PowerMill 2025 fixed issues
The fixes in PowerMill 2025.
| Toolpath fixes |
| A problem has been fixed where Turning Profile Roughing toolpaths collided with the part when Spun Profile was enabled. PMILL-20998 |
| A problem has been fixed that caused the spun profile to self-intersect. PMILL-20840 |
| A problem has been fixed which lead to groove suppression failing to remove some horizontal groves in spun profile. PMILL-20724 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause a gouge for Rest Finishing toolpaths. PMILL-21593 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause PowerMill to close unexpectedly when using Model Area Clearance. PMILL-18102 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause an invalid block to be loaded if PowerMill closed unexpectedly. PMILL-19703 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause PowerMill to close unexpectedly when calculating a Raster Finishing toolpath. PMILL-20103 |
| A problem has been fixed that prevented the stock model from shading in certain cases. PMILL-19957 |
| A problem has been fixed that could result in an incorrect rest boundary that cut through the model. PMILL-11363 |
| A problem has been fixed that prevented the avoidance of collisions when using the Automatic method of Collision Avoidance. PMILL-15608, PMILL-21811 |
| A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of a toolpath calculation that used Collision Avoidance. PMILL-15743, PMILL-21733 |
| A problem has been fixed that caused unnecessary tilting of the tool when using the Collision Avoidance and Redistribute options. PMILL-21657 |
| A warning is now displayed when the Specified Direction given to Collision Avoidance is unsuitable. Previously this calculation would fail leaving colliding moves within the toolpath. PMILL-21315 |
| An error message is now displayed when attempting to calculate an Embedded Pattern Finishing toolpath using different thicknesses on model surfaces. Previously, this calculation would fail without explanation. PMILL-21682 |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause PowerMill to close unexpectedly when calculating a Steep and Shallow toolpath. PMILL-18642, PMILL-19025, PMILL-21626 |
| A problem has been fixed that prevented the application of Z Limits to Steep and Shallow toolpaths. PMILL-20959 |
| A problem has been fixed that caused fragmentation in the passes of a Constant Z toolpath when machining undercuts. PMILL-21404 |
| An issue has been fixed with Deep Drilling toolpaths that caused the hole to be drilled too deep. PMILL-21925 |
| An issue has been fixed where approach leads could gouge the part in Raster, Offset Flat Finishing and Slice Area Clearance with Flat Mode toolpaths. PMILL-21992 |
| NC Program and Posting fixes |
| A problem has been fixed that could cause PowerMill to close unexpectedly when verifying an NC Program containing toolpaths that use routing tools. PMILL-17164 |
| A problem has been fixed with NC Programs not being recognized as multi-axis when the tool axis is very close to vertical. PMILL-17249 |
| PowerMill will now correctly write G42 entries when postprocessing 2D compensated toolpaths where Cutter Compensation Radius is set to 2D in the NC Program. PMILL-16575 |
| Postprocessing of NC Programs is now faster in some cases. PMILL-17857 |
| General fixes |
| When jogging a machine, the cutting part of the tool is no longer collision checked against the model. This is consistent with simulation. This avoids false collisions when using PowerMill Robot’s animation. PMILL-18599 |
| Several minor usability issues have been addressed on the default Point Distribution dialog. PMILL-20486 |
| An issue that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when generating a Shared View has been fixed. PMILL-21274 |
| In some instances, PowerMill would repeatedly raise the license dialog on startup. This issue has been resolved. PMILL-20878 |
| When a PowerMill project contains a mixture of triangle and surface data, saving that data to a DDZ file will no longer mix up the Level assignments. PMILL-20294 |
| Using Copy Pattern or Invert Selection outside the Curve Editor is no longer slow. PMILL-20269 |
| Creating a shared view using a PowerMill stock model no longer shows up extremely small. PMILL-20211 |
| Changing an Area Clearance toolpath to Rest Area Clearance no longer makes the dialog become unresponsive. PMILL-20145 |
| An issue where a workplane within a folder disappears from selection list when the workplane name is the same as the folder has been fixed. PMILL-18411 |
| The toolpath selection list on the holder profile tab of the tool dialog no longer always returns to the top after each command. PMILL-17439 |
| Colour codes are now added whilst exporting Feature sets in XML format after editing the hole feature in PowerMill. PMILL-17061 |
| Reimporting Feature Groups that were previously exported no longer omits chamfers. PMILL-16985 |
| An issue reading in a template that contains clashing entity names has been addressed so that the names are fixed correctly. PMILL-16477 |
| Instrumenting or reversing a curve no longer takes a long time when using the right-click menu. PMILL-14902 |
| Deleting boundary segments on rest boundaries no longer takes a long time when using the delete key. PMILL-14762 |
| Template file importing in PowerMill is faster. PMILL-21886 |
| Custom expression fields on the ribbon should now be updated when switching active entity. PMILL-21513 |
| Security |
| The component ADODC.exe, which is required to allow PowerMill to communicate with the tool database, has been updated so that it no longer requires an old, and now unsupported, Microsoft redistributable. PMILL-21120 |
| Customer error reporting (CER) fixes |
| An issue that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when reading or writing Setup Sheet preferences has now been fixed. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20787 |
| An issue that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly during the shutdown procedure has been fixed. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20758 |
| An issue that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when creating a folder after creating a Swarf toolpath has now been fixed. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20736 |
| Arc-fitting a specific pattern no longer makes PowerMill close unexpectedly. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-18056 |
| An issue causing PowerMill to close unexpectedly whilst opening a project has been fixed. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-15776 |
| An issue that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when using the Automatic method of Collision Avoidance has been fixed. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-20977 |
| An issue that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when using Automatic Collision Checking has been fixed. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-21564 |