Very weird one…I have just assembled my ANET A8. And so far it’s been Fantastic, it has helped in having some engineering and electronics background I think.
I have now after a few test prints figured out my optimal print settings for temp, infill, etc.
However - when I tried to print the Semi-circular Fan duct it printed mirror image. Per the attached image.
So I immediately created a small model with a Key notch out of the bottom left (Closest Home position to compare.) and it Printed that notch in exactly that position…
I thought perhaps when I exported from Sktechup that the import into Repetier the position was rotated…However that is irrelevant as it is just the positional axis and wouldn’t obviously Flip the image.
When I looked at the Slic3r copy it was fine - but somehow the A8 has flipped the image. For anything symmetrical of course this is irrelevant, but for this part it doesn’t fit on the squirrel blower… circular.gcode 4
I have attached both gcodes of the Blower and Mirror test I did.
Any thoughts would be appreciated before I go into trying bigger prints and wasting filament.
It is Not an Axis issue with steppers either When I HOME the Printer it places the Bed to the back of the printer which hits the cutoff switch, and Print head to the Far Left (again cutoff switch) and then Z axis the head comes level with bed (within .2mm according to having levelled it of course.) mirrortest.gcode (53.4 KB)
Did you try just printing it again and making sure that it wasn’t mirrored before hitting print? You should be able to tell on the first layer if it is mirrored.
It is easy to mirror items in most slicing software, you could have misclicked somewhere.
I printed some mirrored things in my first days printing, too.
Also, try other slicing software if your current workflow is magically flipping things somehow.
had this exact same problem when first setting up my printer.
the machine should home the x axis before the y axis before printing. I think you have it in reverse, switch the x and y motors where they are are plugged in to their respective sockets. you may have just switched the cables around
OK mozCORP - sorry for delay, have been printing since and not having too many problems - mainly trying to get best Extruder Temp, Speed, etc. settings without worrying about Axis…etc.
Found the issue - like you said X and Y. But it was due to the Cables themselves being swapped. SO I must have plugged the Y cable into the X motor and vice versa, so when I looked at Motherboard end it shows as in correct ports! The giveaway should have been that when I first turned it on weeks ago it tried to Home and the Stepper was just Grinding and grinding, I figured I had the Limit switches the wrong way around so I quickly swapped them over.
Now the way I figured it out tonight was I got Repetier talking to the Printer with USB (had port problems before…) and when clicking on X and Y axis to move the bed, etc. I noticed the wrong axis moving…AHAH!!! So when I looked at the Motors I had the right cables plugged in, but they were in the Wrong Motors, so swapped it around and did a HOME, and GRRRRIIIINNNNNDDDD…Oh crap…Panic - Depower, check the Switches and noticed they were actually in reverse>?!>?! So if I was paying attention when I built it I would have realised. But I suppose what made me overlook it was I didn’t know at that point which Axis was Y and X, since the instructions were lacking and had to rely on an Audioless Youtube video…
Anyway - All fixed now…Looking forward to printing off some Orientation specific Models now, without having to Slice them in reverse!
