POST Sample Libraries

The POST sample libraries below are included as samples of the POSTFORM file. These files are included in the SURFCAM\POSTLIB\MPOST folder. The list below indicates the post processors and filenames that can be appended in the POSTFORM.M, POSTFORM.L, or POSTFORM.E files. The filename extension indicates the type of post processor.

Milling Posts	Filename	Milling Posts	Filename
Aciera	aciera.m3	Bridgeport w/BOSS 8	bos8.m3
ACL	acl.m3	Bridgeport w/BOSS 9	boss.m3
Acroloc GN-6M	acr6.m3	Bridgeport w/BOSS 10	boss.m3
Acroloc GN-6M w/rotary table	acr6.m4	Bridgeport Heidenhain TNC 151	bri151.m3
Allen Bradley 4500	ab4500.m3	Bostomatic	bostomat.m3
Allen Bradley 8400	ab8400.m3	Centurion 4	cnt4.m3
Anilam Crusader Series M EIA	anilam-e.m3	Centurion 5	cnt5.m3
Anilam Crusader Series M Event	anilam-c.m3	Cincinnati Milacron 850M	cin850.m3
APTCL 2 and 3 Axis	aptcl.m3	Cincinnati Milacron 950M	cin950.m3
APTCL 5 Axis	aptcl.m5	Cincinnati Milacron Tab Seq	cin-tab.m3
Bandit 1	ban1.m3	Cintimatic AC-8	cnt8.m3
Bandit 2	ban2.m3	Compact II 2 and 3 Axis support	compact2.m3
Bandit 3	ban3.m3	Deckel	deckel.m3
Bandit 4	ban4.m3	Deckel Dialog 4 G17	dlg4g17.m3
Bridgeport w/BOSS 4	bos4.m3	Deckel Dialog 4 G18	dlg4g18.m3
Bridgeport w/BOSS 5	bos5.m3	Devlieg	devlieg.m3
Dyna Myte 2400	dmt2400.m3	Fanuc 16M	fan16.m3
Dyna Myte 2400 w/rotary table	dmt2400.m4	Fanuc 16M w/preselect	fan16p.m3
Dyna Myte Conversational	dmt2400c.m3	GE Mark Century w/Monarch	monarch.m3
Dyna Myte 4400	dmt4400.m3	General Electric 550	ge550.m3
Dyna Myte 4400 w/rotary table	dmt4400.m4	General Electric 1050	ge1050.m3
Dynapath 20 EIA format	dyn20e.m3	General Electric 2000	ge2000.m3
Dynapath 20 Conv. Style	dyn20c.m3	Haas	haas.m3
Dynapath 30 Conv. Style	dyn30c.m3	Haas w/rotary table	haas.m4
Fadal Format 1	fadal.m3	Heidenhain TNC 151 ISO	hei151.m3
Fadal Format 1 w/rotary table	fadal.m4	Heidenhain TNC 151 Conv.	Hei151c.m3
Fadal Format 1 w/sub programs	fadals.m3	Heidenhain TNC 151 w/sub	hei151s.m3
Fagor	fagor.m3	Heidenhain TNC 155 ISO	hei155.m3
Fanuc 3000	fan3000.m3	Heidenhain TNC 155 Conv.	Hei155c.m3
Fanuc 0M	fan0.m3	Heidenhain TNC 155 w/sub	hei155s.m3
Fanuc 6M	fan6.m3	Heidenhain TNC 355 Conv.	Hei355c.m3
