Post processing in FeatureCAM

Various machine tool manufacturers have implemented CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) program standards that differ in detail from each other (and from the EIA RS-274C standard). Because of this wide range of standards, XBUILD was designed to allow for the creation of CNC information files for virtually any CNC. The process of creating a CNC information file is also referred to as building a post processor.

Note: Throughout this section, the Post module is referred to as though it were separate from the FeatureCAM program. It is, in fact, part of the FeatureCAM program, but for the sake of simplicity it's referred to as a separate entity from FeatureCAM. This concept is important to understanding many of the references to the Post module.