How to redefine the absolute origine of a part to be a created CSYS axis system

[Sebasto]

Good morning. I designed a part in NX according to a CSYS axis system. The issue is that the CSYS is not the absolute part origine.
Is there a way to redefine the absolute origine of the part to be the CSYS where I designed my part ? (I do not want to move my CSYS to the absolute origine as I have lots of external broken refences and also this part is used in other parts).

Hoppefully I am understandable.

 

[cowski]

You can't redefine the absolute coordinate system, it's called "absolute" for good reason .
If moving the part geometry back to absolute is too much trouble, I'd suggest leaving it alone unless you have a compelling reason to do otherwise. When adding the part as a component to an assembly, it can easily be moved around and constrained as needed.

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[JohnRBaker]

What version of NX are you running?

Cowski is correct, you can generally just leave things as they are and there will be no problems unless of course the Absolute Origin is a LONG distance from the model, but even then it'll only be a potential problem if we're talking about something close to a kilometer or so.

That being said, if the entire part WAS designed relative to a single Datum CSYS and it's the ONLY parent of the model itself, it would be very easy to move the model so that it was positioned relative to absolute part origin. Just go to...

Edit -> Move Object...

...and set the Motion type to 'CSYS to CSYS', select the model, then select the original CSYS for the 'From CSYS' and select the Absolute CSYS for the 'To CSYS', set the Result to 'Move Original', the Settings to 'Move Parent' with the 'Associative' option toggled OFF. Once you've done this, no one would ever know the difference as to whether you had started the model at the Absolute Origin or not.

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[Sebasto]

Thanks a lot for your help and the different solutions.