Fanuc 10M	fan10.m3	Heidenhain TNC 355 w/sub	hei355s.m3
Fanuc 10M w/Incr. Output	fan10i.m3	Heidenhain TNC 415 Conv.	Hei355c.m3
Fanuc 10M w/rotary table	fan10.m4	Heidenhain TNC 415 w/sub	hei355s.m3
Fanuc 10M w/preselect	fan10p.m3	Hurco	hurco.m3
Fanuc 10M w/sub programs G54	fan10s54.m3	Hurco BX	maxbx.m3
Fanuc 10M w/sub programs G92	fan10s92.m3	Hurco Ultimax 1	ult1.m3
Fanuc 11M	fan11.m3	Hurco Ultimax 2	ult2.m3
Fanuc 11M w/preselect	fan11p.m3	Hurco Ultimax 2 ver 8	ult2v8.m3
Fanuc 15M	fan15.m3	Hurco Ultimax 3	ult3.m3
Fanuc 15M w/preselect	fan15p.m3	Hurco Ultimax 3 ver 8	ult3v8.m3
K & T 600MM	k&t600.m3	OKK w/Fanuc	okkfan.m3
K & T 600MM w/rotary table	k&t600.m4	OKK w/Fanuc rotary	okkfan.m4
Kitamura MC-86	kit86.m3	Okuma w/Bandit 2	okuban2.m3
Kitamura MC-86 w/rotary table	kit86.m4	Okuma OSP5000	osp5000.m3
LeBlond Makino w/Fanuc	leblond.m3	Okuma OSP5020	osp5020.m3
Maho G17 mode	mah-g17.m3	Pratt & Whitney Tapematic	p&wtap.m3
Maho G17 mode w/rotary	mah-g17.m4	ProtoTrak	prototrk.m3
Maho G18 mode	mah-g18.m3	Roland CAMM-3	roland.m3
Maho G18 mode w/rotary	mah-g18.m4	Servo	ser2.m3
Makino w/Fanuc 15M	makfan15.m3	Sharnoa Tiger 4	tig4.m3
Mazak M2	mzk2.m3	Sharnoa Tiger 5	tig5.m3
Mazak M2 w/tool preselect	mzk2p.m3	Shizuoka 13-5V	shi13.m3
Mazak M2 w/rotary table	mzk2.m4	Siemens 6M	sie6.m3
Mazak M2 horiz. w/tombstone	mzk2h.m3	Siemens 810M	sie810.m3
Mazak M32 ISO	mzk32.m3	SURFCAM Digitize Format	digitiz.m3
Mazak M32 w/vertical bridge	mzk32v.m3	Thermwood Model 70	thr70.m3
Mitsubishi M0	mit0.m3	Tree w/Dynapath 20	tredy20.m3
Monarch 45B w/Dynapath 20	mondy20.m3	Yasnac MX-3	yas3.m3
Mycenter	mycentr.m3	Yasnac 2000G	yas2000.m3
Mycenter w/rotary table	mycentr.m4
Cincinnati	cincinat.12	Charmilles 2 Axis wire EDM	charmill.e2
Citizen F10 Screw Machine	citizen.12	Charmilles 4 Axis wire EDM	charmill.e4
Fanuc OT	fan0.12	Elox 4 Axis wire EDM	elox.e4
Fanuc 5T	fan5.12	Japax 2 Axis wire EDM	japax.e2
Fanuc 6T	fan6.12	Japax 4 Axis wire EDM	japax.e4
Fanuc 10T	fan10.12	Mitsubishi 2 Axis wire EDM	mitsub.e2
General Electric 550 Absolute	ge550.12	Sodick 2 Axis wire EDM	sodick.e2
General Electric 550 Incremental	ge550i.12
Generic 2 axis	generic.12
Ikegai 5T	ike5.12
Mitsubishi L0	mit0.12
Mori-Seiki	moriseik.12
Yasnac 2000B	yas2000.12

