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Creating a local coordinate system |
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To create a local coordinate system, use the Local coordinate system command 
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While working in a drawing or fragment, to create a LCS you can also use the Create/Edit CS...Command which is in the list of coordinate systems on the Quick Access Bar.
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With the commands Local coordinate system and Create/edit CS..., you can also perform the following actions: |
Step-by-step instructions
1.Invoke one of the above commands for creating an LCS.
On the toolbar of parameters, there appear elements to control coordinate systems, including the Coordinate systemslist. If no LCS has yet been created, the list contains one coordinate system — CS 0. For a fragment and sketch, that is – absolute coordinate system, and for the drawing view – the coordinate system of that view. If a document already has local coordinates, then the list also displays all the LCS of the current sketch/fragment/view in the drawing.
2.When you create the first LCS, its addition is started automatically after invoking the command.
If a document already has LCS, then to create a new one, press the Add 
button next to the Coordinate Systems list.
3.Using the toggle CS 0/Current CS, select relative to which coordinate system the new LCS will be positioned:
•CS 0 – relative to the absolute coordinate system when working in a fragment and sketch, or relative to the coordinate system of the current view when working in a drawing,
•Current CS — relative to the coordinate system, which is current at the given moment.
If the first LCS is created in a document, then regardless of the toggle switch position it is positioned relative to CS 0.
4.If necessary, enter the LCS name in the Name of LCSfield.
5.Set the position of a new LCS using one of the two methods:
•enter coordinates of the point of LCS origin into the Point of origin, LCS fields, and the angle of rotation of LCS around this point – into the Slope angle of axis X of the LCS (the angle is calculated from axis X of the coordinate system, in which a LCS is created),
•in the graphic region, specify a point of the LCS origin, and then – a point on its axis X; the coordinates and angle are automatically calculated and entered into the respective fields.
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•The methods can be combined; for example, you may specify the start point of the local coordinate system using a mouse and enter the angle on the Parameter Panel. •To position the cursor and set the parameters precisely, you can use Snaps and geometrical calculator. |
After you set the LCS position, it is created automatically.
The created LCS becomes the current one. It is marked in the list with a dot to the left of the name. All subsequent designs will be performed in this coordinate system until another one is assigned as current.
6.Complete the command by pressing the Complete 
button in the header area of the Parameter Panel.
