Managing a postprocessor for machining with a machine tool method, computer system, and machine tool

A computer system for numerically controlling a machine tool that comprises a tool for machining a workpiece along a toolpath, the computer system comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• provide toolpath data for machining a workpiece with a tool along a corresponding toolpath, wherein the tool is comprised by a machine tool that is numerically controlled by a control device;
• provide sample machine code;
• provide a trial postprocessor software component for determining machine code using toolpath data;
• determine trial machine code using the trial postprocessor software component and the toolpath data;
• determine a sample code architecture of the sample machine code and a trial code architecture of the trial machine code;
• determine characteristics of the sample machine code, the determination of the characteristics of the sample machine code comprising comparison of the sample code architecture with the trial code architecture;
• and
• determine a new postprocessor software component, the determination of the new postprocessor software component comprising incorporation of the characteristics into the trial postprocessor software component.

A machine tool comprising:

• a tool for machining a workpiece along a toolpath;
• and
• a control device for numerically controlling the machine tool, the control device comprising:
• a processor configured to:
• provide toolpath data for machining a workpiece with the tool along a corresponding toolpath, wherein the tool is comprised by a machine tool that is numerically controlled by a control device;
• provide sample machine code;
• provide a trial postprocessor software component for determining machine code using toolpath data;
• determine trial machine code using the trial postprocessor software component and the toolpath data;
• determine a sample code architecture of the sample machine code and a trial code architecture of the trial machine code;
• determine characteristics of the sample machine code, the determination of the characteristics of the sample machine code comprising comparison of the sample code architecture with the trial code architecture;
• and
• determine a new postprocessor software component, the determination of the new postprocessor software component comprising incorporation of the characteristics into the trial postprocessor software component.

In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instruction executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising:

• providing toolpath data for machining a workpiece with a tool along a corresponding toolpath, wherein the tool is comprised by a machine tool that is numerically controlled by a control device;
• providing sample machine code;
• providing a trial postprocessor software component for determining machine code using toolpath data;
• determining trial machine code using the trial postprocessor software component and the toolpath data;
• determining a sample code architecture of the sample machine code and a trial code architecture of the trial machine code;
• determining characteristics of the sample machine code, the determining of the characteristics of the sample machine code comprising comparing the sample code architecture with the trial code architecture;
• and
• determining a new postprocessor software component, the determining of the new postprocessor software component comprising incorporating the characteristics into the trial postprocessor software component.