API export DXF always mirrored

API export DXF always mirrored

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API export DXF always mirrored

TA.Fehr
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Is there a way to mirror the DXF created via the oDataIO.WriteDataToFile(sOut, DXFSource) process?
I'm able to automate my dxf exports, but any time there is text, the letters are always reversed.

Has anyone run into this issue?

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bradeneuropeArthur
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To my understanding the text is also mirrored.

What do you exactly need?

It is not fully clear to me I assume!

 

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TA.Fehr
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We routinely send dxf's off to a laser engraving facility. So each time we have to ensure that the part is mirrored so that any text is correctly created. This is done by opening AutoCad and mirroring the dxf.

I was hoping for an option to mirror the part before or after the automated dxf is created to avoid this manual step.

It would also do the same thing if I were able to select the opposite face that the text is on for dxf export so that it would un-mirror during creation, but I can't tell how the faces are picked in the initial command.

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