Menu Items
The following menu items are only useful when working with multiple coordinate systems.
Edit Menu
This item is found in the Edit > Select submenu. When this item is selected all geometry in the current coordinate system contained in the current workgroup will become selected. Geometry and bodies in other coordinate systems or workgroups will not be selected.
View Menu
This item is also available as a button on the View palette. When selected, the system rotates the view of the part to a view normal (3D perpendicular) to the current coordinate system. The Home view always displays the part with the positive Depth Axis projecting out of the screen. This has the effect of showing the part rotated into the position it will be in when it is machined.
Modify Menu
The Change CS (XYZ) and Change CS (HVD) items are only available if geometry is selected. Either item will reassign geometry to the current CS.
When Change CS (XYZ) is used, all selected geometry will be assigned to the current coordinate system. The geometry will stay in its same location in 3D space. It will change color to reflect the fact that it is now in the current coordinate system. All selected arcs will be segmented (changed into line segments), if the coordinate system they are being changed into uses a different plane than their original coordinate system.
When Change CS (HVD) is used, all selected geometry will be assigned to the current coordinate system, and the HVD values of the geometry will be preserved. This means that the geometry will be modified to be planar to the new CS location preserving the relative position.