To Generate a CL File and an MCD File at the Same Time
1. Click
Manufacturing >
Post a CL File.
2. Select an NC sequence. Selecting an operation (using the Operation option on the SELECT FEAT menu) will output merged CL data and MCD of all the NC sequences included in this operation.
3. Click File to create the CL and the MCD file.
The OUTPUT TYPE menu opens with the following options:
◦ CL File—Generate a CL data file only.
◦ MCD File—Generate a CL file and then post-process it into an MCD file.
4. Select MCD File and click Done.
5. Type a filename. The files will be namedfilename.ncl.# for the CL file and filename.tap for the MCD file (where filename is the name you typed and # is the version number).
6. The PP OPTIONS menu opens with the following options:
◦ Verbose—Start the verbose display of post-processing.
◦ Trace—Trace all macros and CL records in the listing file.
◦ MACHIN—Use the post-processor file for the machine specified in the MACHIN statement of the CL file. If this option is not checked off, you will be prompted to select a post-processor from the namelist menu of all available post-processors.
◦ PID—If this option is checked off, you will be prompted for the process identification string. The string should not contain any spaces.
7. Select the desired options and click Done.
8. The post-processor is started with the specified options. The post-processed file will be named filename.tap, where filename is the name of the CL file being processed.