https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Fill-origin-moving-in-DWG/m-p/30500#M66190 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I recently had a project that was a collaboration between our firm and another architectural firm using Autocad. We drew the reflected ceiling plans using Archicad and used fills with a user defined origin for the suspended ceiling grid. Now during construction the contractor asked for a DWG file for the sprinkler contractor to use in laying out the head locations. I agreed and proceeded to open the file and publish a dwg - an easy and quick procedure. Anyway when the file was opened the grid had shifted and I had the grid running through my light fixtures. I looked like an idiot. I had also published a PDF from our plotmaker file, so at least I could show that it was drawn correctly. <BR /> I remember that this was a problem in the past, but I thought this had been corrected. I'm sure that the problem has something to do with the sharing of the files from AutoCad, but at this late date I cannot trackdown how it was drawn. It's possible that the fills originally came from the AutoCad using firm and were not originally Archicad.</T></DIV> Tue, 30 May 2023 11:53:38 GMT Anonymous 2023-05-30T11:53:38Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Fill-origin-moving-in-DWG/m-p/30500#M66190 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>I recently had a project that was a collaboration between our firm and another architectural firm using Autocad. We drew the reflected ceiling plans using Archicad and used fills with a user defined origin for the suspended ceiling grid. Now during construction the contractor asked for a DWG file for the sprinkler contractor to use in laying out the head locations. I agreed and proceeded to open the file and publish a dwg - an easy and quick procedure. Anyway when the file was opened the grid had shifted and I had the grid running through my light fixtures. I looked like an idiot. I had also published a PDF from our plotmaker file, so at least I could show that it was drawn correctly. <BR /> I remember that this was a problem in the past, but I thought this had been corrected. I'm sure that the problem has something to do with the sharing of the files from AutoCad, but at this late date I cannot trackdown how it was drawn. It's possible that the fills originally came from the AutoCad using firm and were not originally Archicad.</T></DIV> Tue, 30 May 2023 11:53:38 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Fill-origin-moving-in-DWG/m-p/30500#M66190 Anonymous 2023-05-30T11:53:38Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Fill-origin-moving-in-DWG/m-p/30501#M66191 Was the building modelled very far from the global origin ?<BR /> This might be causing the problem. We had a building modelled 60km away from the origin in one project and the fills were out of place in DWG files exactly like in your project. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:39:28 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/Fill-origin-moving-in-DWG/m-p/30501#M66191 Anonymous 2006-07-31T12:39:28Z