Orient in a Local System
Orient in a Local System
Orients of types translate, rotate, reflect and scale may be performed in a local coordinate system by selecting a *DEFINE_COORDINATE_SYSTEM that exists in the model. Some of the older functionality for local rotation and translation is now obsolete, but has been left for those that are used to it.
Pressing button will put up the object menu. Once selected the button will be red and local orientation will persist until the same button is pressed to de-activate it or the orient panel is dismissed. The local system will be applied to orient drag operations where DoF filter may be used to control local motion.
In this example a rectangular tube has been scaled in its local YZ axes to enlarge it and then along its local X axis to lengthen it.
