I tried the procedure described by Bob Hedrick, CNC Software Canada, which he posted 6-29-07 in response to the Topic “lathe programming & WCS”, take a look. It seems to work but it still acts “flaky” e.g. loses the stock boundary, and other things, which seem to be random. I then tried an older version X2SP1 and it looks like it might work. I called Mastercam tech support and they said Bob Hedrick was the person who should know because it is his project. I have e-mailed Bob but have not gotten a response back yet.

Hi, I just started using the X2 Basic Lathe module; using solidworks to create my models. It seems like the Lathe module expects me to use the mastercam origin and does not behave properly if not used. I thought I would be able to use the milling and lathe in the same “.mcx” file as the literature led me to believe, but it seems to get very complicated to do a 2nd op, (unless I translate the part with “FLIP” on a different level). I am beginning to think the best way to do lathe operations is in two separate files. Being somewhat of a novice at this, it very probably is something I am doing incorrectly. Could someone please point me in the right direction as to books, info, or whatever?