When I open draw X5 and a new page, I put an object on that page but it does not tell me where that object is on the page. When I put in a X and Y dimention it will move that much and resets back to zero. Is there a setting some where that I have to change? In X3 it whould tell me where the object is.
Add the object origin to your property bar (see below)
and depending what positon you select you should have the Coordinates.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,Chris
Hi Chris,
thanks for that, that may be the missing component for me.
Sort of related to this thread, does anyone use the Object Cooridnates Docker? I had never even noticed it existed until Hendrik advised me about it in another thread. It is fantastic. Not only does it give you all the info you could want, but say you draw a straight line at an angle to your page. The Property Bar will show zero rotation angle because you have not rotated the line, you simply drew a line. The Object Coordinates Docker will show you what the angle of the line is. You can also change the angle to zero and either have the line rotate to a horizontal position, or a have a copy of it rotate to a horizontal position. There are loads more tabs and settings in the Docker, take a look if you are not already familiar with it.
Best regards,Brian.
Thanks for that info - I set the position of parts all the time using the property bar thing, but this is great especially for lines that aren't straight.
Gary