The new unified launch panel combines the activation of Gener post-processing, CeRun control Emulation and Virtual Machine simulation all in a single interface. This was done in support of a new V21 PSE (Post/Simulation/Emulation) enhancement that allows Gener and CeRun to be run in parallel (so that Cerun simulates NC code as it is being [...]
After GENER is done processing the input data, you can use the two icons below or click on File > View Tape File / File > View Listing File to view the tape and listing files. In order for GENER to use your preferred text editor to open these files, please use the following [...]
When GENER is processing the input data, you can use Step mode (F7) to step through the processing. This mode is chosen using the tool bar button or using ‘Run>>Step’. Similar to this, there is a Step Details mode that can be accessed through the below tool bar button or through Run>>Details. You can click [...]
The Macro Manager dialog provides options to enable or disable the execution or tracing of any macro. There are also options to turn on/off the system variables affecting the processing of startup and shutdown macros for cycles, motion, operation event and tape macros. These system variables are grayed out if their corresponding macros are [...]
Starting with CAM-POST V21, a new machine type is available in the Questionnaire's General Information section: Robot. This option allows you to configure a 6-axes manufacturing robot by entering machine-specific information such as the Denavit-Hartenberg parameters. The CAM-POST installation directory provides different sample post-processors and virtual machines for manufacturing robots. You can find them in [...]
Sometimes a machine rotary axis has a small range on one side and a bigger range on the other side. Let us take an example of a milling machine using an "A" rotary on the head and a "B" rotary axis on the table. The "A" axis range would be -110 to +45 degrees and [...]
The typical process of fine-tuning a post-processor consists in running the post iteratively on one or more cutter location files, then analyzing the results and making the changes required. During this process, it is sometimes necessary to stop and postpone the fine-tuning for later. In such a case, it is preferable to have the ability [...]
For security reasons, some companies establish rules that forbid the explicit use of a port number when setting up licenses on a license server. ICAM has developed a Windows utility that allows port selection. With the new ICAMID utility, during a Windows Floating License Server installation, you will be given the choice of port [...]
If you are in debugging mode in GENER, it is useful to arrange various windows like Input, Output, Macro, Console, Variable, Source, etc. as shown below. This helps you to keep an eye on different components of post-processing at the same time to try and debug any errors. On the other hand, if you would [...]
