Lathe WCS

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

Hey,

 

Do you guys normally leave your lathe in the top plane, or put it in D+Z+ (Top)? I have some strange things going on with my lathe toolpaths and just relating it to WCS things....maybe I set it up wrong to start with....

 

Thanks!

[Mcam Nut]

Our machine is probally alot different from yours, but the only lathe here that we use mastercam for, I set my planes to what is called lathe upper left [top] 1. I think this is the same as D+Z+ (Top). I dont have a default lathe setup, so I cant really test it.

[Mike@Dive Lab Inc.]

I always use D+Z+, you can also check your turret& chuck settings to make sure they match your machine

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

McamNut, do you do any lathe/mill stuff (live tooling)? This is likely where our stuff might take a different pattern because I have to facemill (contour) around the outside of my part and have it set on D+Z+ (Top) I get a horrible jumble.

 

I am wondering if D+Z+ (Right Side) is where I should be at....

[Mcam Nut]

I am talking about a 5 axis mill turn machine, when I work on the face (milling) i do use the right plane for the main spindle.

[Post dept]

Lathe and WCS don't play nice together since lathe has a bunch of mapping based on toolplanes.

 

Always use top WCS and just select toolplanes accordingly for lathe!

 

Brett

[DavidB]

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I am wondering if D+Z+ (Right Side) is where I should be at.

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D+Z is NOT right side palne!

 

 

For turning use Top C/T plane.

 

When you use your live tooling to drill a hole through a diameter like in your other thread set CT plane to Back.

 

When face machining with Live tooling set the CT plane to Right side.

 

Using the D+Z Cplane makes it easier to creat geom because you can work in Diameter instead of Radial when drawing geom.

 

HTH

[DavidB]

Millingman,

I asume your machine has an upper turret!

[Randy Morton @ Clem Industrial]

Yes my machine has an upper turret. See, this kind of info should be in the tutorial book. It's really is a pain to be trying to do something for so long and not have it work, even though the book says it should....

 

I do appreciate all the help, guys. But, unfortunatly this job I had to do won't be done for a while. We had a sub chuck in the lathe yesterday and it cracked and basically exploded. Lots of damage. It really sucks.

 

But thanks anyways!!!