Old reference point

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Rantanplan7
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Old reference point

Post by Rantanplan7 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:43 pm

Hi Andrew,

before you start to post more question and answers them yourself, I have a fresh one for you :mrgreen:
When I draw something or take a library item and move it there is a red circle with a cross inside remaining on the old position.
Is that just for some internal reasons or is there a benefit for the user in it?
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Sven

QCAD 3.27.6.0 / Windows 11 Professional 64-bit / 16 GB RAM, i5 [email protected], SSD
(former Autosketch 10 user)

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andrew
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Re: Old reference point

Post by andrew » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:52 pm

It's the relative zero point. The point which relative coordinates refer to.

Setting the relative zero position manually:
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... lativeZero

Using the relative zero:
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... Coordinate

Also related:
https://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2212

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