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However, I cannot find how to specify the frame of reference in the import command&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When done manually it works, but when I record the actions for use in a script it seems to leave out a critical component (i.e. the selectrion of the origin as the reference frame)<\/p>\n<p># Insert From File<br \/>importOptions = ImportOptions.Create()<br \/>DocumentInsert.Execute(r&#8221;path-to-file&#8221;, importOptions, GetMaps(&#8220;aa579405&#8221;))<br \/># EndBlock<\/p>\n<p>In the documentation online and the space claim API documentation that came with the download, I cannot find any information on &#8220;GetMaps()&#8221; which seems to be the key. Additionally repeating the process manually with no other changes, the hex value in GetMaps changes (even though the result is the same).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have also tried importing and then using the OrientTo command as a work-around (see code snipit below), but this uses unit vectors to create the FoR and its unclear to me how these can be automatically linked to the origin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any help is greatly appreciated<\/p>\n<p># Move Upto Selected Object<br \/>selection = ComponentSelection.Create(GetRootPart().Components[1])<br \/>upToSelection = Selection.Create(GetRootPart().CoordinateSystems[0].Axes[0])<br \/>anchorPoint = Move.GetAnchorPoint(selection)<br \/>moveFrame = Frame.Create(anchorPoint, Direction.Create(0.249572773159439, 0.176571112197779, -0.952121879401344), Direction.Create(0.176571112197779, 0.958453855953464, 0.224028677506199))<br \/>axis = HandleAxis.X<br \/>options = MoveOptions()<br \/>options.CreatePatterns = False<br \/>options.DetachFirst = False<br \/>options.MaintainOrientation = False<br \/>options.MaintainMirrorRelationships = True<br \/>options.MaintainConnectivity = True<br \/>options.MaintainOffsetRelationships = True<br \/>options.Copy = False<br \/>options.SnapAssociatedVertices = True<br \/>result = Move.OrientTo(selection, upToSelection, moveFrame, axis, options)<br \/># EndBlock<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-314621","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-api","topic-tag-python-scripting","topic-tag-script","topic-tag-spaceclaim","topic-tag-speos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I am technically doing this in Speos, but I thought this would be the best forum for the question as it seems to be mostly about SpaceClaim API rather than the Speos specific API. 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