Well today is not Tuesday and based on my previous post I
would say I am 3 days late for this AutoCAD tip. Well better late than never,
so let’s get started.
I
had some issues this week with importing a CAD detail into Revit. Revit gave an
error that the detail was way outside the import region. After a few tests I
quickly realized that the issue was with the detail not being anywhere close to
AutoCAD’s absolute 0,0,0 coordinates.
AutoCAD
by default on install has the coordinates set to relative and this prompted me
to make this video. Have you ever been stuck attempting to move objects within
AutoCAD to absolute 0,0 only to find that the object stayed in place? Well that
is because relative coordinates are set by default.
In
this video below I show a quick way to move objects from relative coordinates
to absolute 0,0,0 when relative is still set in the settings. I will also show
you how to change relative coordinates setting as default back to absolute.
Now
if that last sentence did not make any sense please watch the video I think I
did a better job explaining in the video.
