draging fixture onto an object (truss, pipe) it changes position xyz to world xyz data

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Hi there, 
 I have to draw fixtures manually from a vectorworks plan inside augmented, because it is 20 years old and fixtures where still made of lines and squares grouped together. 
 Anyway, it is a lot. So, I used the positions from the vectorworks plan and put it all in the augmented. But when I am draging my fixtures in the hieracy window on the right side into a truss, the position data changes to world data. 
 For example the fixture data is: 
 Position X: 13 Y: -1 Z:0 
 World: XYZ same 
 when I drag it onto the pipe it becomes: 
 Potition: X:20 Y:-6 Z:-28 
 World: X:13 Y:-1 Z:0 
 I understand that this could be helpful because the origin changed to the pipe but in my case it is a bit annoying. Because all measurements in the Vectorworks Plan is from the origin 0-0. 
 Is it possible to deactivate this? 
 
 Thanks in advance.

starksk · Accepted Answer

Hi , 
 The position of a nested object is always shown relative to its parent currently. The world position field shows the position of the object relative to the origin. I would recommend in your workflow that you nest the fixtures to the pipes after placing them in the positions as drawn on your plot. 
 You can add or vote on a request to allow for the toggling of relative vs world position for the position field here: https://community.etcconnect.com/control_consoles/eos-family-consoles/i/feature-requests

draging fixture onto an object (truss, pipe) it changes position xyz to world xyz data

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