Managing Custom Coordinate Systems

Use the CSStyle command to manage coordinate systems. You can:

• Manage coordinate systems by viewing, activating, renaming, or deleting them
• Select an orthographic coordinate system
• Adjust coordinate system settings

To create named Custom Coordinate Systems, use the CCS command.

To view saved coordinate systems:

1. Click Tools > CCS Manager (or type CSStyle).

   In the Options dialog box, the Drawing Settings page opens and Coordinate System expands.

2. Expand Named.
3. Hover the pointer over a coordinate system to view the origin and X, Y, and Z coordinates.

To activate a coordinate system:

1. Click Tools > CCS Manager (or type CSStyle).

   In the Options dialog box, the Drawing Settings page opens and Coordinate System expands.

2. Expand Named.
3. Select a coordinate system and click Activate.

   A displays beside the active coordinate system.

To delete or rename a coordinate system:

1. Click Tools > CCS Manager (or type CSStyle).

   In the Options dialog box, the Drawing Settings page opens and Coordinate System expands.

2. Expand Named.
3. Select a coordinate system and click Delete or Rename.

   You can use Rename to name an unnamed coordinate system. You cannot delete or rename the World Coordinate System (WCS).

To set a temporary orthographic coordinate system on a face of a cube:

1. Click Tools > CCS Manager (or type CSStyle).

   In the Options dialog box, the Drawing Settings page opens and Coordinate System expands.

2. Expand Defaults.
3. Select a face (Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Left, or Right) and click Activate.
4. In Relative to, select the coordinate system to which the temporary coordinate system should be relative.

To set up coordinate systems:

1. Click Tools > CCS Manager (or type CSStyle).

   In the Options dialog box, the Drawing Settings page opens and Coordinate System expands.

2. Expand Options.
3. Set options:
   • Update view when coordinate system changes: Automatically displays the plan view to the coordinate system in the active ViewTile when the coordinate system changes.
   • Save coordinate system with view tiles: Forces all ViewTiles to reflect its active coordinate system. Otherwise, the coordinate systems of other ViewTiles remain unchanged.

To set up the coordinate system icon:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).

   Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).

2. In the Options dialog box, click Drawing Settings .
3. Expand Display > Coordinate System Icon.
4. Set options:
   • Display icons: Displays the coordinate system icon.
   • Display icons at origin: Displays the coordinate system icon at the origin (0,0,0) of the active coordinate system. If the origin is off the display, the coordinate system icon displays in the lower left of the view.
   • Apply changes to all actively displayed views: Determines whether the coordinate system icon settings apply to all active views or only the active one.

Access

Command: CSStyle

Menu: Tools > CCS Manager