PowerMill 2024.0.1 update
The fixes in PowerMill 2024.0.1.
| Toolpath fixes |
| A problem has been fixed that could result in discrepancies between machine simulation and toolpath or NC Program verification when checking links within multi-axis toolpaths. Extra points are now automatically inserted along the links of such toolpaths to prevent this. PMILL-20905, PMILL-20809, PMILL-20593, PMILL-20592, PMILL-19803, PMILL-14104, PMILL-13133, PMILL-13060, PMILL-12908 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause PowerMill to close unexpectedly when calculating a Flowline Finishing toolpath. PMILL-20300 |
| A problem has been fixed that could affect the quality of Flowline Finising toolpaths when the drive curve contained sharp corners. PMILL-20192 |
| A problem has been fixed that could affect the quality of Flowline Finising toolpaths when passing over vertical and near-vertical areas of the model. PMILL-20704, PMILL-20558 |
| A problem has been fixed that could affect the smoothness of Flowline Finising toolpaths. PMILL-19624 |
| A problem has been fixed that could slow the calculation of Flowline Finising toolpaths. PMILL-20392 |
| A problem has been fixed that could result in fragmentation when calculating a toolpath with tool axis limits set to force a fixed elevation. PMILL-20715 |
| Various improvements have been made to the quality of Rest Finishing toolpaths. PMILL-20826, PMILL-20536, PMILL-20531, PMILL-20471, PMILL-20244, PMILL-20126, PMILL-19498, PMILL-19476, PMILL-17488 |
| A problem has been fixed that would have caused some Area Clearance toolpaths to include too many Z heights, some of them inherited from a separate toolpath calculated in the same session. PMILL-20544 |
| A problem has been fixed that would have caused some Area Clearance toolpaths with step cuts to have the wrong order: some lower slices were cut first which was likely to cause tool breakage. PMILL-20504 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause PowerMill to close unexpectedly when calculating an Area Clearance toolpath in a boundary smaller than the tool size. PMILL-20480 |
| A problem has been fixed that would have caused a Rest finishing toolpath to fail to calculate with a spurious error about mis-aligned stock models. PMILL-20756 |
| An issue with the selection box on the Toolpath Connections dialog when attempting to use Workplane Z for the skim moves has been resolved. PMILL-20791 |
| Setups |
| Dragging toolpaths out of a folder into a setup now correctly displays the invalidation warning. In some situations, previously, the invalidation was being incorrectly supressed. PMILL-20493 |
| Customer error reporting (CER) fixes |
| A problem has been fixed that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when calculating a Flowline toolpath with respect to a boundary. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-19250 |
| A problem has been fixed that caused PowerMill to sometimes close unexpectedly when calculating a Flat or an Area Clearance toolpath with Offset style. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20795 |
| An issue with the Curve Editor when editing Bezier Curves resulting in PowerMill closing unexpectedly has been resolved. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20549 |
| An issue when creating a tool with a very small taper angle resulting in PowerMill closing unexpectedly has been resolved. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20770 |