fostertom Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 How do I establish a UCS with one axis lying on a line of random xyz orientation, and another axis strictly horizontal according to World UCS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Have you tried UCS > Object? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fostertom Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 That helps - is this it? Set UCS>World. UCS>Object, click on the random line. UCS has X axis lying on the random line as seen in Top view, Y axis horizontal. UCS>3-points, click 1 on UCS Origin, 2 on the random line, 3 polar horizontal along the Y axis. Job done - but am I missing something - can this be simplified? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I suppose so. Just create a magic button and assign a custom lisp routine to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fostertom Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Thanks v much for swift reply - almost like asking a mate across the table - all done in 20secs! Edit: Ah - even better - UCS>ZA - does it in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Across the ocean, across the table...all the same difference these days (well almost). Question re: AutoCAD 2006. Doesn't it have the Dynamic UCS feature? Can't recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fostertom Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 2006? I've updated that to 2009, also confessing to using BricsCAD these days. Yes 2009 has DUCS - but AFAIK only works on faces of solids. So would it help in this case - am I mising a good trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 True that...you did mention the word "line" not solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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