CAMWorks 2023 SP1 Win x64

1. CWR-2106 CSR-22037 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when generating Area Clearance toolpath using 'Advanced' method with the 'Mach deviation' and 'Line move deviation' parameters set to 0.1mm and 0.05mm respectively., it is observed that the toolpath that gets generated is very rough with a lot of longer linear moves. This results in poor machining of the part.
2. CWR-2105 CSR-22086 Toolpath For the specific Mill part having multiple Contain Areas,when the Area Clearance toolpath is generated using 'Advanced' method with the retract method is set to 'Skim', the generated toolpath gouges the Center Bossfeature's geometry when retracting between the containing areas. With 'Previous' method, the toolpath gets generated correctly.
3. CWR-2093 CSR-21877 Toolpath For the specific 3 Axis Mill part programmed usingCAMWorks, the incorrect Rapid Move to LeadIn arc causesthe Z-Level toolpath to gouge the part.
4. CWR-2074 CSR-21355 Toolpath When the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and a Z Level toolpath is generated when the depth parameter method is set to 'Scallop', it makes an incorrect move on the top edge of the fillet corner of the multi-surface feature.
5. CWR-2071 CSR-21301 Toolpath For the specific Assembly file, when the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and user attempts to generate a Pattern Project toolpath for thePattern Project operation, 'Error 105' gets displayed and toolpath fails to generate.
6. CWR-2067 CSR-21227 Toolpath When the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and a Z Level toolpath is generated for the specific part, it is observed that selecting a point as a Start hint only works on the first Z level. The subsequent levels start at a position that removes the LeadIn moves and plunges the tool into the material.
7. CWR-2066 CSR-21227 Toolpath When the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and the toolpath is generated for any part having too large LeadIn/ LeadOut moves that may gougethe part, it is observed that the LeadIn/ LeadOut moves get auto-removed without any error message being displayed to the user. This results in a Plunge move that damages the part and breaks the tool.
8. CWR-2061 CSR-20980 Toolpath When Contain Area is applied to the Z level toolpath generated for the specific multisurface feature with vertical wall box type shape, the toolpath ignores the bottom flat surface and toolpath also machines up to the stock, which is incorrect.
9. CWR-2052 CSR-20661 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when the Z Level toolpath (with Dovetail shaped user defined tool assigned) is generated using the 'Advanced' method, it is observed that the correct LeadIn move is not generated on an identical draft surface feature.
10. CWR-2051 CSR-20660 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when the Z Level toolpath (with Lollipop tool assigned) is generated using the 'Advanced'method, it is observed that the toolpath is making a single vertical move in the entry of a Z depth except the horizontal LeadIn. This is not observed in the other Z depth of cut entry move.
11. CWR-2042 CSR-20504 Toolpath When the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and an Area Clearance toolpath is generatedfor any Assembly, there are multiple unnecessary entry moves observed within the same cut level. This happens when the 'Adaptive Stepdown' option is checked.
12. CWR-2041 CSR-20432 Toolpath When the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and a Z Level toolpath is generated for the specific Mill part, the generated toolpath ignores the Z level limits.
13. CWR-1933 CSR-16567 Toolpath When the 3 Axis Mill Toolpath generation method is set to 'Advanced' and a Z Level toolpath is generated for the specific Assembly, then it is observed that the toolpath'sLeadIn and LeadOut movement is missing for the two lower levels of the assembly. When regenerating the toolpath after unchecking the 'Contact Area Only' option in Z level tab, the Error 105 message gets displayed.
14. CW-118222 CSR-22167 UIF In Turn mode, the Center Drill tool is displayed incorrectly within the Preview Window under Center Drill Tool tab of Operation Parameters dialog box.
15. CW-118168 CSR-9362 Toolpath For any Mill part having Pocket feature with chamfer, ifthe Contour Mill toolpath is generated with side finish pass at a single depth and if LeadIn/ LeadOut has some overlap, then unwanted circular moves get generated in the toolpath. They gouge the part.
16. CW-118167 CSR-12177 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when generating Contour Mill toolpath for Obround Pocket feature, the generatedtoolpath has an arc move that gouges the part.
17. CW-118045 CSR-9175 Toolpath For the specific Assembly, when generating toolpath for Thread Milling operation where 'Previous Allowance'parameter is used, an incorrect toolpath gets generated. When 'Previous Allowance' is not used, then the toolpath is correct.
18. CW-117936 CSR-21972 UIF Under the Posting tab of Machine dialog box, the 'Probe Type' scroll button is not visible after the addition of the Probe Options group box.
19. CW-117692 CSR-21851 ShopFloor When viewing any ShopFloor file, if the Statistics dialogbox is closed after invoking it for any operation, the toolpaths move to a new location.
