# Document origin not in 0,0,0

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/document-origin-not-in-0-0-0/202012>\
**Category:** Rhino\
**Tags:** windows, rhino8\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/document-origin-not-in-0-0-0/202012 "2025-03-26T00:47:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![robneto.eng](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/robneto.eng/32/478040_2.png) [@robneto.eng](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/robneto.eng)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/document-origin-not-in-0-0-0/202012/1 "2025-03-26T00:47:34Z")

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I’ve got a rhino model from a client and I’m struggling with the coordinate system.

It looks like they’ve changed the coordinate system somehow, and I’m unable to change it back.

To illustrate this, I created a point at 0,0,0. But when I check the point’s properties, it shows a different location.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/0/7/8/078676715b845ff8908af02b98251cc207b8ab63.jpeg)

How can I change it so the origin is at 0,0,0 again?  
File attached.  
[Origin\_not\_in\_0\_test.3dm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/u2w5evLGtkCVUNFYChJlAfzXMPT.3dm) (173.6 KB)

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**Author:** ![jeremy5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jeremy5/32/493741_2.png) [@jeremy5](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jeremy5)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/document-origin-not-in-0-0-0/202012/2 "2025-03-26T01:09:47Z")

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Hi,

The dot you have placed _is_ at 0,0,0 - but that is the origin of the current _CPlane_, which in this case is not at the World Origin. To place the point at the World Origin you needed to type the position W0,0,0.

If you want to reset the CPlane to the World Origin, go to the Viewport Properties, and choose Set Cplane, followed by World Top.

Note that as the current CPlane may be important, before changing it you may wish to save it as a Named Cplane.

HTH  
Jeremy

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**Author:** ![robneto.eng](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/robneto.eng/32/478040_2.png) [@robneto.eng](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/robneto.eng)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/document-origin-not-in-0-0-0/202012/3 "2025-03-26T03:25:13Z")

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That worked. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![nathanletwory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/nathanletwory/32/482880_2.png) [@nathanletwory](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/nathanletwory)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/document-origin-not-in-0-0-0/202012/4 "2025-03-26T04:34:17Z")

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Also the shorthand `w0` for `w0,0,0` will do to.