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Move 2d objects specifying absolute cartesian coor

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Topic: Move 2d objects specifying absolute cartesian coor
Posted By: spha0011
Subject: Move 2d objects specifying absolute cartesian coor
Date Posted: 31.Oct.2015 at 10:51
Hi guys,
i'm newby. How can I move any 2d objects by using absolute cartesian coordinates?
If would like to move an object py picking a point to the place specifying absolute cartesian coordinates and not
the polar relative coordinates. Could anybody helm me! Please!




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Harald Sperling


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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 31.Oct.2015 at 11:15
Not something I do often enough to remember but can't a user type the coordinates in at the command line separated by a comma?


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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

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Posted By: spha0011
Date Posted: 31.Oct.2015 at 11:24
Not when i try to move an object which already exist. It's no problem if you create a new line etc..  But you like to move an object, It's only able to specify the relative coordinates of an corner point. you always specify the shift vector and not the absolute coordinates of the target.

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Harald Sperling

Posted By: ancrendon4
Date Posted: 01.Nov.2015 at 01:57
when you have 2 objects in aboslute cartesian coord. into account x,y,z original position, and move changing it the right coordinate final move it.

i can solve this, on line this problem, mail. ancrendon4@hotmail.com

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 02.Nov.2015 at 15:37
You can always move by displacement using a relative distance and direction.

Or you can use VBA to move objects along a vector.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/AutoCAD-ActiveX/files/GUID-1F8B68A6-0A46-4697-A978-BBEDAE3AE5FF-htm.html


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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: Kent Cooper
Date Posted: 02.Nov.2015 at 16:00
In older versions, you could just enter the coordinates, and they were always considered absolute.  In newer versions, they default to relative coordinates, but you can make them absolute by preceding the entry with #.  See Help [ http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-F64F8008-E1C0-49CC-A268-A6B8C6E9B566" rel="nofollow - here for 2016 , also http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-91D3C93C-9C89-4397-B855-92AFD5228422" rel="nofollow - this ].  Also look into the DYNPICOORDS and DYNMODE System Variables.


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