Origin doesn't move to center of page

[Davide]

VW 9.0.1 Architect Windows 2000

It happened a couple times on 2 different files. I already have objects on my layers.

I set the origin to be on the center of the drawing (gray box, drawing area) with the menu command. It won’t do it; the origin 0,0 will be somewhere close to it but off, so that my references are not aligned. I’ve tried re-setting the origin switching every layer (different scales), but same result. I had to manually (bull-eying) reset it so to have the referenced title block to appear where I wanted.

Usually this doesn’t happen with new/empty files. Is it a bug or there is something I don’t know…. just when I thought I knew everything?

Thanks.

[Matthew Giampapa]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, it would help if it could be reproduced consistently.

Anyway, here is a trick, use the set origin command to set the origin to the center of the drawing. This will put the origin at the original 0,0. Now to move the page outline back to center is hard to do, but if you select the move page tool and then double click it (the tool in the pallet), it will center the page at the drawing center as well.

This should put you back to the same place as a new blank file and persevere any work you did.

Matthew GiampapaTechnical Support

quote:

---

Originally posted by Giovanni:

VW 9.0.1 Architect Windows 2000 It happened a couple times on 2 different files. I already have objects on my layers.I set the origin to be on the center of the drawing (gray box, drawing area) with the menu command. It won’t do it; the origin 0,0 will be somewhere close to it but off, so that my references are not aligned. I’ve tried re-setting the origin switching every layer (different scales), but same result. I had to manually (bull-eying) reset it so to have the referenced title block to appear where I wanted. Usually this doesn’t happen with new/empty files. Is it a bug or there is something I don’t know…. just when I thought I knew everything? Thanks.

---

[TiTaNiuM sAMuRai]

Ensure that, once selecting Page, 'Set Origin...', that you have selected 'Set Origin to Drawing Centre' instead of 'Set Origin to Next Mouse Click'. I'd be interested in knowing if the layers' origins still aren't aligned, after doing this...

[Davide]

Thanks Matthew, that helped.

For Samurai, I do use the set origin

to center of Drawing option, no mouse click. Still origin won't match the ideal middle point of the gray box diagonal, on this specific file only.

[TiTaNiuM sAMuRai]

Maybe you've already done this, but does double-clicking the 'Move Page' tool button help? Regardless of where it is, the double-click should centre the page outline on the origin exactly.

[Guest]

Matthew is correct. The page is independent of the ruler origin starting with VW9. Both the page and the ruler origin are relative to the internal origin (called drawing center in the set origin dialog). To return the ruler origin to its original state, use the set to drawing center option. To return the page to its original position, double-click the move page tool.