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See also:
■ Overview of Coordinate Systems (page 143)
■ Transforming the Coordinate System of a Drawing (page 152)
■ Viewing the Assigned Coordinate System for a Source Drawing (page 151)
■ Removing an Assigned Coordinate System (page 150)
■ Overview of Creating New Coordinate Systems (page 90)
■ Overview of Grid Data Files and Datum Shift Issues (page 103)
To assign a coordinate system to a source drawing
1 Click Map Setup tab ➤ Coordinate System panel ➤ Assign.
2 In the Assign Global Coordinate System dialog box (page 1598), under
Source Drawings, click Select Drawings.
3 In the Select Drawings to Assign Coordinate System dialog box (page 1599),
select the source drawings. You cannot assign a coordinate system to a
source drawing that currently has queried objects in the current drawing.
4 Under Source Drawings, enter the coordinate system code for the selected
source drawings.
If you do not know the code, click Select Coordinate System. In the Select
Global Coordinate System dialog box, select a category. Select from a list
of available coordinate systems. You can also search for coordinate systems
by code or description using the Search box. Click Properties to view the
properties of the selected coordinate system.
To remove an assigned coordinate system, in the Code box in the Assign
Global Coordinate System dialog box, type a period.
5 Click OK.
Quick Reference
ADESETCRDSYS
Assigns a global coordinate system code for the current drawing or attached
drawings
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