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    Icam Post Custom CNC Post-Processors

    Create reliable, machine-specific NC output with Icam Post, available as either Dedicated Post or Post Developer, depending on how your team wants to create and manage CNC post-processors.
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    Whether you need a dedicated CNC post-processor created for you, or you want your own team to build and refine post-processors in-house using CAM-POST™, Vericut and Icam Post can help you choose the right approach for your manufacturing environment.

    With more than 50 years of post-processing expertise behind Icam Post, manufacturers can reduce manual NC edits, improve programming consistency, support advanced machine kinematics, and create output that reflects the machine, controller, and shop-floor process it will actually run on.

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    Choose the right Icam Post for your team.

    Icam Post is available in two different configurations, depending on how your team wants to create and manage CNC post-processors.

    Both configurations are designed to help manufacturers create reliable, machine-specific NC output, and reduce the uncertainty that can come from generic post-processors.

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    Icam Dedicated Post

    A Dedicated Post is created for your specific CAM system, CNC machine, controller, and production environment.

    This option is ideal when you need reliable, machine-specific NC output, but do not want to build and maintain the post-processor in-house.

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    Icam Post Developer

    Post Developer is a powerful post-development environment for manufacturers that want to create, refine, and manage their own CNC post-processors in-house.

    This option is ideal for teams with internal post-processing expertise, multiple machines, frequent post updates, or a need for greater control over post behavior and output standards.

    ICAM Post Developer

    Our goal was to use the existing APT files, over 70 of them, and run them through a new Icam CAM-POST™ to achieve the same tool path.

    Icam Post did an excellent job collaborating with us to develop the Post, in order to give us an error free CNC tool path; especially with little to no changes in the original APT files.

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    Bill Gwinn

    Lead NC Programmer at Triumph Aerostructures

    Why do generic post-processors create problems?

    Generic post-processors can be useful starting points, but they often fail to capture the full reality of a specific machine, controller, and manufacturing environment.

    When the post-processor does not reflect how the machine actually behaves, programmers and operators may be forced to manually refine the NC code after post-processing.

    That creates and amplifies risk, slows down programming, and makes it harder to maintain consistent output across machines, shifts, and teams.

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    Manual NC code editing.

    Programmers may need to adjust G-code after post-processing to match machine behavior, shop standards, or controller requirements.
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    Longer prove-outs.

    If the NC output is not trusted, programs often need more cautious prove-out time at the machine.
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    Missed machine capability.

    Generic posts may not fully support advanced functions, rotary behavior, canned cycles, probing, transformations, or multi-axis strategies.
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    Inconsistent output.

    Different CAM systems, machines, and programming teams can create inconsistencies across the manufacturing workflow, accelerating the risk of a crash.

    What is a Dedicated CNC post-processor?

    A dedicated CNC post-processor converts CAM output into machine-ready G-code that’s tailored to your exact CNC machine and controller.

    Unlike a generic post processor, a dedicated post can be developed around your actual machine configuration, programming standards, preferred output format, controller behavior, and manufacturing process.

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    A dedicated CNC post-processor may account for:

    • Machine kinematics.
    • Controller syntax.
    • Rotary axis control.
    • Linear and rotary travel limits.
    • Head/head, table/table and head/table configurations.
    • Canned cycles.
      Tool changes.
    • Macros.
    • Probing routines.
    • Coordinate transformations.
    • Multi-axis positioning.
    • Mill-turn operations.
    • Local shop-floor preferences.

     

    This helps reduce the need for manual G-code edits after post-processing, and gives programmers greater confidence that the output reflects the machine that will run it.

    Dedicated CNC post-processors 
for any CAM software.

    Icam’s CAM-POST™ technology is built on CAM independence, enabling manufacturers to support many major CAD/CAM and PLM systems.

    This gives manufacturers the flexibility to create dedicated post-processors for the CAM systems they already use, rather than forcing teams to change their programming software to suit a post-processing workflow.

    Icam Post supports the creation of dedicated CNC post processors, and machine-specific NC output for a wide range of machine tools, controllers, 
and CAM systems. Icam Post’s dedicated post processors can be developed for CAM systems, including (but not limited to):

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    For manufacturers using multiple CAM systems, Icam Post can help create a more consistent post-processing strategy across programming environments.

    Machine simulation during 
post-processing.

    SmartPATH® and SmartCUT™ can be especially powerful when used together.

    SmartCUT™ detects air-cut segments and identifies where the tool is not engaged with material. Instead of simply increasing speed along the same programmed path, SmartPATH® can calculate a faster, safer path to the start of the next cut.

    Together, they help manufacturers improve NC programs by combining air-cut elimination with intelligent path optimization.

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    A CNC post-processor builder 
with advanced capabilities.

    CAM-POST™ is designed for manufacturers that need much more than basic post-processor editing. It provides experienced NC programming and manufacturing teams with a powerful environment for building, refining, and managing dedicated CNC post-processors across different CAM systems, machines, and controllers.