name Generic 3 Axis Mill
% 00
! 00
O 4
N >4
G 2
g 2 G
X ->3.>4
Y ->3.>4
Z ->3.>4
I ->3.>4
J ->3.>4
R ->3.>4
Q ->3.>4
F >3.1
H 2
D 2
T 2
M 2
S >4

ModalLetters X Y Z F R	# List of letters that are modal

ModalGs 0 1 2 3 73 74 76 80 81 82 83 84 85	# List of g codes that are modal

Sequence#s N 1 1 1	# Char, freq, incr & start
First#? N	# Y or N 'Output 1st sequence no.
Last#? N	# Y or N 'Output last sequence no.

HCode X	# X or X U 'Horizontal char.
VCode Y	# Y or Y V 'Vertical char.
Dcode Z	# Depth char.
FeedCode F	# Feed rate char.

Comment ( )	# Begin End comment char.

Spindle 3 4 5	# Cw, ccw & stop m codes
Coolant 8 9 7	# On, Off & Mist m codes
DComp 41 42 40	# Left, Right & Cancel m codes
LComp 43 49	# On & Off codes

Feed G1	# Linear move
Rapid G0	# Rapid positioning word
Cw G2	# Circular move clockwise
Ccw G3	# Circular move counter clockwise

Inc/Abs G 91 90	# Inc & Abs char. & values
Inch/MM 70 71	# Inch & Metric g codes

CtrCode I J	# I J or R or I J K L
CtrIncremental? Y	# Y or N 'Inc or abs I & J
ByQuadrants? N	# Y or N 'Break arcs at quadrants

Spaces? Y	# Y or N 'Spaces between words
Incremental? N	# Y or N 'Inc or abs output

Work G	# Work offset register

UppercaseComments? Y	# Y or N 'Require uppercase comments

StartCode	# Start of the program
%0
!0 O[Program#]
End

1stToolChange	# First tool change
G0 G90 G80 G40 G17
T[Tool] M6
M[Direct] S[Speed]
G0 G[Work] X[H] Y[V]
G43 Z[D] H[Lcomp]
M[Cool]
End

Infeed	# Enable cutter comp
G[Side] X[H] Y[V] D[DComp] F[FRate]
end

Outfeed	# Disable cutter comp
G1 G40 X[H] Y[V]
end

ToolChange	# Secondary tool changes
M[CoolantOff]
T[Tool] M6
M[Direct] S[Speed]
G0 X[H] Y[V]
G43 Z[D] H[Lcomp]
M[Cool]
End

EndCode	# End of the program
G0 G91 G28 Z0
M30
%0
End

#LineCode
#G1 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] F[FRate]
#End

#RapidCode
#G0 X[H] Y[V] Z[D]
#End

#CwCode
#G2 X[H] Y[V] I[IVal] J[JVal] F[FRate]
#End

#CcwCode
#G3 X[H] Y[V] I[IVal] J[JVal] F[FRate]
#End

Drill	# Drilling canned/manual cycle
G81 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

Peck	# Pecking canned/manual cycle
G83 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] Q[VBite] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

Tap	# Tapping canned/manual cycle
G84 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

LTap	# Left handed tapping cycle
G74 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

Ream	# Reaming canned/manual cycle
G85 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

Bore	# Boring canned/manual cycle
G86 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

Back	# Back boring canned/manual cycle
G87 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
end cancel

#Custom1
#G81 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
#end cancel

#Custom2
#G81 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
#end cancel

#Custom3
#G81 X[H] Y[V] Z[D] R[Vclear] F[FRate]
#end cancel

Cancel	# Cancel a canned/manual cycle
G80
end

#SubStart
#O[Sub]
#End

#SubEnd
#M99
#End

#SubCall
#G[Work] P[Sub] M98
#End

#Between
#M9
#G91 G80 G30 Y0 Z0
#G0 G40 G80 G90
#M30
#End

#Index X
#G0 G28 G91 Z0
#G90 G[Work] X[H] Y[V] A[RotAngle]
#G43 H[Lcomp] Z[D]
#End

#UnWind
#G0 G28 G91 Z0
#A0
#G43 Z[D] H[Lcomp] M[Cool]
#X[LastH] Y[LastV] A[LastRotAng]
#G1 Z[LastD]
#End

#Upon RPlane
#Ask "Val1" " Enter 98 or 99 for canned cycles" "98"
#End

name Generic lathe
% 00
! 00
O 4
N 3
G 2
X ->3.>4
x ->3.>4 X
Z ->3.>4
D 2
I ->3.>4
K ->3.>4
U ->3.>4
W ->3.>4
P ->3.>4
A 60 P
Q ->3.>4
q ->3.>4 Q
R ->3.>4
F >3.>3
T 2
t 2
S >4
M 2

ModalLetters X Z F	# List of letters that are modal

ModalGs 0 1 2 3 73 76 80 81 82 83 84 85 # List of g codes that are modal

Sequence#s N 0 1 1	# Char, freq, incr & start
First#? N	# Y or N 'Output 1st sequence no.
Last#? N	# Y or N 'Output last sequence no.

Comment ( )	# Begin End comment char.

HCode Z	# X or X U 'Horizontal char.
VCode X	# Y or Y V 'Vertical char.
FeedCode F	# Feed rate char.

