The draftpersons before me who worked at my company messed up the U.C.S. in a few site plans and I want to know how to fix.
(Problem)-When I enter model space, the cross-hairs are rotated, but the UCS is normal(x=0,y=90) My guess is that the person changed the UCS so that when they use the rectangle command, it will be on the same plane as another object, or property line.
I try changing my UCS to world view, but this does nothing, probably b/c the UCS is already normal.


How do I get the UCS and the Cross-hairs back to normal
(x=0,y=90)???

I only use 2D.

Edited by ad56 - 07.Feb.2008 at 16:57

i checked the snapping. its currently off but set to rectangular snap. I encounted another site plan, in this case, the snapping is even off in paper space, usually its off only in model space. any idea?

Ok, UCSMAN I believe is the answer, but my problem isin't solved yet. When I type ucsman, goto settings, click the update view box,typing plan won't work b/c i guess my viewport is locked. When I unlock the viewport, then double click inside to type plan, as soon as i click inside it zooms out. I typed plan and it still didnt rotate my cross-hairs back to north and south.

I think your advice is a step in the right direction tho, b/c other figures within the drawing are normal, (cross-hairs are north and south) which leads me to believe it has something to do with the viewports.

I will go over your steps a few more times, try some new things and get back to you...

thanks for the advice...

Hold on. I figured it out.... The first response was close. I typed snap. In my version of cad(2007 registered) the following options come up(on/off/aspect/style/type).
I typed rotate, even tho it wasn't one of the options, then it asks you for a base point, I just typed 0,0. Then it asks you for rotation, I typed 90 and that solved the problem.....

Thanks for the help!