From 046c555c9ee99a84d9b07cb2917c8430e4fbfee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sliptonic <shopinthewoods@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:35:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add generic post processor

---
 src/Mod/CAM/CMakeLists.txt                    |  1 +
 src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/scripts/generic_post.py | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/scripts/generic_post.py

diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/CAM/CMakeLists.txt
index f60574ded5..7126118b91 100644
--- a/src/Mod/CAM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ SET(PathPythonPostScripts_SRCS
     Path/Post/scripts/fanuc_post.py
     Path/Post/scripts/fangling_post.py
     Path/Post/scripts/gcode_pre.py
+    Path/Post/scripts/generic_post.py
     Path/Post/scripts/grbl_post.py
     Path/Post/scripts/heidenhain_post.py
     Path/Post/scripts/jtech_post.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/scripts/generic_post.py b/src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/scripts/generic_post.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b4ec2482a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/Path/Post/scripts/generic_post.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2024 Ondsel <development@ondsel.com>                    *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+import os
+from Path.Post.Processor import PostProcessor
+import Path
+import FreeCAD
+
+Path.Log.setLevel(Path.Log.Level.INFO, Path.Log.thisModule())
+
+translate = FreeCAD.Qt.translate
+
+debug = True
+if debug:
+    Path.Log.setLevel(Path.Log.Level.DEBUG, Path.Log.thisModule())
+    Path.Log.trackModule(Path.Log.thisModule())
+else:
+    Path.Log.setLevel(Path.Log.Level.INFO, Path.Log.thisModule())
+
+
+class Generic(PostProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, job):
+        super().__init__(
+            job,
+            tooltip=translate("CAM", "Generic post processor"),
+            tooltipargs=["arg1", "arg2"],
+            units="kg",
+        )
+        Path.Log.debug("Generic post processor initialized")
+
+    def export(self):
+        Path.Log.debug("Exporting the job")
+
+        postables = self._buildPostList()
+        Path.Log.debug(f"postables count: {len(postables)}")
+
+        g_code_sections = []
+        for idx, section in enumerate(postables):
+            partname, sublist = section
+
+            # here is where the sections are converted to gcode.
+            g_code_sections.append((idx, partname))
+
+        return g_code_sections
+
+    @property
+    def tooltip(self):
+
+        tooltip = """
+        This is a generic post processor. 
+        It doesn't do anything yet because we haven't immplemented it.
+
+        Implementing it would be a good idea
+        """
+        return  tooltip
+
+    @property
+    def tooltipArgs(self):
+        argtooltip = """
+        --arg1: This is the first argument
+        --arg2: This is the second argument
+
+        """
+        return argtooltip
+
+    @property
+    def units(self):
+        return self._units