It might make sense to have one Post for standard jobs and another for 4th Axis jobs. For example, you might use a 4th axis in a certain way, but you don’t use the 4th axis for every job. While translation to specific g-code dialects is the primary task of a Post Processor, they can do a lot more besides to customize your part programs to work using the Best Practices of your shop. There will be a different Post for each g-code dialect your CAM software supports. We often refer to a particular instance of a translation as a “Post”. The Post Processor is the component of your CAM software that is responsible for translating to the exact g-code dialect. Doing so obviously requires an awareness of the exact g-code dialect that is being targeted.

CAM software has to take geometry from a CAD model and convert it to g-code.

We’ve seen that there are many dialects of G-Code. Note: This article is part of CNCCookbook’s G-Code Tutorial What is a CNC Post Processor?

CNC Post Processors & CAM for Different G-Code Dialects

Postprocesadores para camworks