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OmegaPost Software

What is omegapost?

OmegaPost® is a high performance CNC code Generator designed and implemented by CAMcad Software for today's CNC machines. It is especially suited for complex CNC machinery such as MillTurn centers and machines having CNC controllers that support advanced conversational programming features.

In the postprocessor world, the configuration process is as important as the performance of the product. There is nothing more frustrating for a post-writer (the person configuring the post to get the results required for a specific machine) than to have the software apply hard-coded rules, overriding the intent of the post-writer. When implementing OmegaPost, we made sure the software always follows the rules defined in a simple ASCII template file to fully control the postprocessing activity, with as few hidden automation rules as possible.

To accommodate today's CNC controllers, OmegaPost has been designed from the ground up for maximum flexibility with robust features and expanded structures.

A few examples:

Most postprocessors support only 26 NC register definitions, and you are required to "work around" this limit. OmegaPost supports ten-digit register names, and each register can have a 1-32 character prefix and a 1-32 character suffix. Each register has separate modality, formatting, and register characteristics.
Post postprocessors support very primitive 1-6 digit variable names or user event names. OmegaPost supports 32-character variable and user event names.
Most postprocessors can be extended to support CNC subroutines. OmegaPost automatically supports toolpath and subroutine arrays.
Most postprocessors can be extended by skilled personnel to support MillTurn CNCs, but there is no built-in technology to support the multiple coordinate systems and mode-switching necessary for effective support of this class of CNC equipment. OmegaPost contains DefineMode and ModeSet commands that enable the post-writer to define and invoke modes based-upon the criteria that makes sense for the machine being supported.
Most postprocessors contain a comprehensive list of system variables that have evolved over the years as the technology evolved; they are organized in a numeric order that has followed the evolution of CNC technology. OmegaPost's system variables are carefully named based upon each variable's function and an overall set of guidelines such that the post-writer can remember them because they are meaningfully named.
Most postprocessors are designed to support a single CAM system, and over the years they have been adapted to interface to other CAM systems for financial reasons. From its inception OmegaPost was designed to accommodate multiple CAM systems. The base CAM system for OmegaPost is SURFCAM®, and there are a series of CAM system readers that each have the responsibility of doing whatever is necessary to present data to the template in a consistent manner. This allows a single template to professionally support multiple CAM systems.

We can go on and on about OmegaPost's superior capabilities, but the best way is to obtain an evaluation system and see for yourself what this product can do.

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