redefine block origin
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Hi, I have a client site 3D .dwg model, likely exported from plant/structural software that I want to get into Inventor via .stp format.
I can export from ACAD Mechanical to stp and import into Inventor however I have issues with the origin location being far away (100's of km away from the model geometry) causing issues in Inventor:
If I explode all the blocks and move the 3d solid objects close to the origin in the dwg, then export to stp, this fixes the origin distance issue but I lose the assembly structure and just get a single part.
If I don't explode and just move the blocks to the origin in the top level, it does not fix the issue since the geometry in the block definition is still far from the block origin (per the 1st image) but I get the assembly structure in Inventor from the blocks.
Is there anyway to redefine / move the origin in the top level and have that propagate into all the inserted blocks so I can fix the origin distance issue and still preserve the blocks / assembly structure?