I was reading my bobcad manual. There's a library of post processors. I'm not sure what these are and if I would need some custom made post processors if I make my own cnc router?
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04-26-2008, 08:18 PM #1
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What's a post processor and do I need one?
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04-26-2008, 08:28 PM #2
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A post processor is the last stage between Cad/Cam and Machine, it converts tool paths - tool offsets etc and programs G & M codes into a file to download to your CNC M/C, different machines require different implementation of codes etc, so you can either make your machine compatible with a common Post, or modify an existing post to suit your M/C.
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