Time-saving Solutions
for MicroStation^®

The Global Origin
By ControlAltDelete - www.penbrush.com

You may be wondering how to get MicroStation to tell you the relationship between the global origin and the position within the design cube?

Also, when setting the global origin into a new, empty design file, how could the center of the design cube be selected as the new "origin" point?

To accomplish this, key-in "go=$" to have MicroStation report the current global origin settings.

The coordinates read out are the distance from the lower left corner of the lower left corner of the design plane to the coordinate (0,0). Or, in other words, the coordinates of the lower left corner, with the sign reversed.

To established the global origin as the center of the design plane:

• Key-in "go=(key-in coordinates here)" and hit "Enter"
• When prompted for a monument point, key-in "xy=0,0/UOR"

Note: All key-ins are entered without quotes.