Issue
Autodesk Manufacturing Post Processor Utility is not available with ArtCAM Standard Variant.
It is only available by default with ArtCAM Premium Installation variant of ArtCAM Product family.
The optionfiles folder has also been removed from Standard variant.
x:\Program Files\Autodesk\ArtCAM 2017\postp\optionfiles
Autodesk Manufacturing Post Processor Utility was formerly named and known as PM Post or Delcam Post Processor - DPP and was being used with ArtCAM Insignia and ArtCAM Pro / JewelSmith.
So, the question arises, How can I use 'Autodesk Manufacturing Post Processor Utility' with ArtCAM Standard variant?
Cause
Since the launch of ArtCAM 2017 Standard, the installation of Autodesk Manufacturing Post Processor Utility has not been integrated by default.
Solution
Following is the procedure to use Autodesk Manufacturing Post Processor Utility with ArtCAM 2017 Standard.
1) Install ArtCAM 2017 Standard.
2) Install PostProcessor 2015 SP1 Manually. Available for download here .
3) Create optionfiles folder in ArtCAM Program Files, postp folder as shown below;
x:\Program Files\Autodesk\ArtCAM 2017\postp\optionfiles
4) Copy the pmoptz (provided post processor) file in the referred 'optionfiles' folder.
5) Start the ArtCAM Session and this should allow you to view the post processor in the list with name of post followed by suffix as [PM-Post].
Eg: If the file name is 'Generic_Fanuc-15m.pmoptz', it should be listed as 'Generic_Fanuc-15m [PM-Post]'.
