Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Chapter 4 Understanding Three-Dimensional Coordinates and User Coordinate Systems 93 of the object. To save this UCS, use the UCS icon shortcut menu. Move the pointer over the UCS icon and right-click. See Figure 4-19. Select Named UCS Save in the shortcut menu, type a name at the prompt, and press [Enter]. The UCS can also be saved by using the Named Save option of the UCS command or the UCS dialog box. If using the dialog box, right-click on the entry Unnamed and pick Rename in the shortcut menu. See Figure 4-20. You can also pick once or double-click on the highlighted name. Then, type the new name in place of Unnamed and press [Enter]. A name can have up to 255 characters. Numbers, letters, spaces, dollar signs ($), hyphens (–), and underscores (_) are valid. Use this method to save a new UCS or to rename an existing one. Now, the coordinate system is saved and can be easily recalled for future use. UCS Ribbon Home Coordinates Visualize Coordinates UCS, Named UCS… Type UCS Move pointer over UCS icon and right-click Figure 4-19. To save a new UCS, move the pointer over the UCS icon and right-click to display the UCS icon shortcut menu. Pick Named UCS Save. Right-click to display the shortcut menu Figure 4-20. Select Rename in the UCS dialog box to enter a name and save the Unnamed UCS.
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