Pull a point off of CSYS

[WDAG]

Hi all,

I'm having some trouble with coordinate systems (not datum CSYS, just CSYS objects). This is the type that I'm talking about:

https://imgur.com/bUj9kKg

They are generated as part of a script when I use PCB Exchange to import a board and components from the EEs.

I want to snap bodies to these CSYS objects, generally as part of a Move Object. However, if I want to reference them (point-to-point or distance between points, for example), I cannot select a point of these CSYS objects. I can't place a point at the origins, because they aren't selectable. I can't even place a datum CSYS at these CSYS objects, because they aren't selectable.

I can do Information on them and I see that they have an origin in the Information window that pops up. But short of copying and pasting these coordinates (which is extremely cumbersome and error-prone), is there a way I can reference these points?

 

[SDETERS]

Turn your display to static wireframe. Then you can see these points. Also make sure you have allow selection of hidden wireframe turned on. But static wireframe display should get you what you need. For some reason when a cys point is behind a solid it does not display very well. I am sure there are other options so just one possible suggestion.

 

[cowski]

This type of csys doesn't have a point object associated with it, so you cannot select the origin directly with a point filter.

I can't even place a datum CSYS at these CSYS objects, because they aren't selectable.

Start the datum csys command, change the type to 'inferred', turn off the associative option, make sure your selection filter is set to either 'none' or 'csys', and you should be able to create a datum csys on top of the csys. Alternately, you can use the WCS orient command to move the WCS to the csys location, then create a point at (0,0,0) of the WCS. Finally, if this is something that you need to do often, a journal could be created that would create a point (or datum csys) at the origin of the csys objects.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[WDAG]

Hey all,

Static wireframe didn't help me - the problem wasn't that it was hidden.

I just needed to turn on "Control Points" in the selection intent toolbar.

Thanks!