tgjang Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) Hi. It is very convenient to place the first feature at the center of the Absolute Coordinate (0,0,0) when starting the design work. At this time, press and hold the Ctrl key and drag it to the screen, and the feature enters the Coordinate center exactly. Drag_Feature.mp4 Edited February 4, 2023 by tgjang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Crowe Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 This is a good tip! Note that for the first part within an empty scene it isn't necessary to hold down the "Ctrl" key. IRONCAD will automatically position the first part at the origin. Malcolm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgjang Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 7 hours ago, Malcolm Crowe said: This is a good tip! Note that for the first part within an empty scene it isn't necessary to hold down the "Ctrl" key. IRONCAD will automatically position the first part at the origin. Malcolm Thank you Malcolm. In structured mode, an empty scene automatically goes to the world origin. In innovate mode, the feature is placed where the mouse cursor is placed. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas@Solidmakarna Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 In a new empty scene, the first shape dropped from a catalog will always have its Anchor Point placed in the world origin 0,0,0. No need to hold down any shortcut key. Note: The visible geometry and its Anchor Point doesn't have to be at the same location or even close to each other! If you hold down the [Ctrl] key when you drop a Shape (feature) out from the catalog into the scene background, the Anchor Point of both the new Part and the Shape that you dropped will always be placed in the world origin 0,0,0 (as tgjang first wrote). Note: The visible geometry and its Anchor Point doesn't have to be at the same location or even close to each other! If you hold down the [Ctrl] key when you drop a Part or Assembly out from the catalog into the scene background, the Anchor Point will always be positioned in the world coordinate where it was located when it was dropped/stored into the catalog. Note: The visible Part/Assembly geometry and its Anchor Point doesn't have to be at the same location or even close to each other! If you first select a Part or Assembly in the 3D scene and then hold down the [Ctrl] key when you drop a Part or Assembly out from the catalog on the selected Part/Assembly, the selected Part/Assembly will be replaced. For anyone interested, you can learn more about how to use the catalogs and how the Anchor Point is working, with the training material (videos 56 to 61) on the IronCAD Academy site: https://ironcad.academy/tutorial/training-56-catalogs-part-1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgjang Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Thank you. Malcolm and Johas. There's something wrong with my computer. ^^ Ctr+LMB.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas@Solidmakarna Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Since the "first" part in the video is named Part22 (not Part1), maybe the scene template has some kind of issue with the "first part" dropped from a catalog? Like if it was already done once. Is it the same if you create a new scene and use another template? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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