Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 102 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced press [Enter] to accept. Notice in Figure 4-28 how many different UCS orientations can be selected for a single face. Setting the UCS Perpendicular to the Current View You may need to add notes or labels to a 3D drawing that are plan to the current view, such as the note shown in Figure 4-29. The View option of the UCS command makes this easy to do. The View option is available in the UCS icon shortcut menu. Immediately after selecting the View option, the UCS rotates to a position so the new XY plane is perpendicular to the current line of sight (parallel to the screen). Now, anything added to the drawing is plan to the current view. Applying the Current UCS to a Viewport The Apply option of the UCS command allows you to apply the UCS in the current viewport to any or all model space or paper space viewports. Using the Apply option, you can have a different UCS displayed in every viewport or you can apply one UCS to all viewports. With the viewport that contains the UCS to apply active, enter the Apply option. This option is only available on the command line. However, the option does not appear in the command prompt. Enter either A or APPLY to select the option. Then, pick a viewport to which the current UCS will be applied and press [Enter]. To apply UCS Ribbon Home Coordinates Visualize Coordinates View Type UCS UCS Type UCS Note view cube UCS is plan to the view Text is plan to the view Pick point Figure 4-28. Several different UCSs can be selected from a single pick point using the Face option of the UCS command. Given the pick point, five of the eight possibilities are shown here. Figure 4-29. The View option of the UCS command allows you to place text plan to the current view.