Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Preliminaries are over — now it's time to start making some UCSs!
6. Move the crosshairs over the UCS icon.
The UCS icon currently shows the orientation of the World Coordinate System. As
you move the crosshairs over the icon, it turns a greenish-gold color, indicating that
it can be selected.
7. Click to select the UCS icon.
A square multi-function grip appears at the origin, and round multi-function grips
appear at the ends of the icon's legs.
8. Move the crosshairs over each multi-function grip and look at the grip menus.
Hovering over one of the round grips at the end of a leg lets you choose between re-
aligning the selected axis, or rotating the UCS around one of the unselected axes.
Hovering the mouse pointer over the origin grip lets you move the UCS origin to a
new location and either while keep the current alignment of the X- and Y-axes or re-
align them. The third grip option, World, restores the WCS.
Now you use the UCS icon's multi-function grips to set a new UCS.
9. Click the UCS icon to select it, then move the crosshairs over the square multi-
function grip at the origin.
The crosshairs jump to the origin and the grip menu appears.
10. From the grip menu, choose Move and Align.
AutoCAD prompts:
** MOVE AND ALIGN **Specify origin point or align to face, sur-
face, or mesh:
Move the crosshairs to a different corner of the box, and when the UCS icon origin
is over the corner, click to set the new origin.
If you wish, you can drag the round grips on the axes to realign the new UCS. Once
you've got it the way you want, it's worth saving it. The next steps show how.
11. On the Coordinates panel of the Home tab, choose UCS, Named UCS.
AutoCAD displays the UCS dialog box.
12. With the Named UCSs tab current, select Unnamed in the UCSs list.
The new, unnamed UCS is the current UCS in the drawing and is listed at the top of
the list.
13. Right-click Unnamed and select Rename from the shortcut menu.
An in-place editor is displayed that allows you to rename the UCS.
14. Type a name for the new UCS press Enter.
The Unnamed UCS is renamed (see Figure 21-3).
15. Click OK.
