AutoCAD Architecture :: How To Change Base Point Of A Block
Jul 31, 2011I have lots of block in a file in different places. How to change the base point of that block with out changing the position of that?
View 1 RepliesI have lots of block in a file in different places. How to change the base point of that block with out changing the position of that?
View 1 Repliesis it possible to create a block so that the base point is the only snap point on the block?
In other words supose I have a block of a simple rectangle with the base point in the center.
If I try to snap to the block, I will be able to snap to all the corners, but not the base point. I know that i can put a point at the base point, but can I turn off the snap to the corners (just for the block) in other words, have an object that is unsnapable to without turning the snap mode off.
I'm inserting blocks into my drawing and the block has a basepoint and a 0,0,0 point. The CAD guy who usually works with me is off today but he has a keyboard method of switching between the 2 points when inserting the block.
Its a fairly straight forward thing on his keyboard, nothing he has set up but standard in autocad.
I've had a try hitting a few keyboard buttons this morning but can't seem to do it.
I want to move the base point of a block in the block editor. However, when I move it, the block moves accordingly in the drawing.
How can i move the base point in the editor, so that the block stays at the same position in the drawing.
I received a 3rd party drawing which contains a block to indicate directions. The block does not display its base point and I am unable to find it. why this block is not displaying the base point.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhat method of block base point selection do you mostly use:
Screen selction point
WCS 0,0,0 point
I have been using copy paste with base point on block from drawing to drawing but sometimes the block insert but it is not showing. I go to insert block is there but does not show in the drawing. Then tried to purge it and it does not let me because it is in the drawing but I can find it any where. Then I tried to do the insert block look for the block and inserted as a block and the same result.
View 3 Replies View Relatedwhen i export (or explode) my plan every window, doors etc... split in more "under-blocks", and that's ok. but i have a problem with the windows: after the explode command, one of the blocks inside (the one that shows the opening side) "jump" in the 0,0,0 coordinates point, but all the others remain in the right position.
PS: i think the problem is not in the window-block, because i tried it in another old file, and it works. and the autocad option are also always the same.
What's the difference between the "Point" Parameter and the "Base Point" Parameter in the Block Authoring Parameter Pallet?
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I have revived an old project that was started about 2 years ago. I went to attach my title block in paper space and the drawing was itty bitty.
Seemed unusual because in another layout the title block is there with the same page setups etc.
Then I looked at the block units and they were set to mm. Can it be changed? If so how? Or am I completely hooped?
ACA2011
Win7 64
I have created a library of dynamic blocks in AutoCad10. When I craeted them I could click on the Grip for a Linear Parameter that was associated with a Stretch Action and the current value would be displayed (Example: The width of a block). I could type in a new value and the block would stretch to that value. Something changed this week when I attempted to use my blocks. When I click on the Grip no dimension is displayed. The command line shows "Specify point location or [Base point/Undo/Exit]". I can drag the grip to change my block but I cannot simply type in a new dimension as before.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedCan I scale up a 100+ blocks at once and have each base point as the blocks insert point?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am just trying to migrate from VBA to VB.net, I want to know, how we can manipulate the Ctrl+Shift+C, in vb.net, if it is not possible at all, then what is the best way I can find the alternate to this.
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If I try to use the wblockclone() then, how do I control the location of the objectcollection when I clone it in my new drawing.
in other words, when I in the proces of clonning I should be able to specify a base point.
I am taking some AutoCAD classes at the local community college, using AutoCAD 2012.
Using previous versions of AutoCAD the copy with base point is in the on screen right click drop down window.
To use the Copy With Base Point The Clip Board icon needs to be selected. How to get the Copy with Base Point and other paste commands in the drop down window as in all previous versions.
How Can i Get the distance between two base point of any two block in any UCS and WCS
View 3 Replies View RelatedHaving problem of trying to Move, Copy, Stretch etc an object and instead of being able to select a base point...Displacement (which is the default at the command prompt) is somehow selected and your object goes off to coordinate points? It's probably just a setting or its my mouse, but I didn't change anything and I'm just starting to see the problem.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWe have upgraded to AutoCAD Mechanical 2012, and I am having a little trouble finding where AutoDesk has relocated a few of the 2009 commands.
