[PCB_FORUM] Re: Mirror dxf file?

You hit it right on the head Mitch!
Some of us used to do it in AutoCad, but our mechanical guy uses both ProE and Sim Cad.
When importing our "mirrored" bottom side (text backwards) dxf file into Sim cad...it would "skew" the ref des over parts. And supposedly there was a problem mirroring in ProE. Hard to believe!

We just had another mech guy prove that you can mirror in ProE!
Sorry for any confusion, but somebody here needs a ProE lesson I guess.

Thanks,
Mark

Mitch S. Morey wrote:

Agreed. If, in fact, you're OUTPUTTING the DXF file to a mechanical
package, leave it alone, and mirror it in the mechanical tool. It's simple
to do in ANY mechanical package.

Good day.



I don't know the answer to your question, but mirroring is so easy and
effective in autocad, that's where I do it.  Another thing I do in autocad
is hatch the pins for the assembly drawing, as they come over unfilled.
To
do this easily I export the pins on their own autocad layer, so that I can
grab them all to hatch solid.


Patrick Westfeldt, Jr.
North Boulder Circuit Design

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Salberg [mailto:msalberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:52 AM
To: Cadence User Group
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Mirror dxf file?

Hello all,
Is there a way to mirror a dxf file output?
We used to create a plot file, mirror on import to .brd, then dxf out.
This creates a DXF on pen layers.
We want to mirror all of the bottom side components, board outline,
etc...for the bottom side assembly drawing. But also would like to output
the DXF with real layers instead of pen layers.

Thanks,
Mark


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