CAM Integration V27

This document describes how Icam Productivity Tools interfaces with the CAM system.

Table of Contents

• Product Configuration
  • The Icam Configuration Utility
  • Environment Variables
  • The ICAM.DEF File
  • User-Defined Questions
• Icam Regression Utility
  • Overview
  • Main Window
  • Operations
  • Creating tests
  • Filters
  • Results
  • Command Line
• CAM Integration Setup
  • CAM Selection
  • CAM Integration
• CAM Interface Kits
  • Selecting a CAM Interface
  • Typical Interface Kit Files
  • Creating or Modifying Interface Kits
• Index

Document Overview

Document Overview

• “Product Configuration” describes how to tailor Icam Productivity Tools to suit the needs of your specific installation by using customizations available with definition (DEF) files and system environment variables.

• “CAM Integration Setup” describes describes how Icam Post can be directly integrated with some CAM systems, giving the NC programmer the ability to associate an Icam post-processor to the manufacturing process and have the CAM system run GENER when post-processing. A second purpose of the CAM integration setup utility is to provide the means to “extract” manufacturing data (such as tools, holders, parts and fixtures) from the CAM system to be used with Virtual Machine simulation.

• The “CAM Interface Kits” allow Icam Post to interface with a wide variety of CAM systems by adjusting configuration settings so that Icam Post can recognize the physical CL file format of the CAM system. Some CAM systems have an inflexible post-processor command syntax. In this case, the interface kit will also include macros that transform these non-conforming post-processor commands to the format that Icam Post requires.