UCS Dialog Box

A usage of a dialog box is really handy if you are attempting to make changes or want to learn waht changes I can make to the selected options. This is why dialog boxes are made .

You can invoke UCS dialog box from the UCS dialog box launcher as shown in image below :

Here comes your dialog box with he default settings tab opened. The UCS dialog box contains three tabs :

1. Named UCSs tab
2. Orthographic UCSs tab &
3. Settings tab

So let's go ahead with the Named UCSs tab first :

1. Named UCSs tab :

The list of all defined or saved UCS appears here in the Named UCSs tab. The first entry is of World, which means WCS. Then other saved UCS appears below World. But it is not limited to that only. Here you can perform several different options related to a UCS.

Named UCSs tab of UCS Dialog box

A UCS set as current UCS is indicated by small pointing arrow. If you want to set a UCS as a current UCS, select it and then click on the Set Current button. OR else select it and then right click to get a flyout and then select Set Current from the flyout.

Deleting UCS :

If you want to delete a UCS, this is another way other than using UCS command. Select the UCS that you want to delete and then right click to get the flyout. Select the  Delete button from it.

Renaming UCS :

If you want to rename a UCS, then it is the way to do. Select the Rename button from the flyout OR else double-click the UCS that you want to rename and then enter the new name for the UCS.

Viewing Details :

If you want to see the details of a selected UCS with respect to any other UCS or w.r.t. WCS, then select it and click on Details button. A new Dialog box will appear showing the details of the selected UCS w.r.t. World by default. If you want to see the details of the selected UCS w.r.t. any other UCS, then you can do so using the Relative to drop down. If you view the details of the selected UCS w.r.t. itself, then the origin values will be 0 in each X, Y, Z- columns.

2. Orthographic UCSs tab :

Different orthographic views of a user defined UCS or six orthographic views of WCS are listed here in this tab. By default, World is set in Relative to drop down. To switch to different UCS, select it from the Relative to drop down.

Orthographic UCSs tab of UCS Dialog box

3. Settings tab :

The Settings tab of the UCS dialog box is used to display and modify the UCS and UCS icon settings. It is this place from where you can switch on or off the Selectability of the UCS, other than the Selectable option of the UCSICON command.

Settings tab of UCS Dialog box