    Instead of relying heavily on manual coding or one-off workarounds, CAM-POST™ provides advanced post-development capabilities that help teams create machine-specific output for demanding CNC environments.

    Key capabilities include:

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    Multi-axis and 6-axis support

    CAM-POST™ supports advanced multi-axis post-processor development, including complex kinematic configurations, and 6-axis machining requirements.

    This helps manufacturers produce output for advanced machines that require accurate handling of rotary motion, shared travel, simultaneous movement, and machine limits.

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    Intuitive graphical interface

    CAM-POST™ includes a graphical interface that helps users generate and refine advanced NC post-processors more efficiently.

    For experienced teams, this can reduce the reliance on manual macro development, and make complex post-development tasks easier to manage.

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    Less coding, more control

    Many complex NC programming situations can be addressed through CAM-POST™’s interface rather than being developed entirely through dedicated macros.

    This gives teams greater control over post behavior, while helping reduce the time and complexity involved in post-processor development.

    Dedicated CNC post processors for 
any machine and controller.

    Icam Post supports the development of dedicated CNC post-processors for a wide range of machine tools, controllers, and machine configurations.

    This includes both common machining platforms and highly specialized CNC equipment.

    Dedicated post processors can support:

    3-axis milling machines

    Reliable G-code output for milling applications, including machine-specific cycles, transformations, and preferred output formats.

    5-axis CNC machines

    Advanced post-processing for simultaneous and positional 5-axis machining, including rotary axis movement, travel limits, and complex kinematic configurations.

    Mill-turn machines

    Post-processors for turning and milling operations on the same platform, including synchronized machine behavior, and controller-specific requirements.

    Multi-tasking machines

    Support for advanced machine tools that combine milling, turning, drilling, probing, and other operations.

    Horizontal and vertical machining centers

    Machine-specific output for a wide range of horizontal and vertical machining center configurations.

    Special-purpose CNC machines

    Dedicated post processor development for hybrid machines, EDM, waterjet, laser, plasma, flame cutting, robotics, UHF systems, and other specialist equipment.
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    Icam Post supports major CNC machine and controller brands, including systems using Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain, Mazak, Okuma, Haas, Fagor, and other controllers.

    We have had Icam’s post-processor since 1996, and in all these years we have received great technical support as well as an excellent product. ”

    “We will continue working with Icam Technologies as a strategic partner for our business.

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    Alejandro Valdez
    CAD/CAM/CAE Manager at Corporativo Nemak 
S.A. de C.V.

    Two ways to create the
    post-processor you need.

    Icam Post can support different post-processing requirements depending on how your team works.

    For manufacturers that want a reliable post-processor without building and maintaining it entirely in-house, Icam Post can help provide dedicated CNC post-processors built around specific production requirements.

    This option is ideal if you need a post-processor for:

    • A new CNC machine.

    • A new controller.

    • A new CAM system.

    • A complex 5-axis or mill-turn machine.

    • A special-purpose manufacturing application.

    • A machine that needs more reliable output than a generic post can provide.

    • A production environment where manual NC edits are creating risk or delay.

    • With this route, Icam Post works with your machine, controller, CAM system and production information to help create a machine-specific post-processor that reflects how your manufacturing process actually works.

    A Vericut/Icam-created dedicated post-processor can help:

    • Reduce internal development workload.

    • Improve post-processed NC output.

    • Support machine-specific behavior.

    • Reduce manual code editing.

    • Improve programming consistency.

    • Support complex machine kinematics.

    • Create output that better reflects your shop-floor requirements.

    For organizations that want greater internal control, Icam Post’s CAM-POST™ gives experienced manufacturing teams the ability to develop, refine and manage their own CNC post-processors.

    This route is ideal for manufacturers that have internal post-processing knowledge, frequent machine changes, multiple CAM systems, or a large CNC environment that needs ongoing post maintenance.


    CAM-POST™ is Icam Post’s advanced post-processor development platform. It provides an independent environment for developing CNC post-processors across major CAM systems, machine tools and controllers.

    CAM-POST™ can support:

    • Dedicated CNC post-processor development.

    • Multi-CAM environments.

    • Multi-axis machining.

    • Controller-specific output.

    • Machine-specific logic.

    • Advanced rotary axis control.

    • Post-processor testing and refinement.

    • Consistent post development across different machines and sites.

    Because CAM-POST™ is not tied to a single CAM system or machine tool brand, it gives manufacturers more flexibility as their manufacturing environment changes.

    Post developer post-processors using CAM-POST™ can be especially valuable for:

    • Large manufacturing environments.
      Multi-site operations.

    • Companies with frequent machine additions or changes.

    • Teams with internal post-processing expertise.

    • Organizations that want greater control over output standards.

    • Manufacturers using several CAM systems or controller types.

    Create the post-processor your machine actually needs.

    A dedicated CNC post-processor should reflect your CAM system, machine tool, controller, and production environment. Whether you need Icam Post to create a dedicated post-processor for you, or you want to build and maintain your own post-processors using CAM-POST™, Icam Post can help you choose the right path.

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