{"id":2579,"date":"2020-02-11T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:26:38","slug":"post-hub-a-cloud-based-postprocessor-solution-for-nx-cam-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/post-hub-a-cloud-based-postprocessor-solution-for-nx-cam-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Hub: A cloud-based postprocessor solution for NX CAM software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NX CAM Post Hub&nbsp;is a modern, cloud-based solution for postprocessing. Free to NX CAM users, Post Hub enables a streamlined process to generate production-ready CNC programs for your applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Direct access from NX CAM<\/strong> <strong>software<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Post Hub lets you access more than 1,100 postprocessors directly\nfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/manufacturing-planning\/cam-software.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NX\nCAM software<\/a>. The extensive online postprocessor library enables you to\nprogram a wide range of milling, turning and multi-function machines. It\nincludes postprocessors for many machines and controllers, including DMG MORI, Haas,\nMakino, Mazak, and Okuma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To quickly find the postprocessor for your machine tool, you can narrow down the results using the provided filters. Simply select your machine, controller, or manufacturing technology and Post Hub will present the applicable postprocessors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-600x277.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-1536x708.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-350x160.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX-1110x512.png 1110w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-accessed-from-NX.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <em>NX CAM Post Hub can be accessed directly from NX<\/em><br> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each postprocessor kit includes documentation, such as an overview document and a sample G-code enabling you to get more information about the postprocessor even before installing it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Post-Hub-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Post-Hub-image-2.png 662w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Post-Hub-image-2-600x299.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The documentation for each postprocessor in Post Hub enables a quick overview<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Easy postprocessor installation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With NX CAM, you can browse Post Hub and find a postprocessor for many machine tool and controller configurations. The selected processor can be easily installed in NX CAM with a couple of clicks. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM-1024x529.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM-1024x529.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM-600x310.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM-1110x573.png 1110w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM.png 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Siemens NX CAM Post Hub can be accessed through the post processing dialog in NX CAM <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>All the postprocessors available through Post Hub have been developed using <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sw.siemens.com\/s\/article\/post-configurator-training-presentation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post Configurator,<\/a> the latest tool for postprocessor development in NX CAM. This allows you to easily adjust postprocessors to generate NC programs for your CNC machine tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAMs-Post-Configurator-provides-a-modern-interface-600x477.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAMs-Post-Configurator-provides-a-modern-interface-600x477.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAMs-Post-Configurator-provides-a-modern-interface-768x610.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAMs-Post-Configurator-provides-a-modern-interface.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>NX CAM&#8217;s Post Configurator provide a modern interface that provides easy modification of postprocessors to output the desired G-code<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Getting started<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To launch Post Hub, click on the Post Process command and look for the new &#8220;Post Hub&#8221; section in the dialog box of the latest version of NX CAM software. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Postprocessing-Dialog-Box-Post-Hub-detail-600x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Postprocessing-Dialog-Box-Post-Hub-detail-600x563.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Postprocessing-Dialog-Box-Post-Hub-detail-768x721.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/NX-CAM-Postprocessing-Dialog-Box-Post-Hub-detail.png 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Post Hub can be accessed from the Postprocess dialog in NX CAM<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can also access\nPost Hub\u2019s online library by using an internet browser: <a href=\"https:\/\/posthub.sws.siemens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/posthub.sws.siemens.com\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about NX CAM Post Hub or the provided postprocessors, please send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:posthub.plm@siemens.com\">posthub.plm@siemens.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NX CAM Post Hub&nbsp;is a modern, cloud-based solution for postprocessing. Free to NX CAM users, Post Hub enables a streamlined&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45091,"featured_media":2582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,162],"tags":[169,218,202,216],"industry":[],"product":[487],"coauthors":[11915],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-product-updates","tag-computer-aided-manufacturing-cam","tag-digital-machine-shop","tag-part-manufacturing","tag-postprocessing","product-nx-cam"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/02\/Siemens-NX-CAM-Post-Hub-can-be-access-through-the-post-processing-dialog-in-NX-CAM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5796,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions\/5796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-manufacturing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}