Manage a User Coordinate System

Create or select a different 3D reference frame to view your data.

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Controls for items in the list.

Control	Description
	Add a new user coordinate system.
	Edit the name of the selected user coordinate system or examine the user coordinate relative to other reference frames. Note: The user coordinate system named 'None', cannot be edited.
	Delete the selected user coordinate system. Note: The user coordinate system named 'None', cannot be deleted. The active user coordinate system cannot be deleted.

• The user coordinate system is applied when creating, editing or examining objects.
• Select a user coordinate system to orientate your data for printing.
• Data is exported in the project coordinate system.
• If you select a user coordinate system for the project, Unit options; Coordinate Type, Direction Type and Distance Type will be automatically set to 'Grid', 'Plane' and 'Grid' respectively.
• Plane bearings and grid distances will be computed in the X-Y plane.
• The default height will be used to transform two dimensional points.
• To select a user coordinate system for editing or deleting, select the entire row.
• A georeferenced image is only displayed in a user coordinate reference frame if the z-axis is parallel to the original height axis.
• Blocks are scaled in the easting, northing and up direction not the X, Y and Z direction of the user coordinate system.
• Text and images can be created in the projects x-y plane only and thus can only be created if the User Coordinate System is two dimensional or None.
• Created linked text displays values in the project coordinate system.

• Unit Options
• Create a User Coordinate System
• Edit a User Coordinate System
• Edit the Default Height