PowerMill 2026

[claire.louise.davies]

PowerMill 2026 was released today. Over the next few weeks, you will see PowerMill 2026 availability in your account. Please check your Autodesk Account to see when your entitlement is available for download. 

In the meantime, you can review the Help and Release Notes to see what is being delivered in PowerMill 2026.

Thank you

[icse]

only bug fixes... nothing new 😞

[rafael.sansao]

https://help.autodesk.com/view/PWRM/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-222C6895-9CF5-4060-A6B5-89A2819CDCE9

[amin13751387]

Hi

Why POWERMILL does not add a 4 axis strategy Like Screw Machining in SolidCam or Rotary Machining in Siemens Nx?

is it really too hard for developers team? 

[raffnecBNJ8C]

What are the system requirements for the computer?
I received a message that my computer does not meet the minimum requirements for PM2026.

[Mansari84.ma]

The answer is obvious
Because of Fusion 360

[claire.louise.davies]

Here are the System-requirements-for-Autodesk-PowerMill .

[glen_h]

@claire.louise.davies 

So absolutely NO NEW FEATURES in Powermill 2026?

That is not a "new release"...it is only a service pack that should have been put out for Pmill 2025 last summer!!!
I'll have to take the whole "speed" improvements with a grain of salt until I run my own benchmark.
I could probably think of at least 20 or more new features...but you're not paying ME the subscription fee.
And I know there have been plenty of users on the Forum who have offered great ideas...only to be ignored for years.
I don't know how Autodesk can get away with charging subscription fees for basically NOTHING in return...that should be illegal.

I'm only a worker bee...but if I owned the company that I work for...we would have spent the last few years switching to another Cam platform that actually cares about their customers and INNOVATES.

[evo80]

Here Here!

[nguyenthinhvt95]

I'm totally in agreement with you. This should be called PowerMill 2025.0.3 instead of 2026, with so many expected features still missing.

[psx2]

it's shameful !!!!

[756967978]

Garbage software, After being acquired by Autodesk, has not had any new manufacturing strategies launched, no progress changes made, only endless vulnerability fixes, but very few new features launched. Currently, it has been far behind many manufacturing software, and the shameful Autodesk company is destroying this once glorious manufacturing software

[karan30782]

You're absolutely right.

[rich11]

I love the fact it runs quicker and is so stable now.

[Radek_CAMTEAM]

Autodesk PowerMill 2026 – now this is innovation at its finest! After months of tireless development, they've successfully managed to… rename the 2025 service pack and call it a brand-new version. Brilliant. And of course, the price goes up – wouldn’t want to break tradition – while the licensing system gets its regular "improvements" to ensure you're not just buying software, you're buying the full license-management extreme experience.

But the real highlight? A stunning new feature: files saved in PowerMill 2026 can now be opened in version 2025. Amazing. So we're time-traveling now? Or is this some ironic take on backward compatibility? Who knows. One thing's for sure – the marketing team is working harder than the devs.

[rich11]

Fair comment but the best feature is it does not crash on every session and uses more than one core now. Even when Delcam had it most features have been around a long time. I hope like last time as it goes to 2026 the first update is the usual just switching over then the first big patch comes in. Probably needs more time for testing.
I certainly liked the automatic collision avoidance introduced recently.
I would like a variable feed rate based stock engagement rather than using boundaries and the newer surface control, just more processing but less for me to do.
I would also like when you redistribute points that you have the option to lock it to a 2d plane rather than the 3d it does.
I for one won’t be using fusion as it is very alien, It would at least be nice for them to slowly train us by changing powermill to look and feel like fusion.

[artur.boszczyk]

I think PowerMill needs more challanges to added on by users. What about implementing shape offset 5 axis roughing strategy?

and 5 axis shape offset finishing (1 operation)

[rich11]

It would be nice to see the the fusions new viewmill on powermill. proof of crosspollination of development. 

For those that dont know GPU powered viewmill rather than the slow, low res viewmill we have now.

[evo80]

@rich11 

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@rich11 wrote:
... changing powermill to look and feel like fusion.

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How about changing Fusion to look and feel like Powermill!

[artur.boszczyk]

Making Fusion 360 look and feel like PowerMill doesn’t really solve anything - you’d just have two software with different names. People prefer one over the other for good reasons. PowerMill is specialized for high-speed, multi-axis machining, optimized for complex toolpaths, large models, and industry workflows that Fusion 360, despite its CAM capabilities, can’t fully replicate. Simply 'skinning' Fusion won’t match 30 years of refined functionality, performance, and reliability that professionals rely on. If Autodesk scraps PowerMill, users would seek alternatives that meet these advanced machining needs - almost certainly not Fusion 360. Preferences are driven by workflow, trust, and efficiency, not appearance like the one offered by Fusion.