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Create, save, and access named UCS definitions.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:04
If I type in ucs again,
00:07
we can also go to
00:09
named
00:11
and I can hit save
00:15
and enter a name
00:17
to save the current U CS icon. So let's back up on this a minute.
00:23
And let's do what we did before
00:26
where if I choose object,
00:30
if I go back into the ucs command
00:35
and I go to named,
00:37
I can hit save
00:39
and then enter a name
00:42
to save the alignment. As
00:45
in this case, I can call it aligned
00:49
and press enter.
00:51
Now you'll notice that the previously unnamed U CS on the drop down for the view cube
00:60
is now saved
01:02
with a named ucs.
01:05
So now if we type in ucs again,
01:09
we can then go to
01:12
world to set a current.
01:15
But at any time, if we want to restore
01:18
the aligned U CS, we can access it here
01:22
or we can go into the named
01:24
option for the U CS command
01:27
or we can type in U CS man
01:31
and aligned is there inside of it as well
01:37
to go back to world, we can just click on world
01:41
with the view cube drop down.
01:45
So as you can see, there are a lot of options when it comes to the US and Auto
01:49
KT
01:50
mastering how to effectively use them can make
01:53
you more productive on any of your projects.
Video transcript
00:04
If I type in ucs again,
00:07
we can also go to
00:09
named
00:11
and I can hit save
00:15
and enter a name
00:17
to save the current U CS icon. So let's back up on this a minute.
00:23
And let's do what we did before
00:26
where if I choose object,
00:30
if I go back into the ucs command
00:35
and I go to named,
00:37
I can hit save
00:39
and then enter a name
00:42
to save the alignment. As
00:45
in this case, I can call it aligned
00:49
and press enter.
00:51
Now you'll notice that the previously unnamed U CS on the drop down for the view cube
00:60
is now saved
01:02
with a named ucs.
01:05
So now if we type in ucs again,
01:09
we can then go to
01:12
world to set a current.
01:15
But at any time, if we want to restore
01:18
the aligned U CS, we can access it here
01:22
or we can go into the named
01:24
option for the U CS command
01:27
or we can type in U CS man
01:31
and aligned is there inside of it as well
01:37
to go back to world, we can just click on world
01:41
with the view cube drop down.
01:45
So as you can see, there are a lot of options when it comes to the US and Auto
01:49
KT
01:50
mastering how to effectively use them can make
01:53
you more productive on any of your projects.
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