The UCS in AutoCAD is a powerful tool. Typically the UCS is moved and rotated independently of the view. To make the view orientation match the UCS you can use the PLAN command. But there is a way to keep the plan orientation in sync with the UCS automatically. Read more »

The UCS is a powerful tool in AutoCAD that allows you to control the drawing plane. It is very important to learn how to use this tool. It can be used for good and evil (for example, in a civil drawing, it is important to keep the UCS in the World Coordinate System otherwise the drawing may not line up with XREFs correctly). Every AutoCAD drafter should learn to use and manipulate the UCS correctly.

Here I will show you a couple of secret options for manipulating the UCS. Read more »

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