# Dimensions mirrored when exporting sketch

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684 "2020-02-18T10:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![staromistr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@staromistr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/staromistr)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/1 "2020-02-18T10:03:33Z")

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When i export a sketch with dimensions the dimension numbers are displayed as mirrored when I open the sketch. I have tried different tools for viewing to the export but they all display the text as mirrored? How can I avoid this? I have tried both dwg and dxg formats.

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/2 "2020-02-18T12:23:38Z")

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Hi, I just tested exporting a DWG file to Autocad and the dimensions aren’t mirrored.

To help our investigation please can you send us a screenshot of what you when you import the sketch file into a different CAD tool.

Thanks for your time and I will be looking forward to hearing from you.

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**Author:** ![staromistr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@staromistr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/staromistr)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/3 "2020-02-19T07:54:02Z")

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It says new users cant upload attachments.

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**Author:** ![staromistr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@staromistr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/staromistr)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/4 "2020-02-19T08:15:40Z")

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Here’s a download link [https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4pq5n4eda5pdlg/Mirrored.zip?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4pq5n4eda5pdlg/Mirrored.zip?dl=0)

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/5 "2020-02-19T09:23:44Z")

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Hi, thanks for sending the screenshots as requested.

The issue is with the camera positioning before the export. I see that you export the sketch from the top view and hence the dimensions get mirrored.

Please double-tap on the view cube to return to 3d view mode and then export the sketch using this view mode. Let me know if this help 🙂

 ![IMG_0336](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7cd6859db22d10761c6b64656eb611175480f758.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![staromistr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@staromistr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/staromistr)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/6 "2020-02-19T10:40:19Z")

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Thanks but it didn’t help, but I finally solved it by deleting the plane I was projecting onto. I think I had added it using the bottom view, when adding it from a the top view the numbers are no longer mirrored. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Shapr3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/victor_shapr3d/32/3502_2.png) [@Victor\_Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Victor_Shapr3D)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dimensions-mirrored-when-exporting-sketch/6684/7 "2020-02-19T14:09:55Z")

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It’s great to know you found a way to get around the issue 🙂