1. Select the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool.

2. Alt+Shift+click two points to create a temporary point at the mid-point.

3. Click the temporary point to place the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle there.

4. Select the OriginZero point in coordinate system. You can insert an origin at any location in your design where you can anchor the Move tool, enabling you to dimension from the origin or quickly move the sketch grid to the origin. You can also insert an origin at a solid's center of mass or volume. tool in the Insert ribbon group.

   The origin appears at the midpoint.

1. Click MassAnalysis tool used to display mass properties, or volume information for the solids and surfaces in your design. tool from the Analysis group on the MeasureTools for displaying measurement properties of the edges, faces, and solids in your design. tab.

2. Select the solid at whose center you want to place the origin.

   Axes appear at the center of mass or volume.

3. Select the OriginZero point in coordinate system. You can insert an origin at any location in your design where you can anchor the Move tool, enabling you to dimension from the origin or quickly move the sketch grid to the origin. You can also insert an origin at a solid's center of mass or volume. tool in the Insert ribbon group..

   The origin appears at the center of mass or volume.

1. Select the vertex of an origin.
2. Enter sketch mode.

   The sketch grid is now located on the x and y axis of the selected origin.

1. Insert an origin.
2. Alt+click the origin.
3. Right-click a solid and select MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. to New ComponentObject in a design, including the top-level design component. Each component consists of any number of objects, such as solids and surfaces, and can contain sub-components. You can think of a component as a "part." Components can be saved as a separate file. An external component is another design inserted as a component of your design. Making the component internal prevents changes from being made to the external component file. You can also create an external component by saving a component as a separate file. See Lightweight components, Assembly from the context menu.

   You can also create a new component and then drag and drop the solid into that component while the origin is Alt-selected.

4. Right-click the component in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components. and select Open ComponentObject in a design, including the top-level design component. Each component consists of any number of objects, such as solids and surfaces, and can contain sub-components. You can think of a component as a "part." Components can be saved as a separate file. An external component is another design inserted as a component of your design. Making the component internal prevents changes from being made to the external component file. You can also create an external component by saving a component as a separate file. See Lightweight components, Assembly.

   The component opens in a new design window.

5. Display the world origin.

   The world origin in the new design window is positioned at the same location as the alt-selected origin.

Example

 

Alt+selecting an origin when creating a new component. The image on the left shows the World OriginZero point in coordinate system. You can insert an origin at any location in your design where you can anchor the Move tool, enabling you to dimension from the origin or quickly move the sketch grid to the origin. You can also insert an origin at a solid's center of mass or volume. and an origin created on the solid. The image on the right is the component opened in a new design window with the world origin in the location it was placed on the object.