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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Getting Started</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Post Builder creates and edits postprocessors.&nbsp;These postprocessors have three elements, each identified by the base name and one of three extensions.&nbsp; Assuming your postprocessor name is my_machine_tool, these files would be the following:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Only Post Builder uses this file.&nbsp;This file contains static information on how to write out the .tcl file.&nbsp;Although Post does not need this file, it must be present in the same directory as the .tcl and .def files in order to edit your postprocessor.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This file determines the blocks that need to be output from events that are generating by Post.&nbsp; This file uses the TCL language. Post Builder completely creates this file every time you save your postprocessor.&nbsp; Post also uses this file at run time to generate NC code.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This file defines all the static information for the postprocessor.&nbsp;This includes formats, address and NC blocks.&nbsp;The format of this file is a special syntax created by NX.&nbsp;This file is used by Post to postprocess the tool path and generate NC code.</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">By default, Post Builder creates your postprocessor in the directory where you started Post Builder.&nbsp; Use the Save As option in the file dialog to save your postprocessor in the directory of your choice.&nbsp; In order to use your postprocessor in NX you must add an entry to your template_post.dat file in your current postprocessor directory.</p>
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