ACTIVE ORIGIN (GO=)

Used for the following (useful for setting up a permanent custom coordinate system, such as when working with maps):

Relocate the global origin on the design plane.
Assign coordinates to the global origin.

To determine the location of the global origin

Key in ACTIVE ORIGIN $
or
GO=$.
MicroStation displays the distances along the design plane axes from the lower left corner of the design plane to the point with the coordinates (0,0).

To relocate the global origin to the lower left corner of the design plane and assign the coordinates (0,0)

Key in GO=0,0.

Reset.

To assign the coordinates (x,y) to the lower left corner of the design plane

Key in GO=<x,y>.

Reset.

To relocate the global origin to a known location and assign the coordinates (0,0)

Key in GO=0,0.
The global origin is temporarily relocated to the lower left corner of the design plane, and the prompt in the status bar is “Enter monument point.”

Enter a data point on the known location.

To relocate the global origin by assigning coordinates to a known location

Key in GO=<x,y>.
<x,y> specifies the coordinates, in working units (MU:SU:PU), to be assigned.

Enter a data point on the desired location.

ACTIVE ORIGIN (GO=) cannot be undone. However, the global origin is a savable setting. Therefore, one method of recovering from an erroneous GO= key-in is to close and then reopen the DGN file without saving settings.