs to zoom

on to the arrow in order to view the arrow

head.

60. CW-53394 PR1 11-4962 Operation

The thread mill cycle time calculation for

Countersunk hole pattern considers only

the seed instance and thus the estimated

time will be wrong.

61. CW-53384 Beta2 11-4965 TechDB

In CAMWorks 2015 SP1.1, it is not possible

to create a User-defined Boring bar with anSTL File in the TechDB.

62. CW-53352 Beta2 11-4945Machine

Simulation

Chuck, part and stock orientations are

incorrectly imported into CAMWorks

Virtual Machine when the Axis of the part is

not parallel to the X Axis of SOLIDWORKS.

63. CW-53286 Beta1 11-4915 UI

In Mill-Turn, when the turn setup origin is

set to 'Automatic' then, the origin of the

mill part setup is incorrect.

64. CW-53043 Beta1 11-4865 Post

On Mill-Turn machines, the helical moves of

a Rough Mill toolpath are incorrectly post

process when the Rotary Axis mode is set to‘Free’.


In Chinese version of CAMWorks, in the F/S

tab of Turn Operation Parameters dialog

box, the translation for “mm/min” reads as

“cm/min”.

66. CW-52863 Beta1 11-4793 Post

The posted output of Drill toolpath for a

patterned MS Hole feature shows wrong

indexing angles. However the posted

output for Drill toolpath for patterned Hole

feature shows proper indexing angles in the

same setups.

67. CW-52854 SP0 11-4752 APIAPI to set the origin type of CWOpSetup as

workpiece corner.

68. CW-52796 Beta2 11-4801 Operation

Crash observed when the Save Operation

Plan command is executed for 3 Contour

Mill operations. The crash occurs because

CAMWorks allows the First Cut Amount for

Contour Mill operations to be set to ‘0’.

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69.

CW-52780

CW-52625

CW-50216

Beta2

11-4778

11-4743

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VoluMill

In CAMWorks 2015 SP1.1, VoluMill toolpath

for pocket feature adds extra axial (-Z) pass

if the ‘First Cut Amount’ and ‘Machining

Depth’ values are more than the Feature

Depth.

70. CW-52776 Beta2 11-4794 Post

For the specific Mill part, the Feed and

Speed values posted for the Constant

Stepover operation are incorrect.

71. CW-52573 Beta1 11-4744 Toolpath

CAMWorks generates the threading

toolpath at incorrect location for OD

feature on Sub-Spindle with Program point

set to ‘Tool Nose center’.

72. CW-52558 PR1 11-4738 Feature

In Mill module the fillets at the top face of

the pocket feature are not recognized when

Extract Machinable Features is done. This

happens when the pocket feature is

intersected by another feature.

72. CW-52393 SP0 11-4669 Post

When post processing using the M3Axis-

Tutorial post using the step by step option,

the system created *.sub file gets locked

and can't be deleted.


In CAMWorks German version, in Turn and

Mill-Turn mode, in the Setup tab of the

Machine node, the text for the Display paneand Options label are incorrectly placed.

75. CW-52334 Beta2 11-4681 TechDB

When 2012 TechDB is imported is import

into CAMWorks 2015, most of the entries

for Cutting Taps are not populated from the

earlier TechDB.

76. CW-52324 SP0 11-4684 Wire EDM

When the machine make is set to

Mitsubishi-FA or Misubishi-FAS then,

CAMWorks fails to generate toolpaths and

results in a crash.


For the specific part the Contour Mill

toolpath is incorrectly generates when

‘Calculate safe CNC comp toolpath’ option

of the Machine dialog box is unchecked.

78. CW-52317 Beta2 11-4674 TechDB

The TechDB UI displays the message ‘Invalid

use of null’ when user selects a Contour

Mill operation in TechDB.

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79. CW-52310 Beta2 11-2461 Post

Create 2 new post variables

NEXT_USER_TOOL and

NEXT_USER_TURRET for detecting Tool

change.

80. CW-52185 PR1 11-4646 Toolpath

For the specific assembly file, when

Leadin/out point of Contour Mill operation

is set to Mid-point, the spring pass move is

not generated.


For point to point operations when

parameters are changed and OK button is

pressed, the toolpath does not get updated.

The user will have to Generate Toolpath

again to get the updated toolpath.

82. CW-52008 PR1 11-4573 Toolpath

For specific mill part with numerous islandswithin the open pocket feature, it takes

considerable time to generate toolpath for

the Rough Mill operation.

83. CW-51958 Beta1 11-4545 Post

In Mill-Turn module, the generated Post

output does not reflects the interactively

inserted feed rate move.


In Turn mode, the point to point (Drill)

operation goes beyond the ID feature limit.

This happens when the ID feature is defined

by the sketch. It works correctly when

feature is defined using ‘Part profile’.

85. CW-51746 Beta1 11-4454 UI

In 2.5 Axis Feature: Select Entities dialog

box, the tool tip “Next” is displayed instead

of “End Condition” when the user mouse

hover on End Conditions button.

