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    New here with a question

    Hey,
    First I wanted to introduce myself, my name is Jeff and I live in NY. I have been programming a water jet for the past 10 years with Sigma nest. We recently purchased a Mach 3 Mill and I am trying to get up to speed programming it. I use Bob Cad for the drawing.

    My question is, is there an easy way to mirror a program on the Mach. I can rotate it on the Z axis but would like to flip it on the X axis. This would save me a lot of programming time as I have many parts that I can use it for.

    Thanks Jeff


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    Try scaling the X axis by -1. Use the Xscale DRO.

    There may be issues with this, though.
    Gerry

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    Are you trying to rotate a solid model, a 2D drawing or do you just want to flip X in the CNC cut file?
    If it were me, I'd use the flattened model in 2D, flip the model on X and then regenerate the .cnc file for the new orientation. Or I'd create mirror images in the model file and generate a .cnc file that had the code both the "positive" and "negative" parts.
    By the way, change the title of your first post to something like "Question about flipping the X axis in a model" so tthe title reflects the content. Most forum users won't look at your non-descript thread to see if they have an answer.
    Last edited by Dorsal; 08-27-2010 at 02:46 PM. Reason: suggestion


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