topic Re: Shorcut for User Origin in Modeling

Shorcut for User Origin

Anonymous — Wed, 26 May 2004 09:37:35 GMT

Is it possible to set up a keyboard shortcut for the user origin. I want to ultimately add the shortcut to my mouse button?

Dave

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Anonymous — Wed, 26 May 2004 10:15:20 GMT

I'm not quite sure what you want - there is a system shortcut for it - go to an endpoit, special snap point, etc., press Alt+Shift and click.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Link — Wed, 26 May 2004 14:28:58 GMT

press Alt+Shift and click.

You don't actually need to click - you simply need to hover over the desired node. I dont think we can assign this to a mouse/keyboard command.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Djordje — Wed, 26 May 2004 18:22:32 GMT

Link wrote:
press Alt+Shift and click.
You don't actually need to click - you simply need to hover over the desired node. I dont think we can assign this to a mouse/keyboard command.

Why assign a shortcut? Click on the origin icon in the coordinate box, then click where you want it, 2D or 3D.

Viola.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Link — Wed, 26 May 2004 19:07:22 GMT

Why assign a shortcut? Click on the origin icon in the coordinate box, then click where you want it, 2D or 3D.

I double click this to get the origin to reset, but think it's much quicker to use Shift+Alt to position it.

Different horses......

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Djordje — Wed, 26 May 2004 19:13:50 GMT

Link wrote:
I double click this to get the origin to reset, but think it's much quicker to use Shift+Alt to position it.

It is, except when you have more than one language keyboard layout installed; and that is the default shortcut

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

SeaGeoff — Wed, 26 May 2004 20:18:25 GMT

I mapped the user origin to one of the buttons on my track ball. Hover, click, super fast. I use it constantly and love it.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Anonymous — Thu, 27 May 2004 12:22:30 GMT

I mapped the user origin to one of the buttons on my track ball. Hover, click, super fast. I use it constantly and love it.

That's what i'm after - however the Microsoft Itellimouse software does not appear to let me add a keystroke for alt+shift

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 27 May 2004 12:26:30 GMT

I can imagine a case where a keyboard shortcut would be nice for setting the User Origin: when the point I want to set the User Origin is not a special point of an element already drawn on the Floor Plan. In this case I must click the User Origin button in the Coordinate Box, then specify the location of the User Origin by clicking somewhere. In this case I cannot use ALT-SHIFT. Pressing one key on the keyboard could be useful for that.
Laszlo

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Petros Ioannou — Thu, 27 May 2004 14:08:27 GMT

There is a difference in clicking the origin button and using alt+shift.
You can use alt+shift in the middle of a command (start a line and before completing it move the user origin). You cannot do this with the button.

Petros

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Anonymous — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:32:30 GMT

i know this is an old thread, but I am wondering why you would want to do this. Why do you move your origin point?

btw i stumbled on this because i was searching for a way to move my origin point since our engineers moved theirs and IFC import is off. (have since learned I can't).

back to the original question. why would you move your origin point? it's not really an origin point in the true sense, just for a quick reference point???

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Link — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:10:03 GMT

There are three types of origins:

Project Origin: can't be moved and is used as a inter-file reference point.

User Origin: can be moved and is what relative coordinates refer to.

Edit Origin: temporary origin that appears when creating or editing elements. Can also be moved for on-the-fly relative coordinates.

The three are distinctively different and I recommend researching them in the Reference Guide, as you're missing out on crucial and fundamental features.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Anonymous — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:37:59 GMT

thank you!

I appreciate the response. I am teaching myself archicad as i work through projects and pioneering the effort for our firm. I need all the help i can get. I'll make sure to check out the reference guide with respect to origin points.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Achille Pavlidis — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:50:30 GMT

I'm having the suspicion that my problem described here is project origin related...

So, my question is, how can I find the project origin in a given file?

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:01:08 GMT

If you are on the Floor Plan, the User Origin is shown with a black X.
The Project Origin is shown with a grey X.
This is true if these two are not in the same position.

Double click the Set User Origin button on the standard toolbar.
This will move the User Origin back to the Project Origin.
You may have to zoom out to find it.

Re: Shorcut for User Origin

Rod Jurich — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:03:26 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
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Double click the Set User Origin button on the standard toolbar.
This will move the User Origin back to the Project Origin.
You may have to zoom out to find it.

Achille, when importing a DWG surveyors drawing I would have to
do as Laszlo says but to make things easier I would draw a line
from x 0, y 0 and end the line in the visible window, then zoom all.

Some times the project origin was kilometres away.