Architectural elements with large coordinates

Various modules in the Architecture family
Corrupt architectural elements

What if the following problems occur?

• (Architectural) elements cannot be created.
• Drawings cannot be moved.
• Elements are incorrect.
• There are difficulties in importing a DXF file from the land register office.

Possible reasons:

• The elements have been created at a very large distance to the global point.
  

  The global point is the origin of the CAD system and it has the following coordinates: 0,0,0. You should always design near the global point as otherwise problems may arise in the case of large coordinates.

• In the case of very large coordinates (e.g. x, y and/or z coordinate larger than 500m), the calculation is very time-consuming and results in inaccuracies. In addition, the system is no longer able to edit the elements. The more data involved, the more difficulties arise.

In this case, move the elements toward the global point.

Note: For further information on using an offset and on the options available for moving the building model toward the global point when importing data, see

Coordinate offset

To check the coordinates of an element

1. Click Measure (How).
   

   Activate Measure in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Tools

   • Keyboard: Ctrl+Alt+M

   • Toolbar: Standard
2. Click Coordinates in the dialog box.
3. Click right into the element whose coordinates you want to measure.

   The following values are displayed:

   • X Coordinate
   • Y Coordinate
   • Z coordinate

     If very large values (e.g. X, Y and/or Z coordinate larger than 500 m) are displayed, you have found the cause of the problem.

To move elements toward the global point

1. Click Move (How).
   

   Activate Move in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Edit

   • Keyboard: SHIFT+CTRL+V

   • Toolbar: Basic Tools Edit flyout
2. Select all the elements.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
   • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

   For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

3. When Allplan prompts you to define From Point, click right into the building model.
4. When Allplan prompts you to specify To Point, click Global Point on the Point Assistant toolbar.
   The coordinates of the point clicked are displayed in the Point Assistant.
5. Enter 0 for the X, Y and, if necessary, Z coordinates and press ENTER to confirm your entries.

   Now your model is moved toward the global point, and you should no longer face any problems.