{"id":98,"date":"2015-02-24T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/02\/24\/how-to-work-with-autocad-plant-3d-at-large-coordinates\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:11:13","slug":"how-to-work-with-autocad-plant-3d-at-large-coordinates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/02\/24\/how-to-work-with-autocad-plant-3d-at-large-coordinates\/","title":{"rendered":"How to work with AutoCAD Plant 3D at large coordinates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s long been a best practices recommendation to keep your Plant 3D model near or at the 0,0 origin. Otherwise, you may encounter errors like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Piping components will not connect<\/li>\n<li>Grip editing not working properly<\/li>\n<li>Generating isometrics gives inconsistent results or reports irreparable disconnects<\/li>\n<li>Crashing or incorrectly generating orthographic views<\/li>\n<li>Disappearing AutoCAD crosshairs<\/li>\n<li>Piping components appear jagged or broken in 3D&#160;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet many projects have requirements which seem to force you to work in a large coordinate system such as state plane coordinates.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d0dcebb5970c-pi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"You-are-here-earth\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d0dcebb5970c img-responsive\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d0dcebb5970c-800wi\" title=\"You-are-here-earth\" width=\"438\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a person to do? &#160;<strong><em>How about do both?!<\/em><\/strong> This newly published whitepaper shows how:&#160;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/autocad-plant-3d\/troubleshooting\/caas\/sfdcarticles\/sfdcarticles\/Using-AutoCAD-Plant-3D-in-a-state-plane-coordinate-project-environment.html\" style=\"color: #ff0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using AutoCAD Plant 3D in a state plane coordinate project environment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download your free copy now, while supplies last! &#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s long been a best practices recommendation to keep your Plant 3D model near or at the 0,0 origin. 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