What is the Option File Generator?

The Option File Generator is an application that produces a file for configuring the postprocessor to create output suitable to be used on a NC/CNC machine tool. The file the Option File Generator produces is, strangely enough, called an option file, and is used to change the standard postprocessor output to satisfy a particular machine tool's requirements. The Option File Generator creates a file that describes the characteristics of your machine/control combination. The postprocessor reads this file and sets the its internal variables to the correct values. The figure below shows how you get from a blueprint or a CAD system to a punch file (.PU1) using Intercim's generalized postprocessor (G-Post):

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The two yellow boxes, the option file and the FIL file, are what the Option File Generator produces. The postprocessor reads the CL File as input. In addition, it reads machine information from the option file created via the Option File Generator. If one exists, the postprocessor also reads and executes the associated FIL file. The postprocessor then puts all this data into a format the machine understands and outputs it as a punch file (.PU1). A list file (.LST) is also produced which contains a detailed description of the postprocessing job.

 

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