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.. index:: Edit Object=>Position and Size
.. index:: y^edit-object-position-and-size

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.. _edit-object-position-and-size:

Edit Object=>Position and Size
------------------------------

In this dialog box, the position, size, corner radius and shadow width of an
object can be set.

.. image:: S:/uniplot-obj/images/EditObjectPositionandSize-en.*

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**Position in Centimeter Coordinates**
   Object position can be specified in centimeter coordinates.

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**Position in Diagram Coordinates**
   Object position can be specified in the coordinates of the parent diagram.

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**Position in Centimeters**
   The position of an object can be specified in centimeters. The position X, Y
   refers to the upper left corner. The Y coordinate must be negative (the origin
   of the coordinate system is in the upper left corner).

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**Position in Diagram Coordinates**
   If the option **Diagram Coordinates** is selected, the position and the
   reference corner can be specified. Example: The upper left corner of a drawing
   object can be displayed at the position rpm = 3000 and Torque = 100 Nm. If the 
   axis scaling is altered, the drawing object will be moved to the new 
   position (3000, 100).

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**Shadow Width**
   The width of the object's shadow can be specified in millimeters.

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**Radius**
   The radius for the rounded corners can be specified in millimeters.

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**Size**
   The size (width and height) can be specified in centimeters.

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**Automatic Size Update**
   The text box size is calculated automatically.

   If the option **Word Wrap** is marked in the dialog page :ref:`edit-objecttext`
   only the height of the text box is calculated automatically.

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**Reference Position**
  This sets the anchor point of the text box which stays fixed when the size
  of the text changes. The size might change when a new text gets assigned.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`edit-objecttext`,
   :ref:`edit-objectpattern`,
   :ref:`edit-objectcolor-gradient`,
   :ref:`edit-objectproperties`

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