lathe programming & wcs

[Ashan]

I always use the top view for lathe programming

I like to know whether we can use wcs set same as milling on lathe programming

Foe example 1st setup use top view for lathe programming and second setup the bottom view 2nd setup programming

Now I always mirror the piece to program

Please someone give me some idea whether we can program same as milling using view manager

[crazy^millman]

Have you tried it to see what happens? That is most times how I find out if things work or not in Mastercam. I have used them for position moves in Top but not for different views so not sure.

 

HTH

[Chris Rizzo]

wcs doesn't work with lathe

[Ashan]

when I was tring the Mastercam crashed so I give up now.

When I get some time I will try and see

 

thanks

[88Matt]

To repeat what Chris said:

 

quote:

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wcs doesn't work with lathe

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Don't bother.

[Bob Hedrick]

WCS does work in Lathe X2. There IS a serious bug in X2MR1 which causes problems with stock definition that has been rectified in X2MR2.

X2 and X2 SP1 should be fine. I programmed this part in X2 using the LatheZ = WorldZ WCS and the 'Bottom' view relative to it for the back work.

SBC Billet Aluminum Crankshaft Pulley

 

The drawback to using WCS for back work is that you have to redefine the lathe stock manually for the back side. A feature to automate this is planned for a future release.

 

Notes:

- You must create a separate machine group for each WCS programmed.

- The Stock View on the Machine Group Properties Stock page must match your WCS.

[Bryan Johnson]

Ashan,

"Stock Flip" may be what you are looking for.

[gcode]

Bob... would mind putting your file on the FTP

or emailing it to me?? Every time I've tried

LatheZ=World WCS its ended in disaster

[Ashan]

Bob

If you email to Gcode Please send me copy to me.

I still have problem with lathe wcs setup

Your Notes give good advice

Have good long weekend

Thanks

[Bob Hedrick]

Check out CRANKSHAFT PULLEY TOOLPATHS.MCX in the MCX2_Files folder on the FTP. The Mill and Lathe toolpaths are each in a different WCS and all programmed using the same part geometry.