Autodesk Powermill Ultimate 2021

Speed improvements
There are general speed improvements to help reduce programming time.
- When calculating toolpaths, there are no longer any restrictions on the number of cores that can be used in a single processor.
- For Area Clearance and Flat Finishing toolpaths, the calculation of flat areas on models is now faster.
- The calculation of toolpaths where Automatic Collision Avoidance is selected is now faster.
- The calculation of On Surface links in toolpaths is now faster.
- The time it takes to calculate 3D Area Clearance toolpaths is reduced, sometimes by up to 30%. The exact reduction varies depending on your machining job and the machine tool you use.
- The calculation of toolpaths that use a stock model rest boundary is now faster.
- The calculation of some optimised Raster Finishing toolpaths has been made more efficient.

Steep and Shallow Finishing improvements
- The quality of the 3D Offset toolpath is improved for shallow areas when used on a model that has a surface in a collision thickness set.

Collision checking and avoidance improvements
- When using Automatic Collision Avoidance, the smoothness of the tool-axis motion is improved by adding extra points along the toolpaths.

Model filleting
- The calculation of the Fillet Corners option when the 3D style is selected is now faster.
- The units are now displayed for Corner Filleting Radius as TDU in the Explorer for toolpaths that have Fillet Corners selected.

Area clearance
- The Unsafe Segment Removal option no longer removes more segments of the toolpath than necessary to prevent non-centre cutting tools from encountering non-machinable material.

Additive Feature Construction improvements
- When creating a Feature Construction toolpath, you can now alternate the raster passes between layers. Previously, you could only rotate passes by a specified angle.
- The time it takes to calculate Feature Construction toolpaths with a Style of Profile is reduced.

Toolpaths
- A problem has been fixed that caused a Constant Z Finishing toolpath calculated with a form tool to gouge. PMILL-13198
- A problem has been fixed that could cause the verification of 5-axis toolpaths to proceed slowly. PMILL-13076
- Fixed an issue where too many along passes were created in a Corner Finishing toolpath. PMILL-13084
- Fixed an issue that meant Rotary Finishing toolpaths sometimes had small gaps. PMILL-12680
- Ensured Rotary Finishing toolpaths with a Y offset of zero remained 4-axis. PMILL-12756
- A problem within Drilling toolpaths that caused links constrained by distance to be calculated inconsistently has been fixed. PMILL-13164
- A problem has been fixed that caused a multi-axis Constant Z Finishing toolpath to be calculated incorrectly when using a barrel tool. PMILL-12037
- A problem has been fixed that could result in colliding moves when the Machine Maximum Stock option was enabled in Steep and Shallow Finishing toolpaths. PMILL-13351
- A problem has been fixed that could result in automatic collision avoidance failing to avoid collisions. PMILL-13541
Machine simulation
- Prevented ViewMill from depositing material during non-additive moves. PMILL-3498
- Prevented ViewMill from skipping sections of a toolpath when rapid cuts are not being checked. PMILL-3498
- If the models of a machine tool were imported as STL files, they are now exported as STL files. PMILL-5730
Toolpath export
- An arc at the very beginning of a toolpath that is set as rapid in PowerMill now uses the Skim Feed Rate when posting rather, than the Safe Feed Rate. PMILL-12538
General
- The splash screen now displays at an appropriate size when running on high-resolutions displays, for example, a 4K monitor running at 200% text size. PMILL-12950
- The SET NAMED PARAMETER command now works when editing ThicknessSetValue maps. PMILL-12511
- An issue has been fixed that caused PowerMill to close unexpectedly when pressing the ESC key while a macro is running. PMILL-10477
- Improved the error message displayed when a setup sheet fails to export because of the length of the file path. PMILL-12557
- All the tooltips for the Select Option File dialog are now translated. PMILL-9604
- The shortcut title for PowerMill Viewer now indicates the version. PMILL-12991
Customer error reporting (CER)
- Fixed an issue where PowerMill could close unexpectedly when creating rest area clearance toolpaths. This issue was identified by CER. PMILL-12699
- Fixed an issue where PowerMill could close unexpectedly when opening certain projects whilst the Explorer was in a specific state. This issue was reported via CER. PMILL-13330
- Fixed an issue where PowerMill could close unexpectedly whilst jogging the machine via a COM interface, testing for machine collisions. This issue was reported via CER. PMILL-13012
- Fixed an issue where PowerMill closes unexpectedly when it fails to open a TRACEFILE and displays an error message. This issue was reported via CER. PMILL-13220

System requirements for Autodesk PowerMill 2021

Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
CPU Type Multiple core 64-bit processor, such as Intel Core i7 or Intel Core i9
Memory 8 GB RAM minimum recommended / 16 GB RAM or more recommended for demanding parts
Graphics Card NVIDIA Quadro / At least 2GB fully OpenGL 2.0 compliant
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Disk Space 160 GB