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title: "UCS"
slug: "map360-ucs"
updated: 2026-09-04T15:30:29Z
published: 2026-09-04T15:30:29Z
canonical: "rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/map360-ucs"
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# UCS

## Function

Defines or modifies the current user coordinate system. You can use the UCS to create a system for entering coordinates and planes and for viewing drawings. This command defines the UCS in three-dimensional space.

## Procedure

**World:** Reverts to the drawings original UCS definition

**Previous:** Reverts to the previous UCS definition

**Entity:** Defines a new UCS origin based on a selected entity

**View:** Defines a new UCS based on the x,y plane parallel to your screen

**Origin:** Defines a new UCS origin by specifying a new point

**3 Points:** Defines a new UCS origin based on the direction of its x- and y-axes