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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Postprocess an operation or program</div>
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            <p class="para_item">In the Operation Navigator, choose the program or operation you wish to postprocess or choose the root in the Program Order View to postprocess all operations. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Post Postprocess</b> in the main menu bar or <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Operation Navigator</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Output</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">NX Post Postprocess</b>.
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                        <p class="para_warning_body">When outputting multiple operations, you should always be in the Program Order View. Although the system allows it, you should not select groups for outputting multiple operations outside the Program Order View because the operations are not in the context of their program order. </p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body"> If the operation tool paths are out of date or do not exist (indicated by ! symbol), a warning appears.</p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body"> Only single programs or operations can be posted. If you choose a group of operations the system groups them together as a program and postprocesses them. If you do not want your operations to be grouped together in one program, click Undo and the operations are ungrouped.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Postprocess</b> dialog, select an available post from the list of  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/main_sample_post.html');return(false);">sample postprocessors</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">You can use the Browse button beneath the list of posts to select postprocessors in any location. Browse can only be used with Post Builder created posts (.pui). </p>
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Note that the entire set of linked postprocessors must all be located in the same location.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Then specify an output file destination and name. This is where you store your output.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Use the Browse button to browse through the directories and select your output file destination and name.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Enter an extension. If you do not enter an extension it is determined by the postprocessor you select. The default postprocessors use a .ptp extension, but you do not see this in the dialog. If you enter a &quot;.&quot; in your file name, the system thinks you have entered an extension.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body">If you are in a Teamcenter environment, or if your configuration includes LIBRARY_CAM_OUTPUT, the name and location of the output file is selected for you. </p>
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                  <p class="para_item">You can turn on the List Output option to see the output in the information window, in addition to the output to a file. If you have only made minor changes to the program and do not want to take the time for the display to appear on the screen, you can uncheck List Output to speed up the output process.</p>
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