Where is the new location for Copy With Base Point? I used to go EDIT > Copy With Base Point.
I am enjoying a lot of the new features of AM 2012. It will just take a while to get used to where everything is at.
Is it possible to copy text using a base point in an idw? As I have been doing for years in AutoCAD...
Inventor Professional 2014.
Windows 7 64 bit.
When I'm copying an object like a bubble note callout (number 1 with a circle around it) I want to be able to snap to the end of the text string so I can copy it uniformly and spaced evenly.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI encounter this.... after i select object for scaling, can't select base point.
View 2 Replies View RelatedCurrently, I have the base or insertion point of some of my blocks in an undesirable spot and I would like to move it. When I insert a drawing or block I have difficulty in placement due to a poor choice in the drawing or block I am trying to insert.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I download a drawing from some suppliers I find that I cannot do a "copy with base point" and paste that copy into my drawing except using "paste special" which leaves me with an unmanageable image. The source drawing has all the normal (it seems) attributes of a .dwg file and can be edited as a normal drawing; it just refuses to be "pasted" into my drawing. What am I missing here!
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am in the process of converting some static blocks to dynamic blocks. My procedure has been:
1) cut the drawing out of model space.
2) erase all
3) purge all
4) open the block editor and paste drawing in
5) set the base point to 0,0
But when I insert the block in another drawing the base point shifts. I have included the block (_beam.dwg) and the block inserted (dwg.dwg)
Why? I must be missing a setting, property or something.
I meet a problem in autocad2010. the normal situation is : the base point is in the line of extended line for dimension. see the picture.
but in my condition,the base point is offset from the extended line .see the picture. how can I solve this?
I would like to easily update an xref which has moved base point. I work doing mechanical and electrical drawings and we draw our stuff with the Architect's background xref 'd in. Sometimes though, they will change the base point for no reason and all the m&e stuff is miles away. There are two things I can do, I can moved their xref they sent us to match the old location or I can move the m&e stuff to suit the new location (i normally do this because i want to use their base point which is the right thing to do, but i would have to move all the things in all the m&e drawings to suit). Is it better to update an xref that has moved base point but without all the hassle?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a wall that I want to be 34' in height. Right now the default is 9' so when I select the wall & go into Properties, I see under Dimensions where I can change the Height but I have to select two points. I'm unable to type in 34'. Same thing with the Length. Where do I say I want this one wall to be 34'?
View 2 Replies View Relatedmany times, when I copy an object with the a dimension to it. It keeps the base point of the dimension and has a crazy long leg of the dimension that starts from the original place. how can I stop this from happening?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI select my objects to move, then I select my Base Point to move my objects away from, then when I select my destination point the command changes the Base Point to the selected destination point and asks me again to select a destination point.
I have realized this problem occurs not only with the move command, but also the stretch command. Also, it does not matter if I am using command modifiers or not, the problem occurs regardless. Also, it does not matter how I hit enter using the command (keyboard enter button, space bar, or right mouse button) the problem occurs regardless, and occurs entirely AT RANDOM.
Following previous what I have attempted to resolve the problem:
- remove the AutoCAD LT 2012 from the computer entirely and re-install
- installed the latest LT 2012 Service Pack
- changed the mouse to a new, wired mouse (I was already using a wired mouse in the first place)
- change the keyboard (which I think is irrelevant since changing the mouse did not work either)
The top view is the standard block with the base point as shown. This "Base Point" is the center of the rotating axis.
Issue: After rotating the "1st Point" then rotating the "2nd Point", the Center axis of the "1st Point" moves. Is it possible to perminetly have the "1st Point" rotating axis stay in its original location?
I am working on a block where I need to illustrate counter-rotating objects. How to apply an independent basepoint rotation action that would allow a clockwise rotation?
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