Editing PP Words

Reading Manufacturing data from a V4 model and importing APT source generates hundreds of PP (Post Processor) instructions and appends lots of PP words to Machining Operations. You can edit PP Words to solve this problem.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:


  • After a merge, each line of a multi-line PP instruction is merged into the new PP instruction as a separate line.
  • You can merge PP Instructions even if some of them contain more than one line of PP Words.
  • PP instructions with more than 100 lines can be processed. Depending on the number of lines and on the line length, scrolling bars will appear in the dialog box.

Related Topics
Tool Path Editor
Define PP Word Syntax
Inserting PP Instructions
PP Tables and PP Word Syntaxes

Merge Several PP Instructions

You can select several PP instructions and merge them into one.

  • Select and right-click the PP instructions and choose Merge PP Instructions in their contextual menu:


    • Only PP Instructions can be selected.
    • The PP Instructions selected do not need to be sequential.

    The selected PP instructions are merged into the first PP instruction.

Select a Manufacturing Program and Merge its PP Instructions

You can select a Manufacturing Program to merge its PP Instructions.

  • Select and right-click the Manufacturing Program with several groups of PP Instructions as shown below. Choose Merge PP Instructions in its contextual menu:

    The PP Instructions of each group are merged into one:

Edit PP Words Inside a Tool Path

You can select a Tool Path and edit its PP Words.

  1. Start the Tool Path Editor. See Editing Tool Paths.

  2. Click PP Word Modification in the Tool Path Editor dialog box.

    The tool path is displayed with yellow dots and positions of PP words are displayed with white circles:

  3. Move your cursor on a white circle.


    • The marker is highlighted and its syntax is displayed:

    • The PP Word Modification dialog box is displayed:


      • selects the previous PP Word,
    • selects the next PP Word,
    • inserts a new PP Word in the tool path (select a point in the tool patch, click . The operating mode is then the same as for editing),
    • deletes a PP Word (select the corresponding white circle and click ),
    • edits a PP Word.

  4. Click Edit .

    The Current PP Word dialog box is displayed:

  5. Click to access the PP table, when it exists.

    The PP Words Selection Assistant dialog box is displayed:

    See Inserting PP Instructions.

  6. Select the Type of Major Words you require from the list:

  7. Select a Major Word or a Minor word.

    It is displayed under Current Selection.

  8. Click Apply.

    The PP Words are displayed in the Current PP Word dialog box.

  9. Exit the command:

    1. Click Close to revert to the Current PP Word dialog box.
    2. Click OK to validate and revert to the PP Word Modification dialog box.
    3. Click OK to validate and exit the PP Word Modification dialog box.