When I open a cell for edit, and define a new origin, it is ignored, and some other origin is used.
How do I force it to set the edited cell origin to what I want?
Are you working cells in a CEL file? (In fact CEL files are simply a renamed DGN file).
In this file you should have a single cell in each model. DGN (or CEL) files can have various models, 2d or 3d and each cell should rest in each model. Inside each one you should have the cell place in the origin (0,0 for 2D or 0,0,0 for 3D) for the origin placement point.
communities.bentley.com/.../manipulating-and-modifying-cell-contents
communities.bentley.com/.../models-microstation
Keep in mind that if you're working with shared cells once that cell is placed in your drawing file will remain static and all the corrections made in your original cel file will not be updatead. For that you should drop all shared cell to simple cell objects, then delete the shared cell. Only then you can use your cell with the new modifications.
https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/11454/shared-cells---cells---microstation
Regards
José
Yes thank you I didnt think of using the xy origin (0,0); I thought define origin would do it.
Thanks, question answered.
Hi Jim,
Define origin should do it. Maybe some miss step over the way creating the cell.
If the question is answer please confirm that.
Thanks & regards
Yes there is something funny happending I only just notices. After opening the cell for edit, when I get the 'define origin' command, it drops the cell library I was using and go fetches another one! Previously I didnt notice that; what I did notice was a little thick cross for the define origin, and a click which seems to stick to a point, but no words at all to advise the origin was accepted. If I then typed cc=, it would add the cell to a library not the one I was using!!! So I never checked that library to see if the origin was changed. Anyhow, the problem is solved; thanks.