customising posts

[cnc@gci]

I know alot of you guys customise your posts. What do you open your post files with and is it hard to customise them?

[Guest]

I use Cimco

 

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is it hard to customise them?

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This answer depends on you.

[X-L Engineering Corp]

PFE32 works great for post editing.

[cnc@gci]

When I open them with Cimco all I get is jibberish. What do you modify the control, mmd., or the pst.file. I don't have PFE32 how can I get that.

[Goldorak]

Mcamedit works well for me

 

better than Cimco

[Ying Jiang]

PFE32 editor and many other text editors (include CIMCO Edit) comes in Mastercam installation: Settings --> Configuration --> Start / Exit -- > Editor.

 

You would use Mastercam interface (under Settings) to edit .control & .mmd files and use one of the text editors to edit the pst file.

 

If you have a .pst and .psb file, you can only edit the .pst file.

 

It's a good idea to make backups before editing.

[crazy^millman]

The .pst file is the only one you can edit. The MD and CD are not changeable in an editor. Also the .psb is locked up and you can not access it either.

 

What do you want change? Do you understand any computer language? Do you have the time to learn how to customize post? Have you printed or read the pdf's? Have you searched the forum and started copying all the stuff people have done to posts to use a learning tool?

 

HTH

[Jack Neelands™]

+1 to ya John

 

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is it hard to customise them?

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That depends on the changes that you wish to do ...if you are just changing the output of a simple title block that appears when you post a program then you can easily, as long as you dont delete the "'s around them and insert what you want to appear.

 

If you are looking to output canned cycles and macros that dont appear in your post then your in for a learning curve.

 

You will need to sit down and decide what you want your post to do and how to change it will be a discovery in itself

[cnc@gci]

It sounds like I have some work to do. Thanks for the input guys.

[Philcott]

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It sounds like I have some work to do. Thanks for the input guys.

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A truer statement I haven't heard in a long time.

[Watcher]

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better than Cimco

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That´s new for me...

 

Peace

[Colin Gilchrist]

I use the Mastercam X editor for everything. It is much better for post editing than Cimco or any of the others.

 

The X editor will recognize any of the pre-defined variables and color them blue when you type in the variable name. It is a lifesaver when you are working with new variables for the first time...

[Josh T™]

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It sounds like I have some work to do. Thanks for the input guys.

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