Changing the board origin in MCAD

Created: September 23, 2021 | Updated: September 23, 2021

We can't rely on the relative ECAD origin because it can be easily changed in ECAD, and it's not realistic to synchronize the changes with MCAD in that case.

Starting in Version: 20.1
Up to Version: Current

Solution Details

Here's a video from the ECAD-MCAD CoDesigner collection that covers this issue:
PCB Origins During the ECAD-MCAD Exchange | How To Use Altium Designer

Additionally, see https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/new-in-codesigner-ad#!new-mcad-coordinates-grid

If the video was helpful, you may want to watch the others in the series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3aaAq2OJU5ElEMrf9e_R6h2ejFhPfkCN

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