BillsburgChief Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Just curious, does anyone use the Origin Indicator in the Coordinate System? Am I missing anything? I just noticed it popping up in my v17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 I use it. There are a bunch of settings in preferences so that you can turn it off if you don't want it or change when and how it shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsburgChief Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, DBCooper said: I use it. There are a bunch of settings in preferences so that you can turn it off if you don't want it or change when and how it shows. Yes, I found out how to turn it off in preferences. But what do you use it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeGia Posted Friday at 01:36 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:36 PM It's best to keep your plan close to the origin. If you get too far away from the origin, Chief struggles to model correctly. I have always located the bottom left corner of my plan at the origin. It makes it easier to copy/paste between plans, flip plans, all/most items are located are in the plus direction, easier math, plus the above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted Friday at 08:34 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:34 PM Knowing where the origin of the drawing space can be useful for lots of reasons but Maureen brings up a good point that you don't want to be too far away from it. One reason I like to know where the origin is comes up when I am working on something in a cad detail and I want to use x/y coordinates to layout something accurately. It helps when you need to open a dialog that has coordinates when you know where the origin is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProPlan_2011 Posted Tuesday at 06:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:09 PM Can the origin indicator be moved, versus moving the plan around it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted Tuesday at 07:48 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:48 PM (edited) No. Edit area is one way to move the whole plan around since you can move all floors at once. There are a few things it doesn't move though. Select all and transform/replicate is another tool that can help in other cases. Edited Tuesday at 10:25 PM by DBCooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted Tuesday at 10:58 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:58 PM Is the origin "x" indicator equivalent to placing a drawing at 0,0,0 in AutoCad?. Just curious, and if so how is that helpful to us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiAngelo Posted Tuesday at 11:47 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:47 PM HELPFUL #1 The files we receive from surveyors are based on the distance from a state plane's origin (0,0, altitude). There are 124 state planes in the US. Long story short, they eliminate having to account for the curvature of the earth over longer distances. Here in Ohio we have two state planes, 3401 and 3402. We build in both. A plot plan created and exported for 3401 will appear correctly on a gis map (including google) if you tie it to 3401 state plane. We have a new project in 3402 out near Lake Choctaw, London Ohio. We shot the property pins. Imported DXF to Chief, drew our plot plan, foundation, driveway location and then exported a dxf from Chief and imported it into our 3402 based project file. We walked the site last week, verified the property pins still matched up amd then staked our foundation and driveway centerlines. Here's what happens when you import the dxf into a 3401 based project. Notice the plot plan appears up in Toledo Ohio on Rogers street, southwest of the intersection of Woodville Rd & Navarre Ave. Thats how helpful the origin is in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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