Without having a properly configured post processor, your company is playing with fire. Making hand-edits to your NC code breaks the link between the CAM program, and the code being run on the machine. This is an error-prone and dangerous process. Without a properly formatted post processor, you must resort to making hand-edits to your NC code. The Post Processor is the fundamental link between the work you do inside your CAM system, and the machine that is removing the metal. ![]() ![]() The "best" of them have one thing in common they know something about how to edit the post processor to get proper NC code for their machine. I've met so many different CNC Programmers over the years. ![]() Understanding how to make the post processor output the proper code for your machine is a critical part of the program creation process. But what is a Post Processor? A Post Processor is a software script that is used to convert the generic CAM program into NC code that is formatted with the proper Syntax for your machine. By far the most important skill I've picked up along the way is the ability to make edits to a Post Processor. ![]() I've been using Mastercam to program CNC Machines since 1997.
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