What does the Post_Base command do
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 5:41 pm
Been looking into Post Processor files.
Specifically the "Stepcraft_UCCNC_Arcs_mm.pp" file, as I have a Stepcraft machine.
The contents of this file are below -
+================================================
+
+ Stepcraft (UCCNC Controller)
+ Vectric machine output configuration file
+
+================================================
+
+ History
+
+ Who When What
+ ======== ========== ===========================
+ Tony 15/11/2005 Written for metric
+ Tony 06/01/2006 Added ATC option
+ Tony 14/05/2006 Fixed G21 mm in header
+ Tony 24/07/2006 Added G2 & G3 Arc support + removed (( ))
+ Tony 18/06/2007 Replaced the Tool comment
+ Mark 14/08/2008 Added G1 to Feed moves,
+ Mark 28/08/2009 Added G91.1 to force use of incremental arcs
+ Mark 30/11/2009 Added TOOLPATHS_OUTPUT.
+ Brian 15/12/2009 Remove M05 from NEW_SEGMENT
+ Mark 18/01/2014 Added Dwell
+ Mark 01/09/2016 Named for Stepcraft
+ EdwardP 17/12/2018 Original post used for UCCNC base
+ Derived this one from general case
+================================================
POST_NAME = "Stepcraft UCCNC Arcs(mm)(*.txt)"
POST_BASE = "UCCNC_mm.pp"
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The POST_BASE command above is the last one in the file, there are no others, so how does this Post Processor work?
Is it that the POST_BASE command is like a subroutine "call" command that calls the named file into operation, ie this pp calls the "UCCNC_mm.pp" post processor and runs that pp.
I made a copy of the Stepcraft_UCCNC_Arcs_mm.pp file and moved it to the "My_PostP" folder so that it is the only .pp that is offered when I go to save a toolpath, and saving a toolpath still works.
So is the POST_BASE command calling the UCCNC_mm.pp file, even though this file is in a different folder.
Would appreciate an explanation of how this works please.
Thanks.
Specifically the "Stepcraft_UCCNC_Arcs_mm.pp" file, as I have a Stepcraft machine.
The contents of this file are below -
+================================================
+
+ Stepcraft (UCCNC Controller)
+ Vectric machine output configuration file
+
+================================================
+
+ History
+
+ Who When What
+ ======== ========== ===========================
+ Tony 15/11/2005 Written for metric
+ Tony 06/01/2006 Added ATC option
+ Tony 14/05/2006 Fixed G21 mm in header
+ Tony 24/07/2006 Added G2 & G3 Arc support + removed (( ))
+ Tony 18/06/2007 Replaced the Tool comment
+ Mark 14/08/2008 Added G1 to Feed moves,
+ Mark 28/08/2009 Added G91.1 to force use of incremental arcs
+ Mark 30/11/2009 Added TOOLPATHS_OUTPUT.
+ Brian 15/12/2009 Remove M05 from NEW_SEGMENT
+ Mark 18/01/2014 Added Dwell
+ Mark 01/09/2016 Named for Stepcraft
+ EdwardP 17/12/2018 Original post used for UCCNC base
+ Derived this one from general case
+================================================
POST_NAME = "Stepcraft UCCNC Arcs(mm)(*.txt)"
POST_BASE = "UCCNC_mm.pp"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The POST_BASE command above is the last one in the file, there are no others, so how does this Post Processor work?
Is it that the POST_BASE command is like a subroutine "call" command that calls the named file into operation, ie this pp calls the "UCCNC_mm.pp" post processor and runs that pp.
I made a copy of the Stepcraft_UCCNC_Arcs_mm.pp file and moved it to the "My_PostP" folder so that it is the only .pp that is offered when I go to save a toolpath, and saving a toolpath still works.
So is the POST_BASE command calling the UCCNC_mm.pp file, even though this file is in a different folder.
Would appreciate an explanation of how this works please.
Thanks.