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To enter cylindrical coordinates
At a prompt for a point, enter the coordinate values using the following
format:
x<[angle from X axis],z
■ X represents the distance from the UCS origin (0,0,0)
■ Angle from X axis represents the angle from the X axis in the XY plane.
■ Z represents the distance from the origin (0,0,0) along the Z axis.
For example, 4<60,2 represents a location that is 4 units along the X axis
from the UCS origin measured at 60 degrees from the positive X axis and at
2 units in the positive Z direction.
Enter Spherical Coordinates
Spherical coordinate entry in 3D is similar to polar coordinate entry in 2D.
You locate a point by specifying its distance from the origin of the current
UCS, its angle from the X axis (in the XY plane), and its angle from the XY
plane, each angle preceded by an open angle bracket (<) as in the following
format:
X<[angle from X axis]<[angle from XY plane]
In the following illustration, the coordinate 8<60<30 indicates a point 8
units from the origin of the current UCS in the XY plane, 60 degrees from the
X axis in the XY plane, and 30 degrees up the Z axis from the XY plane. The
coordinate 5<45<15 indicates a point 5 units from the origin, 45 degrees
from the X axis in the XY plane, and 15 degrees up from the XY plane.
5<45<15
8<30<30