When you are placing, moving, rotating, or pasting groups, the cursor is at the group origin. You can modify the position of the group origin.

Sep 21, 2016 · I made a detail group, and the insertion point is farther away than the group itself. Is there a way to change this? There are no stray objects outside of it, so that's not the issue.

This origin can be used when creating a model group. Although most people create groups with the copy and paste tool, it can be placed from the Architecture tab.

Jun 25, 2018 · I need to make some changes to groups, so I am going the route of ungrouping, regrouping, and changing types. Unfortunately, this leads to some group origins being moved from …

Apr 7, 2025 · Face based families don't behave well with groups in mirrored conditions, they either move or flip. So for effective groups it is more reliable to use "not hosted" families, those that have a simple …

Apr 26, 2024 · The group origin is presumably the project origin (0,0,0). If you wish the group origin to be the bottom left-hand corner, ensure that this corner is located at the project origin.

To see or change group properties, select a group and see the Properties palette.

After you create or load a group, you can modify it. You can modify a group within a project (or family) using the group editor, or you can edit the group externally.

Oct 20, 2009 · It turns out that there is an "origin" for Model Groups and that origin is the default rotation point for the group. Somewhere along the line, the origin of our Model Group got moved off to a …

Nov 15, 2021 · I need to make some changes to groups, so I am going the route of ungrouping, regrouping, and changing types. Unfortunately, this leads to some group origins being moved from …