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ZeroLengthCurve  
#1 Posted : Monday, January 19, 2026 12:33:10 AM(UTC)
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Is it possible to relocate the world or user origin in a SharkCAD file?

I have a ton of geometry on a bazillion layers. All the layers are in various states of on or off, locked or unlocked, visible or hidden, associative or not. And, many objects that are at the root of the drawing are either constraints or are link-mirrored splines that are the basis of surfaces that then are made into live solids which then may be shelled.

I already know that moving or attempting to move deeply-nested-associative geometry can cause ACIS errors, some of which I painfully cannot undo.

So, instead of shifting the file by unnecessarily making all-visible some 50,000-pluse objects, to effectively make the origin to be 10m movre left of the geometry, I want to tell the app "position the origin to here".


I can't seem to find a single menu option allowing this.

I already tried the Workplane menu options "Set Origin" and "Offset", and "Select Objects". Inwven closed and reopened the file to see if that is what it takes. No joy.

Is this something accessible in some script or a custom patch or a command file? What am I missing?

I need that functionality. I think anyone would once their file is matured to the point it is undesirable to move everything.

Thanks for any clues.
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GARLIC on 1/19/2026(UTC)
GARLIC  
#2 Posted : Monday, January 19, 2026 3:04:20 AM(UTC)
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YES, this specific function could be very useful !!! Thanks for raising this topic !
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ZeroLengthCurve on 1/19/2026(UTC)
ZeroLengthCurve  
#3 Posted : Monday, January 19, 2026 11:00:58 PM(UTC)
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I should clarify that I use aerospace view definition so that bow is keft, portside faces me, and my shortcut for left or oort is the r letter, but R is trim.

Just in case anyone may use only Default definition.
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GARLIC on 1/20/2026(UTC)
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