I'm sure the problem has to be my brain is broken and just not putting the pieces of this method together correctly. I've poured over almost a dozen different threads and somehow nobody else on the forum has come across this problem.
I'm trying to mirror programs written for left hand parts for the opposing right hand parts cutting my programming in half. The problem i am having is that after i mirror the program and run the manual alignment the DCC features seem to rotate 180ofrom the model. Before running the mirrored program all features appear to align to the CAD. All of the feature theos still say they exist in a Y+ axis yet the machine still travels in the Y- trying to find the features where they appear rotated 180 from the model. I'm assuming this has to be due the machine mirroring. Although the part is symmetrical and would have to be mirrored in X, its orientation on the CMM would be the same for both the left hand and right hand parts, so my brain truly cant comprehend why i would mirror the machine to make this work correctly. below is what I'm trying to accomplish. Has anyone ever had issues with this or am i just being dumb?trying_to_mirror.png
I'm trying to mirror programs written for left hand parts for the opposing right hand parts cutting my programming in half. The problem i am having is that after i mirror the program and run the manual alignment the DCC features seem to rotate 180ofrom the model. Before running the mirrored program all features appear to align to the CAD. All of the feature theos still say they exist in a Y+ axis yet the machine still travels in the Y- trying to find the features where they appear rotated 180 from the model. I'm assuming this has to be due the machine mirroring. Although the part is symmetrical and would have to be mirrored in X, its orientation on the CMM would be the same for both the left hand and right hand parts, so my brain truly cant comprehend why i would mirror the machine to make this work correctly. below is what I'm trying to accomplish. Has anyone ever had issues with this or am i just being dumb?trying_to_mirror.png
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