Hi all, I don’t know if Rhino’s behavior is intentional or not: We’re working on large buildings, divided into small, reasonably sized models. While working on one model, other models get attached or detached, depending on the context. So far, so good. But sometimes, a model needs to be directly i…

Hi Michael, Thank you. Somehow this got buried. Testing now… stay tuned. Sincerely, Mary Ann Fugier

Hi Michael, First variant (import): I can see the issue. I will get it logged. Second variant (Worksession Attach): I can see the issue. I will get it logged. I will update with the YT’s when I have both of these logged. Thank you for the “heads up” again. Sincerely, Mary Ann Fugier

Hi Luca, This is a bug. We have added RH-89723/Model-Base-Pt-Changes-After-Paste. This happens anytime the “import” DWG is run whether Paste or Import or Attach in the Worksession command. We will let you know here when we see a fix. Thanks for letting us know. Sincerely, Mary Ann Fugier

Hi there, I encountered the same problem when importing a .dwg file in my rhino file that some objects where translated to faraway locations. When I open the dwg file instead of importing it, objects are well positioned and I get a popup about ModelBasepoint. [image] Why is there a difference be…

DWG Import changes ModelBasepoint - Bug or Feature?

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luca4 (Luca) October 2, 2025, 4:56pm 8

Hi Mary,

any chance to get Modelbasepoint restored to 0,0,0 after pasting from Acad?

Have a look to this post here as well

thanks!

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DWG Import changes ModelBasepoint - Bug or Feature?

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