IntelliCAM Revisions List

A list of IntelliCAM® feature changes and bug fixes

16.0 (Official Release)

Changes made since version 15.0, which was released on July 25, 2022

Features

  • Updated supported file formats to include ACIS 2023 1.0; Inventor 2023; NX 2206; Parasolid 35.0.149; Pro/E, Creo 9.0; Solid Edge 2023; and SOLIDWORKS 2023.

  • In 3D Pather Preferences, WCS Origin and Highest Z points were added to Path Start Corner.

  • In 3D Pather Preferences, added a checkbox to cut multiple countersink holes consecutively.

  • In 3D Pather, added tool path support for K-bevel parts with non-flat top surfaces.

  • In Rotary Pather, improved the logic used to check that rotary parts are machinable.

  • In Rotary Pather Preferences, added a display of the tool path vector extension to the Rotary Axis.

  • In Pathing Preferences, under Lead Parameters, two- and three-segment commands were added for lead-in and lead-out segments on bevels.

  • Improved the logic used to output arc segments instead of linear segments for the inner hole of a countersink part.

Bug Fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • For some parts with negative bevels, shorter lead-in/lead-out lengths were generated without three segments.

  • A rotary tool path was not completed at one end of the part.

  • A tool path was missing where it should have been generated in 3D Pather.

  • When WCS was set at Top Face, the exported OMX Z value was 0.00100 instead of 0.0000.

  • A small negative bevel path was not being generated at the bottom of a part.

  • When AutoPath was used without other commands (such as Set Top Face), the path result was incorrect.

  • The tool path was not generated for a small hole in a dome-shaped part file.

  • The automatic Rotary Axis setup did not work correctly for a millimeter part file.

  • Looped tool paths occurred in a SOLIDWORKS part file.

  • A tool path start point is below the part top face in 3D Pather.

  • The STL file format could not be loaded into IntelliCAM.

  • Drawings with spaces in the file name could not be exported from IntelliCAM to LAYOUT.

15.0 (Official Release)

Changes made since version 14.0, which was released on May 5, 2021

Features

  • Updated supported file formats to include Creo 8, Parasolid 34, NX 1980 series, SOLIDWORKS 2022, ACIS 2022 1.0, and CATIA V5–6 2022.

  • In the Rotary Pather Preferences dialog, added Path Strategy to control the cutting path order of the rotary holes.

  • Improved the tool path logic to handle a solid model with one end corner point.

  • Improved tool path calculation logic to handle dirty solid models where a good tool path was not previously generated.

  • Improved tool path calculation logic to handle a special bevel case at the start and end of an open tool path.

  • Double bevel tool path is now supported in the Rotary Pather module.

  • K-bevel part tool path is now supported in the Rotary Pather module.

Bug Fixes

The following bugs were fixed:

  • The IntelliCAM project file (.icprj) was not being registered with Windows.

  • The 2D path was not always reflecting the selection made in the Use Corner Leads checkbox in the Pathing Preferences dialog.

  • The export to MAKE from the Rotary Pather tab was not responding.

  • When Set WCS was set away from a part, and a file was being exported to MAKE while open, MAKE would not respond.

  • An arc bevel with a 0.5-degree angle was ignored.

  • The path start corner in the Rotary Pather Preferences dialog did not work for Top and Bottom start points.

  • The link to OMAX patents from the "About" dialog was broken.

  • The tool path start point did not work as defined for multiple nested parts.

  • The cutting end bevel path was missing in the Rotary Pather module.

  • The Rotary Axis did not set and display correctly in the Rotary Pather module.

  • Large bow arc paths created a wrong bevel.

  • The countersink hole was being cut on the wrong side.