Davide Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 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. Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 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. Quote Link to comment
TiTaNiuM sAMuRai Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 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... Quote Link to comment
Davide Posted November 20, 2001 Author Share Posted November 20, 2001 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. Quote Link to comment
TiTaNiuM sAMuRai Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 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. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 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. Quote Link to comment
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