TurboPost and AMO Changes



TurboPost Enhancements

Our new global AMO technology allows us to make enhancements that can be incorporated by the user.    This alleviates the issue of custom AMO files for the post processors.    Two new additions have been made.

Zone Information Output

The AMO global mill will now output the geometric information from work zones.    This information can be used to set fixture offsets in the beginning of a program.    The On/Off switch is added to the post processor file amofiles/amo_variables.    The new field is named "Output zones:".    If the switch is on (1) then each zone will be output with the macro zone_info.    This macro can be formatted to the users needs.    To take advantage of this macro you must split your s_up file into two parts: startup1 and startup2.    The zone_info is then inserted between them.

Tool information

Now all TurboPosts can take advantage of the new get_tool_info macro.    This can be found in any global post processor.    This macro will extract any piece of data from a tool and use that information in the TurboPost.    Now, a user can extract any information that they want to add to a tool file.