User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Define ACS (By Points)

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Used to define an ACS with data points. Upon definition, the ACS becomes the Active ACS.

Tool SettingEffect
Type

Sets the ACS Type — Rectangular, Cylindrical, or Spherical.

ACS Plane Lock

If on, each data point is forced to lie on the Active ACS's xy-plane.

ACS Plane Snap

If on, each tentative point is forced to lie on the Active ACS's xy-plane.

To define an ACS with data points
  1. Select the Define ACS (By Points) tool.

  2. Enter a data point to define the ACS origin.

  3. Enter a data point to define the direction of the ACS's positive x-axis, which extends from the origin through this point.

  4. (3D only) Enter a data point to define the direction of the positive y-axis.
    The direction of the positive z-axis follows by applying the “right hand rule.”

Key-in: DEFINE ACS POINTS