Spindle 3 4 5	# Cw, ccw & stop m codes
Coolant 8 9 7	# On, Off & Mist m codes
DComp 41 42 40	# Left, Right & Cancel m codes
LComp 43 49	# On & Off codes

SpeedType 97 96	# CSS and RPM g codes
FeedType 95 94	# IPR & IPM g codes

ByDiameter? Y	# Y or N 'Output X val. by diameter
CtrIncremental? Y	# Y or N 'Inc or abs I & J
ByQuadrants? N	# Y or N 'Break arcs at quadrants
CtrCode R	# I J or R or I J K L

Inc/Abs G 91 90	# Inc & Abs char. & values
Inch/MM 20 21	# Inch & Metric g codes

Spaces? Y	# Y or N 'Spaces between words
Incremental? N	# Y or N 'Inc or abs output

Feed G1	# Linear move
Rapid G0	# Rapid positioning word
Cw G2	# Circular move clockwise
Ccw G3	# Circular move counter clockwise

RevSigns X x	# List of letters to reverse signs

UppercaseComments? Y # Y or N 'Require uppercase comments

StartCode	# Start of the program
%0
!0 O[Program#]
end

1stToolChange	# First tool change
G50 x[ToolH] Z[ToolV]
G0 T[Tool] t[Tool] M42
G[SpeedType] S[Speed] M[Direct]
X[V] Z[H] M[Cool]
End

Infeed	# Enable cutter comp
G1 G[Side] X[V] Z[H] D[Dcomp] F[FRate]
end

Outfeed	# Disable cutter comp
G1 G40 X[V] Z[H] F[FRate]
end

ToolChange	# Secondary tool changes
M[CoolantOff]
T[LastTool] t0
G50 x[ToolH] Z[ToolV]
G0 T[Tool] t[Tool] M42
G[SpeedType] S[Speed] M[Direct]
X[V] Z[H] M[Cool]
End

EndCode	# End of the program
G0 x[ToolV] Z[ToolH] M[CoolantOff]
T[Tool] t0 M5
M2
End

#LineCode
#G1 X[V] Z[H] F[Frate]
#End

#RapidCode
#G0 X[V] Z[H]
#End

#CcwCode
#G3 X[V] Z[H] R[ArcRad]
#End

#CwCode
#G2 X[V] Z[H] R[ArcRad]
#End

Drill	# Drilling canned/manual cycle
G74 Z[Depth] F[Frate]
end

Peck	# Pecking canned/manual cycle
G74 Z[Depth] K[VBite] F[Frate]
end

#Tap
#G78 Z[H] F[FRate]
#end cancel

#LTap
#G78 Z[H] F[FRate]
#end cancel

AutoThread	# Automatic thread canned cycle
G76 A[TParams] Q[VBite] R0
G76 X[V] Z[H] R[StartAng] P[Depth] q[Peck1] F[Frate]
end

Ream	# Reaming canned/manual cycle
G1 Z[H] F[FRate]
G1 Z[VClear]
end

Bore	# Boring canned/manual cycle
G1 Z[H] F[FRate]
G1 Z[VClear]
end

Back	# Back boring canned/manual cycle
G1 Z[H] F[FRate]
G1 Z[VClear]
end

#Custom1
#End

#Custom2
#End

#Custom3
#End

Cancel	# Cancel a canned/manual cycle
G80
end

#Upon Turret
#M13
#End

Replace " t" with ""

M2	2 Axis Mill
M3	3 Axis Mill
M4	4 Axis Mill
M5	5 Axis Mill
L2	Lathe
E2	2 Axis Wire EDM
E4	4 Axis Wire EDM

name Generic EDM
% 00
! 00
O 4
N >4
G 2
X ->3.>4
Y ->3.>4
I ->3.>4
J ->3.>4
F >3.2
D 2
M 2

ModalLetters X Y Z F R # List of letters that are modal

ModalGs 0 1 2 3	# List of g codes that are modal

Sequence#s N 0 1 1	# Char, freq, incr & start
First#? N	# Y or N 'Output 1st sequence no.
Last#? N	# Y or N 'Output last sequence no.

HCode X	# X or X U 'Horizontal char.
VCode Y	# Y