20. CW-117682 CSR-21735 Post When the 4 Axis Mill module is active in CAMWorks 2022version, if any 4 Axis Simultaneous operation is generated and user attempts to post process this 4 Axis Simultaneous operation using the 5 Axis Post Processor, then CAMWorks fails to generate the output. An "Error 5008" message gets displayed.
21. CW-117673 CSR-10160 Rebuild For the specific Mill-Turn part with wrapped Open Profile feature, when the Rebuild command is executed aftersuppressing one of the SOLIDWORKS entities, an Error in the Origin Definition of the wrapped feature is observedresulting in wrong alignment of the toolpath.
22. CW-117528 CSR-21726 ShopFloor The CAMWorks ShopFloor application crashes when user closes the Statistics dialog box after invoking it for a specific Z Level operation in the specific ShopFloor file being viewed.
23. CW-117527 CSR-21770 License When only the Online Activation license is active, and the License Manager application is opened in non-admin mode, the License Setup tab and Authorized Modules tabof its UI do not get displayed at all.
24. CW-117526 CSR-21771 License When loading CAMWorks without an active license, a dialog box that provides users to activate File based license, a Floating Network license, or an Activation IDbased license gets displayed. If the Activation ID option is selected, then a message prompting to open the application in Admin Mode gets displayed.
25. CW-117525 -- License When loading CAMWorks, if there is no active license,then the option/command for Activating License is not available CAMWorks 2022 menu or Command Manager.
26. CW-117524 CSR-21773 License After loading CAMWorks 2022 in Demo Mode, when the license is activated using the Activation IDs based on Online License Activation method, CAMWorks fails to detect the activated license. The 'License not detected'message gets displayed.
27. CW-117482 CSR-21717 License When the Floating Network license for CAMWorks license is activated using the Online License Activation Method, the CAMWorks License Server fails to activate the licensedmodules. Not a single one gets activated.
28. CW-117481 CSR-21697 License For the specific customer's computer systems, the two Standalone CAMWorks License procured and activated using the Activation IDs fail to activate the license. An error message 'There is no activated product on this machine' gets displayed.
29. CW-117469 CSR-21692 System When the specific part file is opened in CAMWorks, then in the CAMWorks Feature Tree and CAMWorks Operation Tree tab, the nodes for 'Machine', 'Stock Manager' and'Coordinate System' do not get displayed. Only the'CAMWorks NC Manager' and 'Configuration' nodes get displayed. When right clicking on these two nodes, an error message gets displayed.
30. CW-117415 CSR-21654 License The CAMWorks Floating Network License procured and activated for the specific customer using an Activation IDfail to activate the license.
31. CW-117373 CSR-21623 Toolpath For the specific Assembly, the 2.5 Axis VoluMill toolpath doesn't get generated when negative allowance is applied. If the allowance is set to zero, the toolpath gets generated correctly.
32. CW-117337 CSR-21617 License If the existing CAMWorks license that was activated using the License File Based Activation Method expires, then the CAMWorks License Manager application does not allow the activation of license using the alternative Online license activation method.
33. CW-117317 CSR-21507 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when 2.5 Axis VoluMill toolpath generated ends up gouging the part.
34. CW-117306 CSR-21578 Rebuild In Assembly Mode, if the active assembly has a common cylindrical stock, then up on executing the Rebuild command, the stock does not rebuild correctly leading to incorrect calculations and posted NC code.
35. CW-117270 CSR-21522 TechDB When using CAMWorks linked to a custom TechDB, if the tool from the Tool Library is directly loaded into the Tooltree, the Insert Offset value taken for the holder is incorrect. If Generate Operation Plan command is executed, then correct values are picked.
36. CW-117258 CSR-21515 Toolpath For the specific 2.5 Axis Mill part, when the Feed plane is set to 'Current Machined Depth', 'Distance' parameter is set to 3mm and the toolpath is generated, then the set parameters are getting applied only for the first loop andmissing for all other loops in the toolpath. This results in collision.
37. CW-117108 CSR-21506 TechDB For any part when using custom TechDB or default TechDB, if a User Defined tool is added to the Tool Criband the option 'Use tool crib tools only' is checked, thenCAMWorks fails to detect the user defined tool present in the tool crib and operation does not get generated.
38. CW-117102 CSR-21495 UIF In Polish language user interface of CAMWorks, the Spin Control button for 'Final Cut Amount' under the Contour Tab is not functional.
39. CW-117079 CSR-21477 Simulation When running simulation for any turn part being machined on a twin-spindle setup, if a series of selections such as keeping the Sub Spindle Chuck highlighted andhighlighting last sequence are done, .Then on running the simulation from the beginning, an error in the chuck display is observed.
