set shape origin

[mgemelke]

is there a way to place the origin of a stencil shape at a particular
location, like the center of a circle that is part of a group that composes
the shape?

 

[JuneTheSecond]

Yes, you can!

Open group window,
Press Ctrl key, keep pressing,
Drag "+ " at the cross point of the window rulers
to the point you wish to be an origin.

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JuneTheSecond
Now, visual calculation is more visual.
http://www.geocities.jp/visualcalculation/english/index.html

 

[JuneTheSecond]

But, unfortunately, it is temporary.
It may be because shapesheet of the group window page has not
Ruler&Grid section.

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Best Regards.

JuneTheSecond
Now, visual calculation is more visual.
http://www.geocities.jp/visualcalculation/english/index.html

 

[WapperDude]

Not sure I'm understand your question, but, basically, this is what Visio
does. If you go to the menu bar > View and select Size & Position Window.
Now, in your drawing, select a shape. The S&PW will show it's location (X &
Y), and size. At the bottom, it tells you where the "center" is located.
The default is the center of the shape. If you type new values in the S&PW
for X & Y, the shape will move and be centered on the new location.

If you open the shapes's shapesheet, menu bar > Window > Show ShapeSheet,
then, in the 1st section, Shape Transform, the entries for LocPinX & LocPinY
determine the shape's "origin". You may need to right click in the
ShapeSheet and select "Formulas". Visio actually draws the shapes based upon
width & height, but location is determined as above. See this entry for a
"graphical" display of LocPin definitions:
http://www.visguy.com/shapes/visio-art/. Scroll down to: Pin and LocPin
Illustration.

Sorry for the long answer!

HTH
Wapperdude