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How do I set origin point for attach xref easily

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edenbU7RGS
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How do I set origin point for attach xref easily

edenbU7RGS
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I want to pick a point in my drawing so when ill insert it to another drawing as an Xref it will be from that point i picked. 

now when im insert my drawing is far away

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How do I set origin point for attach xref easily

I want to pick a point in my drawing so when ill insert it to another drawing as an Xref it will be from that point i picked. 

now when im insert my drawing is far away

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apjones
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Use the "BASE" Command in the file you want to reference into the other file and select a new "origin" reference point..
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Use the "BASE" Command in the file you want to reference into the other file and select a new "origin" reference point..
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Kent1Cooper
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The BASE command / INSBASE System Variable [read about them in Help].

Kent Cooper, AIA
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The BASE command / INSBASE System Variable [read about them in Help].

Kent Cooper, AIA
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edenbU7RGS
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edenbU7RGS
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I want to set this intersection of those 2 grids as a basepoint.

the big numbers next to the command shouldn't be 0,0,0?

edenbU7RGS_0-1710428362808.png

 

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I want to set this intersection of those 2 grids as a basepoint.

the big numbers next to the command shouldn't be 0,0,0?

edenbU7RGS_0-1710428362808.png

 

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pendean
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@edenbU7RGS wrote:

I want to set this intersection of those 2 grids as a basepoint.

the big numbers next to the command shouldn't be 0,0,0?


Why would you assume that please? Are you confident UCSICON command set to ORIGIN for example?

pendean_0-1710430900505.png

 

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@edenbU7RGS wrote:

I want to set this intersection of those 2 grids as a basepoint.

the big numbers next to the command shouldn't be 0,0,0?


Why would you assume that please? Are you confident UCSICON command set to ORIGIN for example?

pendean_0-1710430900505.png

 

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edenbU7RGS
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edenbU7RGS
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in that case i dont care about the coordinate. just to pick the point that i will insert it to another drawing.

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in that case i dont care about the coordinate. just to pick the point that i will insert it to another drawing.

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Kent1Cooper
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@edenbU7RGS wrote:

in that case i dont care about the coordinate. just to pick the point that i will insert it to another drawing.


That's exactly what the BASE command is for.

Kent Cooper, AIA


@edenbU7RGS wrote:

in that case i dont care about the coordinate. just to pick the point that i will insert it to another drawing.


That's exactly what the BASE command is for.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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edenbU7RGS
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edenbU7RGS
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ok so i opened new drawing file and draw two lines and set the insert section of them as a base point.

then i opened one more new drawing file and attached the drawing with the two lines and insert it on the 0,0,0 insertion point and it worked perfect! but with the drawing file i mentioned in the first post here it didnt work and i trying to understand why. do you have an idea? i've attached the etransmit file.

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ok so i opened new drawing file and draw two lines and set the insert section of them as a base point.

then i opened one more new drawing file and attached the drawing with the two lines and insert it on the 0,0,0 insertion point and it worked perfect! but with the drawing file i mentioned in the first post here it didnt work and i trying to understand why. do you have an idea? i've attached the etransmit file.

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Kent1Cooper
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I used BASE to define a base point in your sample drawing, and Inserted that into another drawing with exactly the expected result -- the point I had specified was the insertion base point used to Insert it.

 

Could your problem have something to do with the fact that things are drawn over 70 million drawing units away from the 0,0 origin?  [Since your drawing unit appears to be a centimeter, that's over 700 kilometers!  Or, it's over 1.5 times the entire east-west length of my home state of Pennsylvania.]  Does it help if you Move everything closer to the origin?

 

EDIT:  By the way, having things so far from the origin can cause other kinds of errors, too, because AutoCAD can only keep track of a certain number of significant figures for numerical values.  So you should Move things closer to the origin even if it doesn't solve this problem.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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I used BASE to define a base point in your sample drawing, and Inserted that into another drawing with exactly the expected result -- the point I had specified was the insertion base point used to Insert it.

 

Could your problem have something to do with the fact that things are drawn over 70 million drawing units away from the 0,0 origin?  [Since your drawing unit appears to be a centimeter, that's over 700 kilometers!  Or, it's over 1.5 times the entire east-west length of my home state of Pennsylvania.]  Does it help if you Move everything closer to the origin?

 

EDIT:  By the way, having things so far from the origin can cause other kinds of errors, too, because AutoCAD can only keep track of a certain number of significant figures for numerical values.  So you should Move things closer to the origin even if it doesn't solve this problem.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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pendean
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@edenbU7RGS wrote:

...i've attached the etransmit file.


Thanks for sharing your file: this is the "origin point" in the DWG in your ZIP file

pendean_0-1710526807387.png

 

pendean_1-1710526826594.png

 

pendean_2-1710526845946.png

 

pendean_3-1710526897229.png

 

Where do you actually want your "origin point" to be please? I assume somewhere near here

pendean_4-1710526950294.png

 

Let us know.

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@edenbU7RGS wrote:

...i've attached the etransmit file.


Thanks for sharing your file: this is the "origin point" in the DWG in your ZIP file

pendean_0-1710526807387.png

 

pendean_1-1710526826594.png

 

pendean_2-1710526845946.png

 

pendean_3-1710526897229.png

 

Where do you actually want your "origin point" to be please? I assume somewhere near here

pendean_4-1710526950294.png

 

Let us know.

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