Thursday, July 17, 2014

Ex: Using UCS

Move the UCS origin


Make sure UCS Icon set at Show UCS Icon at Origin



Select the UCS icon



Click the square grip to make it hot



Move to the corner of the solid

Turn on the Grid Display on the Status bar



Solid show below the grid
The X, Y, Z remain the same direction


Face UCS


Home tab > Coordinate panel > Face



Move the UCS icon on the face of solid



X,Y axis automatically align with the face

Click on the face



The grid show the XY Plane align with the new selected face
But it does not easy to define the X or Y axis


3 Point UCS


Home tab > Coordinate panel > 3 Point



Specify new origin point

Specify point on positive X



Specify point on positive Y



XY plane align with the face


View UCS


Home tab > Coordinate panel > View



The UCS icon rotate



XY plane rotate aligh with the screen



Adding text



This is the best way to add text labels to the isometric view


Named UCS


Home tab > Coordinate panel > Named UCS



Single-click on the Unnamed



Rename to Text Input



Return back to World



UCS icon return to origin position


Select the named UCS from the list


UCS rotated to the new UCS


You can delete any named UCS by right-click on the UCS


Select Delete

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