40. CW-117037 CSR-21448 Simulation When simulation is run for the specific Mill-Turn parthaving Wrapped features by executing the concerned command from the CAMWorks Command Manager or from CAMWorks NC Manager, gouging of the part isobserved. However, if simulation command is executed from individual Mill Setup nodes, then no gouging of the part is observed.
41. CW-116963 CSR-21394 Toolpath In CAMWorks Operation Tree, the context menu option 'Optimize between Groups' doesn't work. The toolpaths are not optimized within the groups.
42. CW-116947 CSR-21369 Toolpath For any Mill part, when the toolpath compensation is set to 'Without Compensation' and the cut depth method is Ramp, the LeadOut moves generated for the Contour Mill operation are incorrect.
43. CW-116868 CSR-21348 CSR-22081 License When activating CAMWorks License using Manual Method of Online Activation, the license request file that needs to be emailed for license activation has a *.cwreq extension. This file extension is confusing as it is identical to the that file extension for License File Based Method of License Activation.
44. CW-116817 CSR-21329 License If the CAMWorks license has been activated using the Online License Activation method, then the CAMWorks License Manager does not display the User Subscription Plan (USP) Expiry Date.
45. CW-116796 CSR-21310 Feature For any Mill part having small Curve features, if 'Extract Machinable Features' command is executed, then thefeatures do not get recognized correctly and the smallcurve segments are missed by this command.
46. CW-116754 CSR-21251 API The API ICWTurnNCParam doesn't return a proper output. It returns as an object and cannot be cast to ICWNCTurnParam.
47. CW-116732 CSR-21191 System When the specific part is opened in SOLIDWORKS with CAMWorks running as an Add-in, then SOLIDWORKS crashes on attempting to generating a Rough Mill toolpath with the offset roughing pattern for the part's Irregular Slot feature containing an island.
48. CW-116730 CSR-21232 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when its 2 Axis Rough Mill operation with Ramp leadin generates a leftover, the succeeding operation using that leftover does not generate the correct toolpath.
49. CW-116656 CSR-21158 Simulation For the specific Assembly file, one of its component parts has been assigned an STL stock and another has been assigned another SOLIDworks part as stock. During simulation, During Toolpath simulation, if the "Show Difference" command is executed, it is observed that the simulation fails to highlight the deviation in the machinedareas.
50. CW-116477 CSR-21002 UIF In Turn mode, the cursor location for one of the parameters in Cleanup group box present in Groove Rough tab under Operation Parameters dialog box is misplaced.
51. CW-116453 CSR-21006 UIF For the specific Turn part, when clicking on "What's wrong" option in the context menu for any Operationnode that has a warning icon, the error message that gets displayed is incorrect.
52. CW-116447 CSR-20914 Operation For any Turn Part, when the Main Spindle coordinates aredifferent from those for the Work Coordinate system, thenthe operations generated for Sub-Spindle are incorrect.
53. CW-116446 CSR-20979 UIF In the CAMWorks application linked to user-customizedTechDB, if user attempts to add a user-defined holder and user-defined insert from an assembly file's componentparts using the "Save components of Assembly as Holder/Tool" and saves them to the TechDB, then TechDB ends up saving the entire tool assembly as the insert and holder respectively.
54. CW-116370 CSR-20977 Feeds & Speeds In Material library within the Feeds and Speeds tab, the slider for defining percentage of Default Material and percentage of Base Material must not allow negative values to be assigned.
55. CW-115347 CSR-20229 UIF In Assembly mode, for any operation, when the holdershape is changed from 'User Defined' to 'Basic', the holder information gets updated but the corresponding imageand the model does not get updated and displays the image meant for user defined holder.
56. CW-115172 CSR-20266 CSR-20326 Setup Sheet In Turn mode, when generating Setup Sheets, if a Groove Rough operation is present, then the variable for Holder edge does not get included in the XML data output. This isobserved due to missing API variable.
57. CW-115107 CSR-20285 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, when the Roughing operation generated for its Rectangular Pocket feature has a Spiral Out and a set Min. diameter with the 'Cleanup Pass' active,the generated toolpath has no LeadOut moves.
58. CW-115093 CSR-20263 Toolpath For the specific Mill part having Perimeter Open Pocket feature, when the Pocketing Pattern is set to 'Offset Roughing', the toolpath doesn't maintain uniform stepover on that perimeter open pocket feature.
59. CW-115039 CSR-20182 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, the VoluMill Rest Machining toolpath generated gouges the part.
60. CW-114966 CSR-20075 Operation For any Assembly operation, when a post operation is added and the Rebuild command is executed, then the newly calculated Total Tool Change Time is incorrectly computed.
