24.7.1 An overview of the methods for creating a coordinate system

Select ToolsCoordinate SystemCreate from the main menu bar in the Visualization module to define a local coordinate system. You choose the type of coordinate system and follow the prompts in the prompt area to define the coordinate system axes. The following types of coordinate systems are available:

Fixed system
System following 3 nodes
System following 3 nodes on a circle
System following a single node

You can use the Coordinate System Manager to rename or delete user-defined coordinate systems and to save the coordinate systems to an output database file for use in later ABAQUS/CAE sessions.