Overview

This guide is designed for new manufacturers or anyone who needs a refresher on the how to process jobs in WoodCAM and output them to CADCode.

This guide will cover how to automatically and manually process a job in WoodCAM into CADCode

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Automatically Process Jobs in WoodCAM 

Step 1. 

Click the Export Button in WoodCAM

The Quick Export button in the top right section of WoodCAM will automatically process the job and export it to CADCode. 
This is to make the process seamless and simple. 

Image 1. (Quick Export Button)

After clicking on the Export button, job will start to process, and you can view the progress in the bottom right corner of WoodCAM in the newly popped up window. 

Image 2. (Processing Job)

Once the job finishes processing, CADCode will automatically open up with the job details.

If you'd like to learn how to manually process a job continue to the next section of this page.

Otherwise, click on the Next Steps link below to move forward in this overall process. 

Next Steps:  Processing Jobs in CADCode

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Manually Process Jobs in WoodCAM

Step 1. 

Export to Post-Processor and open in CADCode

To send a job through to CADCode, you need to right click in any of the grey open space inside WoodCAM and select the Export to Post-Processor option.

Image 3. (Manually Process Job)

You will have a pop-up in the bottom right corner of WoodCAM which contains a few settings you need to select prior to sending the job into CADCode.

1. Select the type of Export (Export the Entire Current Job) / The other options are to only export specific rooms or items

2. Make sure you select - Replace any Existing Export File

3. Click on Export once you have the correct settings selected.

Image 4. (Processing Preview)

Once you click Export, the window will change and start processing as shown in the below image. 

(The time frame will quickly update once exporting begins, the time will always start high)

Image 5. (Processing Progress Completed)

Once exported, the below will pop-up if there are any variations on the job.

Image 6. (Variation Pop-up)

Variations will open in a TXT file, most typically in the Notepad application.
Below is example text of a customer's variation request.

Image 7. (Variation Information)

Once the job has exported, CADCode will automatically open up with the job file in the CADCode Control Panel. 

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CADCode Doesn't Auto Open After Exporting Job Through WoodCAM

Step 1. 

Go to the Mapped Data Reader tab that is to the left of the XML option. Click on Mapped Data Reader.

Image 8. (Opening Job File in CADCode)

This should open up your WoodCAMCSVIn folder, sort the folder by Date Modified so you have the most recently imported job from WoodCAM at the top of this list.

Image 9. (Selecting Job File)

Select the file you wish to import, click on Open and your job will open in CADCode.

Image 10. (Select Job File)

Below are two guides, one is optional, the other is continuing the process above into CADCode. 

Next Steps:  Processing Jobs in CADCode 

Optional - Next Steps:  Printing Reports in WoodCAM