61. CW-114792 CSR-19962 Feature For the specific Mill part, when Automatic Feature Recognition method is used for extracting machinable 2.5 Axis Mill features, some features get recognized incorrectly.
62. CW-113901 CSR-19512 Multiaxis Mill For Multiaxis Mill operations, when editing the Lower Drive Curve Definitions under Pattern tab, the segment selection behavior of the RMB option 'Select Tangency' is inconsistent with that of SOLIDWORKS.
63. CW-113506 CSR-19351 Toolpath When the specific Assembly that was programmed using CAMWorks 2019 is opened in CAMWorks 2022, the VoluMill Rest Machining WIP toolpath generated for itsslot feature is gouging the part with its Link moves. This toolpath was working correctly in CAMWorks 2019.
64. CW-113053 CSR-19122 Setup For the specific Mill-Turn part, whenever the EditDefinition command is executed for the Mill Part Setup and the displayed dialog box is closed; the X-axis of the setup gets rotated by 90 degrees.
65. CW-112974 CSR-19058 TechDB When using CAMWorks linked to a custom TechDB, the Feature Options for the selected TechDB Operation Parameters are not applied correctly. The customdatabase values are getting applied only for the first feature and for all other features, the default values are applied.
66. CW-112662 CSR-18666 Rebuild For the specific Mill part, the Stock Bounding Box does not reposition considering the target part when changing the CW configuration with the first rebuild. It gets correctly updated by the second rebuild.
67. CW-112533 CSR-18615 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, the VoluMill toolpath gouges the Slot feature. The toolpath overcuts the target part duringentry and retract move at the air segment of the Slot feature.
68. CW-112106 CSR-18530 CSR-20132 API New API required for exposing the CWMillMachine (or CWMachine) for an Assembly document.
69. CW-109976 CSR-17283 Toolpath For any Contour Mill operation with horizontal passes, when generating the toolpath, the Cutter Compensation codes are not activated in the posted code. This is observed even when the option to use Custom Codes is set to active in the application.
70. CW-109345 CSR-16964 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, the Rough and Contour Mill toolpath fail to get generated for an Irregular U-shaped Slot groove feature/Pocket feature if the groove size is identical to the tool diameter.
71. CW-108241 CSR-16574 Toolpath For the specific Mill part having Chamfers on its Open Pocket feature, the generated toolpath has incorrect LeadIn and LeadOut moves.
72. CW-107502 CSR-16269 VoluMill For the specific Mill part, when generating a VoluMilltoolpath for an Irregular Slot feature, an 'Error -1007'message gets displayed.
73. CW-106676 CSR-15038 Post For the Thread Milling operation, the CUTCOM/ ONcommand in posted NC code is placed in the wrong location.
74. CW-106296 CSR-15603 Toolpath For any Mill part with a Contour Mill operation with CNC Compensation set to 'ON', if LeadIn point is set to "midpoint", LeadIn type is set to "arc" and LeadIn amount is set to "zero", then it is observed that the generated NC Codes contain Cutcom codes. Cutcom codes are supposed to get generated only for linear moves and nor arc moves.
75. CW-106260 CSR-15733 Toolpath For the specific Mill part, the Contour Mill toolpath generated fora Boss feature doesn't machine the bottom of the part up to the feature depth. This is observed whena Contain area is applied and the Toolpath Center is set to 'Without Compensation' while keeping Gouge check option active.
76. CW-106000 CSR-15621 Operation For the specific Mill Assembly, inserting a Post Operation after the Entry Hole operation is not possible.
77. CW-105071 CSR-14648 API The function 'getFeatureWallFaces' will not work unless the 'Rebuild' command is executed for the active Part or Assembly.
78. CW-104858 CSR-15124 Toolpath When CAMWorks is linked to a specific user-customized TechDB; then, it is observed the toolpaths generated for Boss features for any Mill part will have wrong 'LeadIn' position.
79. CW-104279 CSR-14729 Feed Speed When CAMWorks is linked to a custom TechDB (in Inch mode), then for any 3 Axis Mill operation, the Feedrate value does not get applied to the operation. In Feed/Speed tab of Operation Parameters dialog box, the parameter 'Feed per tooth' is set to 0 in/min which doesn't match with the data in TechDB.
80. CW-104106 CSR-14751 Toolpath When generating the toolpath for any Mill part which contains one or more islands on its Face feature, then CAMWorks does not consider the island(s), resulting in an incorrect toolpath getting generated.
81. CW-100338 CSR-13262 Feature For the specific Mill part, the features detected usingAutomatic Feature Recognition are defined with incorrect feature geometry.

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