Controlling the display of individual coordinate systems

All datum geometry you create, including datum coordinate systems, are considered features of the part or assembly to which they apply. Abaqus/CAE provides shortcuts for datum coordinate systems and other features in the Model Tree under the Features container for the part or assembly. You can highlight an individual datum coordinate system by clicking its shortcut in the Model Tree; when highlighted, a coordinate system is rendered in red in the viewport and its title is displayed. To hide or display the coordinate system in the viewport, click mouse button 3 on the shortcut and select Suppress or Resume.

You can also control the display of individual datum coordinate systems by adding them to display groups. See Managing display groups for more information.

In the Visualization module the available coordinate systems are divided into two groups: ODB coordinate systems, which are part of the output database file; and session coordinate systems, which are created during postprocessing. Session coordinate systems apply to one output database only and persist only for your Abaqus/CAE session, unless you move the session coordinate system to the output database. See Saving a coordinate system to an output database file.

You can highlight, display, or hide individual coordinate systems using either of the following techniques:

• All available coordinate systems have shortcuts in the Results Tree under the ODB Coordinate Systems and Session Coordinate Systems containers. You can click any shortcut to highlight that coordinate system in the viewport; when highlighted, a coordinate system is rendered in red in the viewport and its title is displayed. You can also display or hide any coordinate system by clicking mouse button 3 on the shortcut and selecting a Boolean operator from the list that appears.

• You can control the display of ODB coordinate systems and session coordinate systems by adding them to display groups, which can be displayed or hidden using the Boolean display options. See Managing display groups for more information.

The Coordinate System Manager also provides information about the ODB coordinate systems and session coordinate systems for the selected output database. You cannot change the display of coordinate systems from this manager, but you can rename or delete them. See Creating coordinate systems during postprocessing.