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slic3r slices a mirror image of my cad drawings

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GITRDUN

slic3r slices a mirror image of my cad drawings
May 17, 2012 09:08AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 253

Any ideas what is causing this. If i slice an .stl that i download from the internet it runs fine, if i create a model myself and slice it then it prints a mirror image. I am using Bobcad for model creation. The only way i found to correct it is to create my model and then mirror image the model in bobcad before i slice it.

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Sublime

Re: slic3r slices a mirror image of my cad drawings
May 17, 2012 02:50PM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 2,947

Sounds like your coordinates are set incorrectly in BOBcad. RepRap expects Z+ to be up X+ to be to the right and Y+ to be away from you.

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raldrich

Re: slic3r slices a mirror image of my cad drawings
June 03, 2012 12:33AM

Registered: 12 years ago
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I'm wondering if your printer is set up with one axis backwards. Find a model on thingiverse with text (the LasVegas sign comes to mind), slice it and view the sliced model in pronterface. Is it reversed? Print it. Is it reversed?

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Simba

Re: slic3r slices a mirror image of my cad drawings
November 05, 2012 11:33AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 482

reversed motors leads and endstop during machine construction?

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tmorris9

Re: slic3r slices a mirror image of my cad drawings
November 11, 2012 03:34AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 1,171

OP posted "If i slice an .stl that i download from the internet it runs fine" so if this is correct then it's not motor wires, or the printer axis setup wrong.

I would vote for what Sublime said. BOBcad must use a reversed coordinate system.