MV reference point

Hi, I'm using 2.2.0 on Windows. Select mv, click on entity, hit Enter, select specify reference point, specify target point. I select an endpoint for the reference point, then type in a x,y value, and hit Enter. The new placement of the entity winds up off of the origin of the drawing, not the reference point.

Anyone else have an issue with this procedure?

x,y value counts from 0,0
@x,y value counts from the latest active point, the reference point in this case.

HTH
Pere

Correct. That is what the ref. point (temporary 0,0) is supposed to do. However, with this version on Windows, the selected reference point temporarily moves to the origin. The target point is then located at the x,y value that you typed in or had selected.

Let's say you have a vertical line segment starting at 4,0. You want to make a copy of that line 5 units to the right (9,0). Type the mv command or the GUI Modify. Select the line. Hit the Enter key. Using endpoint snap, select the point of the original line at 4,0 for the reference point. Then type in 5,0 for the target point. The reference point temporarily becomes the origin (0,0) and the line segment moves to 5,0 (new reference point), instead of 9,0.

This is what @perepujal tried to explain.

When you enter 5,0 this is an absolute coordinate. And this is a movement of 1,0 from your reference point at 4,0.
When you want to move 5,0 you have to enter @5,0 which then is a relative coordinate, related to your reference point at 4,0.
Otherwise don't snap to the line for the first reference point, enter 0,0
or with Grid Snap click on the absolute origin at 0,0, then you can enter 5,0 without @ for target point.

For a detailed explanation see https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ref/fundamentals.html?highlight=relative#defining-coordinate-locations