From the course: Learning CATIA v5
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Compass and corner axis - CATIA Tutorial
From the course: Learning CATIA v5
Compass and corner axis
- [Instructor] Here I want to discuss the compass. As you can see, the compass is currently nested on its, what's called perch. The compass is a very large subject of discussion. And I'm going to keep it brief, but I need you to understand a certain key few elements to the compass, so that when you look at it, you understand what the compass is telling you. As I talked about briefly before, you can adjust and manipulate your graphics window using the compass by using your first mouse button, grabbing one of the arms, or vectors on that compass, to adjust the screen. You can also grab one of the planes. Again, just holding down your first mouse button you can see I can pan based off of that plane. Now currently, as the compass sits on its perch, you're going to notice the X, Y, Z are oriented to absolute X, Y, Z. With this little red block at the very bottom of the compass, if I grab that and drag the compass down and drop it on to one of the parts somewhere in the screen, you'll…
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