86. CW-51745 Beta1 11-4455 TechDBAdd a strategy named '4 Axis' for multi

surface features in the default TechDB.

87. CW-51645CW-51527

Beta2 11-442611-4315

Toolpath

Contour Mill toolpath generated for hole or

circular pocket feature, with CNC comp

option enabled and Toolpath Centre set to

as ‘without compensation’ still remains

compensated with the toolpath radius if

the “Calculate safe CNC comp toolpath”

option is selected.

88. CW-51637 PR1 11-4417 Feature

For the specific part, on executing the

‘Extract Machinable Features’ using

MfgView, the slot feature is incorrectly

recognized.

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Toolpath for Rough Mill operation with

Entry Drill/ Entry hole option selected for

entry options changes every time the

Generate Toolpath command is executed.

90. CW-51606 PR1 11-4374 TechDB

In TechDB under hole thread mapping, the

user is unable to set the method of "Thread

Milling" for the hole type of Counter bore

and Countersink.

91. CW-51330 Beta2 11-4203 VoluMill

VoluMill toolpath issue observed when

Negative Z Bottom Allowance is assigned.

The toolpath makes double depth of cut

with the full first cut amount.

92. CW-51292 Beta2 ----- Setup Sheet

On generating XML-based Setup Sheets, the

generated images should be stored in asub-folder where the XML file is generated.

93. CW-51013 PR1 11-3193 TechDB

In Inch mode of TechDB, for all the Mill

Feature operations the tool selection

expression is set with the parameter of

"Box Width". This results in selection of

large tools to machine the feature. The tool

selection expression should be with respect

to "Finish Radius".

94. CW-50827 Beta1

11-4498

11-454311-4737

Setup Sheet

CAMWorks crashes while generating the

setup sheets in mill assembly mode if thesetup origin is set to 'Part Origin'.

95. CW-50826 Beta2 11-3983 TechDB

For customized TechDB used by customer,

tool descriptions are not being displayed in

corresponding fields for Turn Tools.

96. CW-50629 Beta1 11-3959 Setup SheetThe positioning of images captures in

generated Setup Sheet is incorrect.


In CAMWorks 2015 SP 1.0, the 3 Axis

VoluMill toolpath doesn’t get generated

when the ‘Machine Cavities’ option is

checked. This issue wasn’t observed inCAMWorks 2015 SP0.1.

98. CW-50500 PR1 11-3924 Toolpath

For the specific part, the Contour Mill

toolpath generated for the irregular pocket

feature is incorrect when the CNC

compensation is set to ON and the toolpath

center is set to ‘Without Compensation’.

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99. CW-50369 PR1 11-3853 Operation

In Turn mode, when an operation is

truncated using the Z limits set as "User

Defined", then any changes made to the

origin of the turn setup do not update the

user defined limit.

100. CW-50359 SP0 11-3854 Setup SheetIn XML-based Setup Sheet, the

“MchController” variable does not work.

101. CW-50232 Beta2 11-3764 Setup Sheet

In the XML Setup Sheet, the Mill Tool and

Holder image is displayed for a Turn

Operation when both Mill & Turn

operations are present for the Mill-Turn

Machine.

102. CW-50200 PR1 11-3745 Toolpath

While machining circular pockets or hole

features with Contour Mill operations withthe combination of CNC compensation set

to ON and tool path center set to without

compensation, then the tool path is not

generated at the desired position if entry

point is set as "Hole Center".

103. CW-49533 Beta2 11-3589 Toolpath

Using the Mirror Toolpath option with

VoluMill creates an additional mirrored

toolpath that gets overlaid on the correct

mirrored toolpath.

104. CW-49458 Beta2 ----- Toolpath

For specific Mill part, the Generate

Toolpath command executed from theCommand Manager and that executed from

the RMB context menu of the operation

generates different results.

105. CW-49416 Beta1 11-3496 Toolpath

In 3 Axis Flat Area machining, there is no

impact of the values given for horizontal

leadin on the toolpath.

106. CW-48990 Beta2 11-3329 Toolpath

In CW 2015 SP SP0, the Contour Mill

toolpath on Part Perimeter feature of the

specific part is showing the Incorrect arc

Lead In/Lead Out for 'Start point' with '0'offset value.

107. CW-48940 PR1 11-3300 System

If user unchecks the “Equal Step Length”

and “Equal Step Width” and defines several

unique jaw steps and saves the

configuration, then on restarting

CAMWorks and assigning this chuck

configuration, the “Equal Step Length” and

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“Equal Step Width” get checked thereby

nullifying all custom jaw settings.

108. CW-48578 Beta2 11-3117 Setup Sheet

For Setup Sheets, add the Radial (X) and

Axial (Z) allowance parameters of turn

operations to the XML data file.

109. CW-48572 Beta1 11-3098 Toolpath

The Contour Mill Operation for Rectangular

slot with multiple side passes and ‘Ignore

Air Segments’ option set to ON, does not

generate correct toolpath.

