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How to set a coordinate system with a single button?

If you often need to change or assign a coordinate system in your drawings (maps), you may need a commandline version of the coord.systems command in Map (a dialog-based command by default).

You can use e.g. the following LISP macro:

  
(defun C:SetWGS ()  
(setvar "CMDDIA" 0)  
(command "ADESETCRDSYS" "_ses" "LL84" "_ex")  
(setvar "CMDDIA" 1)  
(princ)  
)

The newly defined command SetWGS can be then assigned to a toolbar button or keyboard shortcut.

Another - simpler method is to use the LISP function:

  
(ade_projsetwscode "LL84")

Map2009Civil2009TB2009

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applies to: AutoCAD Map 2009 · AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 · Topobase/MapServer 2009 ·

See also:
Tip 11847:	Automatic UCS aligned with the current View (UCSauto switch).
Tip 10636:	The entity isn't planar to the World Coordinate System and can't be converted.
Tip 10365:	Coordinate Tracker vs. Track Coordinates - how to track XYZ in Civil3D?
Tip 10167:	Keyboard shortcuts in Autodesk Fusion 360.
Tip 9860:	Displaying a DWG including GPS position on a mobile phone or tablet.

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