0,0,0 coordinates moving in view

[lbellino4]

Hello.

Hope someone can help with this. I have a drawing where I checked my UCSICON setting to make sure it was at the origin and I also make sure the UCS icon was at the 0,0,0 coordinates. But for some reason in the front view only, it moves up which you'll see if the first image below. This is the only view that it moves up. All the rest of the views, it is at it's correct location and height. How do I fix this in the front view where this icon should be at the same height as the rest of the views? Thanks in advance.

Note: I'm using AutoCAD 2022

[pendean]

Share your DWG file here please.

[lbellino4]

"test" is the drawing I'm referring to. The other drawing is the Xref that is in that drawing. Thanks for your help.

[paullimapa]

For Front View, did you try selected that from View Manager (VIEW command)

[Valentin_CAD]

@lbellino4 ,

Click on the UCS and Reset to World.

[pendean]

As noted here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/0-0-0-coordinates-moving-in-view/m-p/11896008#M1103481  

[lbellino4]

I've done this and it does move it to the 0,0,0 coordinates, but will not stay. So for example, if I move between views and go back to front, it's no longer at world. Is normal that when you go between views (front, back, side, etc) it takes it out of "world" and I have to reset it every time? It gets very annoying if that's the case? 

[lbellino4]

In the image attached, this is how I change between views in the drawing.

[pendean]

If I insert your TEST file into a new blank file, that UCS icon remains where it needs to be too. See attached.

[dmfrazier · Accepted solution]

I don't know if this duplicates any previous response, but try this:

When I opened your DWG, this was set to "Yes".

[lbellino4]

Thanks...that worked!

[ChicagoLooper]

Hello @lbellino4 

You're confusing WCS and UCS or World Coordinate System and User Coordinate System. The latter is, as the title suggests, is a coordinate system determined entirely by you, the user (red, green and blue axes), whereas the former is permanent (white with a small square at the intersection of the x- and y-axis) and is invisible unless you're at TOP view in 2D wireframe mode.

UCS icon. 

World Coordinate System (WCS) icon is visible from top view, 2D wireframe. mode.

<<HINT: the small white square at the x/y intersection is a dead giveaway when making sure you're viewing a WCS icon.>>

You can't delete, move or rotate the WCS. You can, however, create another coordinate system called a UCS where you can pick the origin, rotate it, move it, and apply to different views. You typically create a UCS to establish your working plane. You can establish, more than one UCS in your drawing. You can even apply a different UCS to each individual viewport regardless of how many VPs you have on a layout tab. To keep track of multiple UCS's, AutoCAD allows you to name each UCS. 

You can switch back at forth between WCS and UCS at will.

The UCS can be temporary or permanent. If it's permanent, you can still choose to delete it at a later time. The UCS allows you, the user,  to control your working plane.

The icons you've circled in your opening post is not the WCS icon, its your 'working plane' icon or your UCS. Don't be alarmed, your WCS, the global coordinate system in your drawing, is not moving.