110. CW-48540 PR1 11-3075 TechDB

In TechDB, for Multiaxis Operation

Parameter Definition, the parameter option

'Add Internal Tool Radius' is missing.

111. CW-48364 Beta2 11-2975 Toolpath

For the specific part, the Leadin/ Out point

for Contour Mill Toolpath is generated at

the wrong spot for irregular pocket feature.

112. CW-48243 PR1 11-2892 Setup Sheet

Add the ability to export the SOLIDWORKS

Configuration Specific information to the

XML-based Setup Sheet.

113. CW-48152 SP0 11-2820 Features

For parts designed in SOLIDWORKS using

the “Cut Extrude” feature with Pattern

application or otherwise, on executing the

‘Extract Machinable Features’ command,

the islands within the irregular slot features

are not recognized. For the specific part the

islands within the irregular slot features are

not recognized when Extract Machinable

Features command is executed.

114. CW-47574 Beta2Beta2015-

USUI

More time is taken to suppress operations

when selected in numbers of 5 or more in

parts or assemblies containing multiple

features and operations.

115. CW-46848 Beta2Beta2015-

EMEAHelp

While post processing the toolpaths if the

center line display is set to ON, then the

toolpaths generated for point to point

operations are not highlighted. This needsto be documented in the CAMWorks Help

file.

116. CW-45792 PR1 11-1689 Setup sheet

Add the ability to create isometric view in

the XML setup sheet with respect to the

origin of each setup present in the mill part

or assembly.

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117. CW-44979 Beta2 11-1247 Toolpath

For grouped features recognized by AFR,

the Leadin/ Leadout points are different for

features in the group.

118. CW-44475 PR1 11-0911 Operation

In Turn mode the estimated time for the

turn toolpath is not updated properly when

the spindle mode is changed from "RPM" to

"SMM/SFM".

119. CW-42893 PR1 11-0478 Toolpath

For the specific mill part, the 5 Axis toolpath

is generated correctly in CAMWorks 2013

but does not generate at all in latest version

of CAMWorks.

120. CW-42629 PR1 11-0357 Feature

For specific mill part, MfgView recognizes

certain areas as a different feature whereas

similar areas which are part of the main

feature get recognized as an irregular slot

feature. All similar areas should have been

included in the main slot feature.

121.CW-35633

CW-35446PR1

10-703410-6932

Setup Sheet

While creating XML setups sheets, the

images which are created should be taken

as per the CAMWorks coordinate system

and not as per SOLIDWORKS coordinate

system.

122. CW-31733 Beta1 10-5240 Toolpath

For the specific part in the contour mill

operation if the step over is given as 50%

for bottom finish then, the generated

toolpath gouges the feature.

123. CW-31152 PR1 10-4822 Toolpath

The multi axis toolpaths fail to generate

when user defined mill holders are used.

However 2.5 Axis toolpaths generate

satisfactorily.

124. CW-30562 Beta1 10-4357 ToolpathThe engrave toolpath will include a leadin if

another contour toolpath is generated first.

125. CW-30064 SP0 10-4026 Toolpath

For Contour Mill operations, when user

defines an Avoid area and sets the toolpath

Center to “Without compensation” under

NC tab, then the toolpath always retracts to

Z0 plane to link to the next position.

126. CW-28639 PR1 10-3090 Toolpath

For the specific part the contour mill

toolpath gouges the part when 'Display

cutter compensation on first move' is set to

On.

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127. CW-27011 PR1 10-2029 Simulation

If the turn setup origin is changed to either

other end or to any other location then the

same doesn't reflect in the simulation.

128. CW-26888 PR1 10-1960 TechDB

Add the option of "Direct" on the

Entry/Retract tab of Multi axis mill

operations in TechDB. The same is present

in CAMWorks.

129. CW-26700 Beta2 10-1838 Toolpath

For the specific part the leadin overlap

values defined for Contour mill operation

result in incorrect toolpath.

130. CW-26038 Beta2 10-1353 Toolpath

For the specific part the Contour Mill

toolpath gouges the part when the link

between passes is set to 'Stay Down'.

131. CW-25935 Beta2 10-1234 Assembly

For the specific assembly when we import

part cam data then, the operation data for

features in two setups is imported and for

the remaining two setups it is not imported.

132. CW-25888 Beta2 10-1208 Features

For the specific part, Turn features

recognized by AFR are incorrect and

CAMWorks hangs for the time the features

are being recognized.

133. CW-25829 Beta2 10-1123 Toolpath

For Contour Mill operations, if ‘Hole Center’

is selected as the Entry Point and “Without

Compensation” option is enabled, then

CAMWorks offsets the Entry Drill/ Hole too.

134.CW-24493

CW-14490Beta1

10-2083

1-6385

1-6429

ToolProvide Tool Crib priority option in Turn

mode and Mill-Turn mode.

135. CW-19851 Beta2 2-0208 Features

When the feature profile of slots feature

are defined using sketches and user has

assigned open air segments, then

CAMWorks must remember the open air

segments which were selected by user even

after the sketch is edited.

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