Move all objects or selected objects the specified distance horizontally or vertically. Negative values move objects to the left (West) or down (South).
Units used for the distance to be moved value in the source / argument box are taken from the projection of the drawing. If the drawing is in Latitude / Longitude projection the units will be degrees. If the drawing is projected, the units will be in meters or feet. It is therefore strongly recommended that the drawing be projected first so that meters or other linear measure can be used instead of attempting to use degrees as a measurement unit.
If the drawing uses degrees and meter-based moves are desired, first re-project the drawing into any convenient meter-based projection (such as Orthographic) so that meters will be used as the units of measure.
Example
We will move Germany in a drawing of Europe. The drawing has been projected into Orthographic projection, so it is a meter-based drawing.
We first select the area representing Germany. Next, load the Transform toolbar with
[selection] Move Horizontally -200000
and press Apply. This is a command to move the area 200 km to the West.
To show vertical movement we load the transform toolbar with
[selection] Move Vertically -300000
and press Apply. This is a command to move the area 300 km to the South.
While it is something of an absurd example to move countries this way, these commands are well-suited to adjusting data sets, such as drawings of wells or other points, that contain systematic errors. They are also useful when using Manifold for CAD editing.
Tech Tip
Many transforms automatically run a Normalize Topology transform before running to eliminate common errors that may affect correct operation. The Move transform operators do not normalize target objects before running.