Intercim

Intercim to Icam Post Interface Documentation

Overview

The Intercim Interface Kit is designed to accomodate differences in syntax between Intercim APT and ICAM's post processing language. An Intercim aptsource has the following non-standard characteristics:

• Maximum 80 characters per line, with the leading 8 characters being a source file record number identification. This is supported via the "CONTRL/80,OMIT,-8" command in the insert.apt file.
• Circular interpolation is defined by an "ARCDAT" command, which is immediately followed by one or more intermediate points defined by "CONT" commands. This is typical of the old Automation Intelligence APT processor, and is supported via a 'let input_format="AI"' definition in the POS160.DEF file.
• PARTNO, PPRINT, INSERT and REMARK commands are followed by a single space and then the command text. This format can lead to problems if a text string is given with a leading "/" character (e.g., an INSERT block with optional skip). Therefore, the leading blank is converted to a "/" by the SYN commands in the insert.apt file.