<s>
A	O
Post	B-Application
Processor	I-Application
is	O
a	O
unique	O
"	O
driver	O
"	O
specific	O
to	O
a	O
CNC	O
machine	O
,	O
robot	O
or	O
mechanism	O
;	O
some	O
machines	O
start	O
at	O
different	O
locations	O
or	O
require	O
extra	O
movement	O
between	O
each	O
operation	O
,	O
the	O
Post-Processor	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
CAM	O
software	O
or	O
off-line	O
programming	O
software	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
the	O
G-Code	O
output	O
or	O
program	O
is	O
correct	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
Trademark	O
machine	O
Control	O
Cabinet	O
(	O
Fanuc	O
,	O
Siemens-Sinumeric	O
,	O
Mazak-Mazatrol	O
,	O
Heidenhein	O
,	O
Deckel-Maho	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CAM	O
software	O
uses	O
geometry	O
from	O
a	O
CAD	B-Application
model	I-Application
and	O
converts	O
it	O
to	O
G-code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CAM	O
software	O
analyzes	O
the	O
CAD	B-Application
model	I-Application
and	O
determines	O
what	O
tooling	O
and	O
toolpaths	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
mill	O
the	O
desired	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doing	O
so	O
requires	O
a	O
CAM	O
post	B-Application
processor	I-Application
that	O
generates	O
the	O
exact	O
G-code	O
dialect	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
machine	O
Control	O
Module	O
(	O
Sinumeric	O
,	O
Fanuc	O
,	O
Mazatrol	O
,	O
Heidenhein	O
,	O
Toshiba	O
etc	O
)	O
that	O
is	O
being	O
targeted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Post	B-Application
Processors	I-Application
(	O
usually	O
do	O
not	O
convert	O
g-code	O
from	O
one	O
dialect	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
)	O
,	O
rather	O
the	O
“	O
post	O
”	O
uses	O
an	O
intermediate	O
format	O
that	O
captures	O
the	O
G-code	O
commands	O
in	O
a	O
dialect-independent	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Post	B-Application
processor	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
subroutine(sub-program )	O
which	O
converts	O
graphical	O
or	O
non-graphical	O
CAM	O
software	O
toolpath	O
outcome	O
into	O
a	O
specific	O
NC	O
Control(Fanuc, Sinumeric, Mazatrol, Heidenhein )	O
Deckel-Maho	O
etc	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Post	B-Application
processor	I-Application
is	O
independent	O
of	O
hardware	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
adapting	O
(	O
compiling	O
)	O
toolpath	O
into	O
machine	O
readable	O
language	O
or	O
motions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
post	B-Application
processors	I-Application
too	O
on	O
context	O
of	O
web	O
development	O
and	O
development	O
in	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
