[Jeff@janed]

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

[ger21]

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

There may be issues with this, though.

[Dorsal]

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.