AutoVue


Defining a User Coordinate System

  1. Select Analysis > User Coordinate Systems from the AutoVue main menu.
  2. The User Coordinate Systems dialog appears.

    Note You can also click the User Coordinate Systems icon on the AutoVue toolbar.

  3. Click New.
  4. The name of the User-defined Coordinate System (UCS1 for the first one) appears in the Coordinate Systems box.

  5. To change the name, type the new Name that you want for the UCS.
  6. Click the Position tab to define the origin of the UCS.
  7. From the Define from drop-down list, select the point where you want the UCS axes to appear.
  8. See Position Options

  9. Click the Orientation tab to define the orientation of the UCS.
  10. From the Define from drop-down list, select the point where you want to orient the UCS.
  11. See Orientation Options

  12. To hide the UCS axes on the model, clear the checkbox beside Show Trihedron. Enabled by default.
  13. Click OK.
  14. The newly active trihedral coordinate system appears bolder and larger and its name appears in the User Coordinate Systems drop-down list on the AutoVue toolbar.

    Note If there is more than one coordinate system for this file, select which coordinate system the new UCS will be Relative To. Otherwise, the new UCS will be calculated with respect to the World Coordinate System.

  15. Click OK to close the User Coordinate Systems dialog.

See Also Modifying a User-defined Coordinate System

Activating a Coordinate System


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