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Re: Why do component location values not respect the grid origin?

 

But that only helps for dragging, not typing in values, right?

> On 13 May 2018, at 12:21, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Le 13/05/2018 à 13:03, Jeff Young a écrit :
>> So there’s no way to change the coordinates origin?  (Even for display/editing purposes?)
> 
> The space bar reset the *relative* coordinates origin.
> 
>> 
>>> On 13 May 2018, at 11:51, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Le 13/05/2018 à 12:48, Jeff Young a écrit :
>>>> For instance, if I have a component at (5,4) and I change the grid origin to (2,2) then I expect the component location to now be (3,2).  But it’s still (5,4).  Is there a reason for this?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes: the grid origin has nothing to do with the coordinates origin.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS-- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS



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