From 57b596e0fc7f828b8e6ccb40e92770ae6b7edd51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 20:14:40 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a move base property that moves the base object instead
 of the object itself if true.

This is useful because it is the default case for most architectural work.
---
 src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py                 |  3 ++
 src/Mod/Arch/Resources/ui/preferences-arch.ui | 30 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py                        |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
index 4f75711722..a953fc202d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ class Component:
             if r in IfcRoles:
                 obj.IfcRole = r
                 FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Downgrading "+obj.Label+" IfcType property to IfcRole\n")
+        if not "MoveBase" in pl:
+            obj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","MoveBase","Component",QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property","Specifies if moving this object moves its base instead"))
+            obj.MoveBase = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Arch").GetBool("MoveBase",False)
         if not "MoveWithHost" in pl:
             obj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","MoveWithHost","Component",QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property","Specifies if this object must move together when its host is moved"))
             obj.MoveWithHost = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Arch").GetBool("MoveWithHost",False)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/Resources/ui/preferences-arch.ui b/src/Mod/Arch/Resources/ui/preferences-arch.ui
index ba6e397315..d258ea6498 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/Resources/ui/preferences-arch.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/Resources/ui/preferences-arch.ui
@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@
    <property name="spacing">
     <number>6</number>
    </property>
-   <property name="margin">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>9</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>9</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>9</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
     <number>9</number>
    </property>
    <item>
@@ -190,6 +199,9 @@
         <property name="text">
          <string>Set &quot;Move with host&quot; property to True by default</string>
         </property>
+        <property name="checked">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
         <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
          <cstring>MoveWithHost</cstring>
         </property>
@@ -198,6 +210,22 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="checkBox_5">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Set &quot;Move base&quot; property to True by default</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="checked">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>MoveBase</cstring>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>Mod/Arch</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
index e6eea7415c..9dc45c1db7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
@@ -1479,6 +1479,8 @@ def move(objectslist,vector,copy=False):
     newobjlist = []
     newgroups = {}
     for obj in objectslist:
+        if hasattr(obj, "MoveBase") and obj.MoveBase:
+            obj = obj.Base
         if hasattr(obj,"Placement"):
            if obj.getEditorMode("Placement") == ["ReadOnly"]:
                if not copy: