Mastercam spoke a dialect of generic G-code, and the Siemens 828D spoke a sophisticated, high-level dialect that might as well have been Martian. I clicked "Post" and watched the scrolling text. I transferred the file to the machine, hit Cycle Start , and was immediately greeted by an angry red alarm on the Siemens HMI:
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The primary instruction file for code conversion. Mastercam spoke a dialect of generic G-code, and
"We used a generic Fanuc post modified for Siemens. Every program needed an hour of hand-editing for CYCLE800. Now with a dedicated Mastercam post, we click 'Post' and go straight to the machine. Our setup time dropped by 70%." hit Cycle Start