Grid and Origin issue - components not aligning to grid

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Hi,

I have been working on a PCB and I had a predetermined grid origin - everything aligned on this grid however now when i try place items on the grid they get offset: see the via. Even when I try and replace the grid origin it comes a little offset so this means everything else becomes instantly off grid. Has anyone faced this how can i fix it?

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In this image originally drill origin and grid origin were aligned. After I replace the the grid origin there is some offset as I cannot place it in the exact spot it used to be.
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It’s a little hard to try and help if you don’t even say what version you are on . . . please tell us.

Do this . . . .

Can you paste your full version info here please, you can get it from KiCad > Help > About KiCad > Copy Version Info
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There have been grid/origin issues on 9.0.4 there are a few recent posts on the subject, have a search/look on this forum.

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Application: KiCad PCB Editor x64 on x64

Version: 9.0.4, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.8
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 10.2.0
FontConfig 2.15.0
libcurl/8.13.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1

Build Info:
Date: Aug 18 2025 00:41:45
wxWidgets: 3.2.8 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.88.0
OCC: 7.9.1
Curl: 8.13.0-DEV
ngspice: 44
Compiler: Visual C++ 1942 without C++ ABI
KICAD_IPC_API=ON

I guess is the latest version so that makes sense. I didn’t see other posts. I will check thanks

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This Forum thread is about your issue.
You may try the temporary fix I mentioned. It may work for you.
The issue has been fixed for 9.0.5 and may be available now as the 9.0.5 Testing build. See downloads in https://www.kicad.org