Gentlemen, Postprocessors are written for specific controls. The post generator is the key. The post generator can be a person or a combination of an application and a person.
In CAM (any CAM) there are separate processes. The NC programmer uses the CAM application to generate a cutter location file. The Cutter Location (CL) file is then processed by an application to generate machine specific code to tell the machine exactly what to do. The CL file is at times run against a pre post application to massage the cutter locations prior to the generation of the machine specific code. A text editor is used to after post a G code file. The generation of the post processor handles the responsibility of machine specific output. Many CAM applications make money by generating post applications for their CAM customers. This is not usually prohibitively expensive but is more than a token expense. It is possible to purchase generic post generators. If you have a number of machines this may be the least expensive plan. This allows the CL file to be processed to accommodate virtually any control (nc) code necessary. Machine control code is 'language' control. Any language you use to convey the intent is effective if the intent is understood. Most every one speaks shotgun. :) thanks Stuart -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
