Job is rotated or mirrored

You see

You designed something on the canvas. The machine ran. The result on the material is the wrong way around: mirrored left-right, flipped top-bottom, or rotated 90°.

What is happening

An orientation mismatch can come from the machine profile, controller coordinates, or a transform in the artwork. Compare the canvas, Preview, and physical Frame to identify where the mismatch starts.

Fix

If the design is mirrored top-to-bottom

Check whether the profile's Origin matches the controller's coordinate convention and work offsets. Open Device Settings → Machine → Origin, then choose Bottom Left or Top Left as appropriate for that coordinate system. The homing-switch corner alone does not determine the correct choice.

Save the profile, check Preview, and frame the job before testing on scrap.

If the design is rotated 90°

The X / Y axes are swapped. Possible causes:

• Machine wired with motors swapped (rare after initial setup).
• A rotary attachment is still active and the project is set up for a flat bed.

Verify the machine moves the expected direction when you click Right in the Move panel, it should move the head right, not up.

If only one specific layer is rotated

Check the object and group transforms. Select the artwork and inspect the rotation field in the Properties controls. Reset it to 0 only if that rotation is unintended.

If the design is mirrored left-to-right

Check the artwork and Preview first. If jogging also moves in the wrong direction, review the machine wiring and controller configuration with the machine manufacturer's instructions. GRBL's $3 direction mask can be inspected through the Console; do not change it merely to compensate for mirrored artwork.

Verify it worked

• Frame walks the design's perimeter on the material in the expected direction.
• A test burn confirms orientation.

Still stuck?

• Workspace and origin guide.
• Job origin vs workspace origin.
• Coordinate systems.
• Post in the Facebook group with photos of canvas + result.