When creating a panel the Origin is placed at the first vertex by default and the X and Y co-ordinates of all other vertices in the panel relate to this position. The coordinates of all vertices owned by the current panel loop are recalculated relative to the new origin such that their positions in the design model remain unchanged.

The panel origin of the panel can be modified, from the PLATES tab, click Panel, select Panel Origin from the drop--down list. The user is prompted to ‘Pick near vertex for new origin’.