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How to change the coordinates in VinLocate

In the 3D view, tap ⋯ in the top right, choose Coordinate Settings, then pick the corner your numbering starts from: Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Top Left or Top Right.

The origin is set once for the whole collection, not per section. It applies to every cellar, fridge, rack and shelf you own, and to everyone who shares the collection.

Changing the origin

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  1. On the home screen, under Cellars & fridges, tap your storage.
  2. Tap a section to open the 3D view.
  3. If you have already drilled into one row or column, tap back until you are looking at the whole section. The menu only appears at that level.
  4. Tap ⋯ top right, then Coordinate Settings.
  5. Tap Origin and pick a corner. The Example picture below it updates to show what you chose.
  6. A Coordinates updated confirmation appears. Close the screen — the 3D model renumbers as you return to it.
Storage → a section → ⋯ → Coordinate Settings → Origin

The four origins

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Origin Row 1 is Column 1 is
Bottom Left the bottom row the left column
Bottom Right the bottom row the right column
Top Left the top row the left column
Top Right the top row the right column

Bottom Left is where a new collection starts. Choose whichever matches the labels already on your racks, so the app agrees with the shelf in front of you rather than the other way round.

Depth — the D in a coordinate like R3, C5, D1 — is never affected. Only rows and columns are renumbered.

Do you support custom coordinates?

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No. VinLocate always numbers rows and columns, and the four origins above are the only way to change that numbering. You cannot letter your columns, rename a row, or type your own label for a slot.

What you can name is the section. Open the storage, tap a section’s ⋯ menu and choose Rename — the name you give it appears in front of the coordinate wherever a position is shown, so a bottle reads as Left Wall ❯ R3, C5, D1 rather than a bare grid reference. For most cellars that is the naming people are actually after.

If your racks are labelled in a way none of this covers, CellarStickers let you put a physical tag on the rack itself and tap it to open that slot.

On Android and the web

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On app.invintory.com, open the 3D view, click the ⋯ button at its top right and choose Coordinate Settings. Pick one of the same four corners — Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left or Bottom Right.

Android can’t save a coordinate origin yet. Set the origin on iPhone, iPad or the web and Android will follow.

Next steps

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