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So where is the true center of a triangle? I don't think it's where VW is telling me it is. Is there some setting I need to change? Please look at the attached screen shot. I drew a 30,60,90 triangle. I do believe the true center is the intersection of the lines that bisect each corner. See the other attached screen shot.

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My understanding is Vectorworks doesn't see triangles as triangles but rather as polygons. The centre you snap to is actually the centre of the bounding box for the "polygon". Try rotating the triangle and you'll see the "centre" moves.

I would agree that the true centre is found using the bisectors as you've shown in your second example. I have also used Model>Engineering Properties to place a locus at the centre of objects. It seems to work in the case of your triangle.

Kevin

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