How do I tell Mastercam what control definition is being used?
A. This is done in the Machine Definition Manager. In the same way that you assemble a machine tool on your shop floor by attaching a control unit to the machine tool, when you are creating a machine definition, you select a .control file. Mastercam then displays a list of the post processors for which individual control definitions have been created for the type of machine you are defining, and you select one. For example, if you created a Mill machine definition, chose fanuc.control, and then selected the MPFAN post, what you essentially did was tell the machine definition to search the fanuc.control file for all the mill control definitions that are stored in it, and then selected the control definition that has the MPFAN post assigned to it. In the future, whenever you select this machine definition, Mastercam will automatically use the MILL/MPFAN control definition from the fanuc.control file.
