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Random Origin Point

Gerry Leonor
Advisor

why does this random User Origin Point appear when i sometimes try to move another element that's nowhere near it? there are times when this random Origin Point appears hundreds of meters away.

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It affects the parallel constraints when i try to drag things because it adds another vector which causes it to not align things properly.

 

These are my current settings that have to do with constraints:

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upon doing some quick testing, it seems to occur when i'm trying to do a Drag operation where i press Shift too quickly & it seems to be confused because it creates a parallel snap guide line from where i did the first Drag click & it also the random Origin Point.

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

That looks like the user origin (ALT+SHIFT and touch a node is the shortcut to place it in Windows).

But that will usually disappear when you select and drag an element.

 

Check your tracker settings.

These are mine ...

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The 'Relative Coordinates in Tracker' being off is what is causing the link to the user origin.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Barry Kelly
Moderator

That looks like the user origin (ALT+SHIFT and touch a node is the shortcut to place it in Windows).

But that will usually disappear when you select and drag an element.

 

Check your tracker settings.

These are mine ...

BarryKelly_0-1661822694416.png

 

BarryKelly_1-1661822707858.png

 

The 'Relative Coordinates in Tracker' being off is what is causing the link to the user origin.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Gerry Leonor
Advisor

odd -- i checked & had the Relative Coords turned on. So i don't know why it was showing the phantom origin point.

 

but i toggled it on/off & tested if the phantom origin point appeared or not. you're right -- the phantom point only appears when Relative Coords is off. But i don't know why it was messing up prior to your response. I wonder if this is something that's toggled when switching between Work Environments or something that resets after a New & Reset operation is performed. i didn't think it would be.

 

I'll keep an eye on it. thank you.

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