Global Coordinate System

Represents the default coordinate system. The origin is defined as 0,0,0 in the model coordinate system. This location serves as the reference location for any local Coordinate System objects inserted under the Global Coordinate System object.

Object Properties

The Details Pane for this object includes the following properties.

The following are all read-only status indications of the global coordinate system:

CategoryProperties/Options/Descriptions
Definition
Type
Mechanical APDL System Number - assigns the coordinate system reference number (the first argument of the Mechanical APDL LOCAL command).
Origin
Origin X
Origin Y
Origin Z
Directional Vectors
X Axis Data
Y Axis Data
Z Axis Data

Tree Dependencies

Insertion Methods

Automatically inserted in the tree.

Right-click Options

In addition to common right-click options, relevant right-click options for this object include:

Additional Related Information

See the following sections for more information: