They had their ways, though, and were most likely not going to get a 3,4,5,or 11 axis lathe ever, nor were they ever going to get a 5 axis mill. The owners were great businessmen, and awesome machinists. I worked (grew up )in a shop that ran a bunch of 2 axis lathes and 3&4 axis mills. That is a fair enough question, and an easy enough answer. I will agree Mastercam V9 was a great lathe package in its day. No support for mill turn, sub spindle or twin turret. The last major upgrade for lathe was the ability to verify and show round boring bars.this was last year folks.not 1982.Īs well Mastercam lathe is very dead end right now.

Told us to just import a dxf profile from the solidworks drawing file? Cutting edge. My dealer couldn't get it to work in X4 for us. You can use WCS but I am not sure it works very well for lathe. If you don't have solids you cant move a solid to the correct position to machine it. It is not the norm to have your dealer support the product without maintenance. John u are always negative.we get it already that you are not happy with mastercam.BTW u dont need solids to use lathe.I use lathe just fine without it and have no issues.I have a stand alone seat of just lathe and it cost 5K.I have no maintence and i still get help from my reseller as i need it with posts and other questions.Lathe is a great product to use.I would reccomend it to anyone that is serious about getting good code and making good parts with a lathe.I am only sharing my experience with people so they can get an understanding of what they are in for.