SetOrigin.md

SetOrigin

Description

Shifts the position of the document origin. The function does not modify the relative positions of objects in the document; the coordinate locations of objects, however, will change when the origin location is modified.

PROCEDURE SetOrigin(
				x : REAL;
				y : REAL);

def vs.SetOrigin(x, y):
    return None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
x	REAL	X-offset from current origin.
y	REAL	Y-offset from current origin.

Remarks

The difference between this and SetOriginAbsolute is that this call shifts the origin the specified amount, where SetOriginAbsolute sets the origin to the specified values.

Examples

VectorScript

Rect(0,0,1,1);
SetOrigin(1,1);

{ Creates a rectangle with the bottom left point at coordinates (0,0), then moves the origin so that the top right point of the rectangle has coordinates (0,0). }

Python

IF ((GetObject(concat(SDName, kDash, num2str(0, Scalefactor))) = NIL)&(gettype(GetObject(SDName)) = 16)) THEN BEGIN
	GetOrigin(xO, yO);
	SetOrigin(-xO, -yO);
	numSymDefs := 0;
	H := GetObject(SDName);
	factor := ScaleFactor;
	IF ((H <> NIL) & (gettype(H)=16)) THEN BEGIN

GetOrigin(userOriginX, userOriginY);
SetOrigin(-userOriginX, -userOriginY);

BEGIN
PushAttrs;
GetOrigin(xOrig,yOrig);
SetOrigin(-xOrig,-yOrig);
lowestPoint := kBiggestReal;
higestPoint := -kBiggestReal;
MaxRight := -kBiggestReal;
MinLeft := kBiggestReal;

vs.SetOrigin(0, 0)

See Also

VS Functions: SetOriginAbsolute

Version

Availability: from All Versions

Category

• Document Settings