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Grid Setting Display 709
Pr ocedur es
To display the position of the mouse in feet or metric
units:
1.
Choose Customize > Units Setup.
2. Turn on one of the main categories (Metric,
US Standard, Custom, or Generic Units) and
choose from the drop-down list.
The coordinate display is now in labeled units .
Example: To move the position of an object to the
center of t he worl d:
1.
Select an object in the viewport.
2. Righ t-click and choose Move from the quad
menu
3. Select the value in the x coordinate field, then
enter 0.Press
Tab .
4. Type 0 in the Y coordinate field, and press
Ta b .
5. Type 0 in the Z coordinate field.
Tip: Ri ght-clicking the spinner arrows for a
coordinate sets the va lue to zero.
Inter face
When you are transforming an object, you can
type coordinates directly in the Coordinate
Display fields. You can do this in two mo des,
Absolute or Offset.
•
Absolute sets the exact coordinates of the
object in world space.
• Offset transforms the object relative to its
existing coordinates.
Click the Absolute or Offset button to toggle
between the modes:
WhileyouaretypingintheCoordinateDisplay
fields (X ,Y,Z), you can use the
Tab key to move
from one coordinate field to another.
When you transform an object, the information
shownbythesefieldsdependsonthetypeof
transform:
• Move displays the offset XY Z coordinates
based on the current coordinate system. For
example, if you’re moving an object and you’re
constrained to the X axis, only the X readout
will change, displaying the offset of the move
along the local X axis.
• Rotate displays the offset angle in degrees
about the axis or axes the rotation is performed
around. This is dependent on both the axis
coordinate system, and the local/center togg le
button.
• Scale displays the offset XYZ scale in
percentages.
You can get the absolute as well as offset
information through the Transform Type-In dialog
(page 1–431) available from the Tools menu or by
right-clicking a transform button that has been
selected on the toolbar.
See also
Units Setup Dialog (page 3–848)
Grid S etting Display
Status bar > G r id Setting Display
Thegridsettingdisplayshowsthesizeofonegrid
square.
This value is constant in the active viewport. It
does not change if you zoom in very close or zoom
out very far.