https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106865#M56300 my god he's done it again... s2art you have this amazing ability to ... erm.. how should I say, prevent me from looking like a complete idiot in front of my bosses... thanks <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_cool.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> <BR /> cheers,<BR /> dan<BR /> <BR /> edit: yay... 200th post <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:45:24 GMT Anonymous 2006-01-10T19:45:24Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106863#M56298 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>I have an old(er) file that I'm working on, it was origrnally drawn in 6.5 by my predecessor and the X and Y coordinates are reversed, as in if I move left-to-right in plan my Y coordinate goes up, and if I move bottom-to-top in plan the X coordinate goes up, this is rather irritating when I'm trying to position things relative to the user origin, and I have to forget everything I've been taught since grammar school maths <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_rolleyes.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> <BR /> any help would be appreciated.<BR /> cheers,<BR /> dan</R></DIV> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:30:59 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106863#M56298 Anonymous 2006-01-10T14:30:59Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106864#M56299 Could the skewed grid have been set with 0degrees up the screen? Is Orthogonal / skewed grid button down? Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:43:08 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106864#M56299 Anonymous 2006-01-10T19:43:08Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106865#M56300 my god he's done it again... s2art you have this amazing ability to ... erm.. how should I say, prevent me from looking like a complete idiot in front of my bosses... thanks <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_cool.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> <BR /> cheers,<BR /> dan<BR /> <BR /> edit: yay... 200th post <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:45:24 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106865#M56300 Anonymous 2006-01-10T19:45:24Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106866#M56301 Glad to help. Hope your bosses don't watch your progress on the forum <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_redface.gif" style="display : inline;" /> <BR /> Sometimes it's the simplest things that get overlooked.<BR /> <BR /> (Yay, 405...pieces of mostly useless information) Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:49:33 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/x-amp-y-coordinate-switched/m-p/106866#M56301 Anonymous 2006-01-10T19:49:33Z