Moving objects to Std Part so that their global coordinates do not change?

[hko]

Let's have an example to clarify:

1. Create a draft rectangle on xy plane and set its placement to [1m, 1m, 0m]
2. Create an Std Part and set its placement to [1m, 1m, 0m]
3. Drag and drop the created rectangle to the created std part.
4. Observe that the rectangle is now at global coordinates [2m, 2m, 0m]

I would like the rectangle to stay in its original global coordinates which would mean that its placement would have to be changed to [0m, 0m, 0m]. I can of course do that manually, but if I have several objects that I'm moving to an std part, I'd rather have FreeCAD do that for me. Is that possible somehow?

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[thomas-neemann]

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I would do it this way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p361poZKoSs

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[easyw-fc]

Let's have an example to clarify:

1. Create a draft rectangle on xy plane and set its placement to [1m, 1m, 0m]
2. Create an Std Part and set its placement to [1m, 1m, 0m]
3. Drag and drop the created rectangle to the created std part.
4. Observe that the rectangle is now at global coordinates [2m, 2m, 0m]

I would like the rectangle to stay in its original global coordinates which would mean that its placement would have to be changed to [0m, 0m, 0m]. I can of course do that manually, but if I have several objects that I'm moving to an std part, I'd rather have FreeCAD do that for me. Is that possible somehow?

In kicadStepUp WB there are two commands to move in and out an object to from a Part container, keeping its position. They are placed in Helpers toolbar (with '+' and ’-’)
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[hko]

I would do it this way

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.