RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] what is POSTPROCESSOR? a fundamental question

It seems to me that the term postprocessor can refer to many specific
things. The way we use it currently would be defined as: adjusting the
syntax and formatting of the G-code for a specific controller. My
understanding of this is in the past it was a separate program that you
ran your g-code through. For the most part it is not a separate program
any more, but a setting in the CAM program. So what you need to do is
adjust the CAM program you are using to output the proper format of
G-code for EMC. I use Vector which has a specific setting for EMC and I
also use Visual Mill which seems to work fine using the generic setting.
I also have tried the output from DeskCNC and the default settings seem
to work fine for EMC.

Tim
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi everyone!
> What is postprocessor file? what kind of information does it
> contains? and what is the format of the information? i've
> heard there are many machine specific postprocessor files, I
> have setup a 3 axis milling machine, with stg-2 and EMC, can
> anyone tell me which postprocessor file i'd need to generate
> the g-codes? Is customization of this file possible?
>
> Best regards
> @sim
>
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