Am I right to think that an object that's part of a solid subtraction or addition ought to have an absolute position, relative to the drawing origin?
In other words, say I draw solid (A) and solid (B). I subtract solid (B) from solid (A), to create a new solid, (A-B).
The void in solid (A-B) is obviously in the same position as where solid B was, before I performed the subtraction.
Now I edit solid (A-B) - I go into it and move the location of solid (B), and then I exit it, and of course, the void in solid (A-B) has now moved.
Now I go back into edit solid (A-B). I don't change anything, I just copy solid B. I exit solid (A-B), and I do a paste-in-place of the copy of solid B. That copy of solid B should appear exactly where the void is, right?
And this logic ought to hold, however many solids I subtract and add to each other ..... right?
But either I am losing my mind, or some solids I am constructing are not behaving like this. See for example the file attached to this post. It contains a solid subtraction. Edit the solid subtraction. Copy either of the two objects it's made up from, exit it, and do a paste-in-place. When I do this, the pasted-in-place object appears in an offset location.
Firstly, can anyone replicate this, and secondly, why is this happening?
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Am I right to think that an object that's part of a solid subtraction or addition ought to have an absolute position, relative to the drawing origin?
In other words, say I draw solid (A) and solid (B). I subtract solid (B) from solid (A), to create a new solid, (A-B).
The void in solid (A-B) is obviously in the same position as where solid B was, before I performed the subtraction.
Now I edit solid (A-B) - I go into it and move the location of solid (B), and then I exit it, and of course, the void in solid (A-B) has now moved.
Now I go back into edit solid (A-B). I don't change anything, I just copy solid B. I exit solid (A-B), and I do a paste-in-place of the copy of solid B. That copy of solid B should appear exactly where the void is, right?
And this logic ought to hold, however many solids I subtract and add to each other ..... right?
But either I am losing my mind, or some solids I am constructing are not behaving like this. See for example the file attached to this post. It contains a solid subtraction. Edit the solid subtraction. Copy either of the two objects it's made up from, exit it, and do a paste-in-place. When I do this, the pasted-in-place object appears in an offset location.
Firstly, can anyone replicate this, and secondly, why is this happening?
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