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Managing the Model

Orientations
This command helps set a new temporary orientation of your model in order to facilitate your work while modeling parallel to one of the planes of the orthogonal XYZ crossbar.
\orient

Following options are available in this command:
Simple reorientation
Advanced reorientation
Restore original orientation
Restore an existing orientation
Rename an orientation
Remove an orientation
The two reorientation options enable manipulation of the model in different ways.
Simple reorientation
The simple orientation enables to quickly move the whole model towards the origin point (x=0, y=0, z=0), as per the directions you set and parallel to the most adapted orthogonal plane (xy, xz or yz), also called destination plane.
Enter the location point: the origin of the model will be placed at this point.
Enter the direction point: the horizontal axis of the destination plane will be aligned between the location point and this direction point.
Enter the reflection point. This third point should not be on the line set by the first two points. It will set the rotation of the model in the three-dimensional space.
Name the new orientation.
IMPORTANT: The plane of the model defined by these three points is oriented in the destination plane. The positive direction of the vertical axis of the destination plane is directed towards the side defined by the reflection point. The three points can be anywhere in the three-dimensional space. This enables you to give any desired orientation to the model.
Advanced reorientation
Advanced orientation enables moving the whole model or only the selection group. It also helps to choose the destination plane along which the model should be placed and also to retain its absolute position with reference to the origin.
Enter the location point: the origin of the model will be placed at this point.
Enter the direction point: the horizontal axis of the destination plane will be aligned between the location point and this direction point.
Enter the reflection point. This third point, should not be on the line set by the first two points. It will set the rotation of the model in a three-dimensional space:
The plane of the model defined by these three points is oriented in the destination plane.
The positive direction of the vertical axis of the destination plane will be directed towards the side defined by the reflection point.
Choose the destination plane (xy, xz, yz).
Choose whether to move the model from the location point to the origin point.
If there is a selection or a selection group, choose whether you want to reorient the whole model or only the group.
Name the new orientation.
IMPORTANT: If you choose to reorient only the selected group, the latter is temporarily isolated from the rest of the model and is given a higher masking level. However, if you try to get a lower masking level to this reorientation, the reoriented part of the model is then automatically repositioned to its original position.
Restore original orientation
This option replaces the model in its original position. If you have previously reoriented only a selected part of the model using the option Advanced reorientation, the blanked entities are then redisplayed.
Restore an existing orientation
This option restores a previously used orientation of the model.
Specify the entity whose orientation you wish to restore or press Enter to display the complete list of the orientations available in the model.
If you have specified an entity, the list of orientations related to this entity appears. It contains all the orientations on which the entity has been either created or modified.
Select the name of the orientation that you wish to restore from this list .
NOTE: The restored orientation type is respected.. If it is a simple orientation, the entire model is moved. If it is an advanced orientation applied only to a selection group, the entities that are not affected by this reorientation are hidden.
Rename an orientation
The list of all the available orientations in the model appears.
Select the orientation you want to rename.
Enter the new name of the orientation.
Delete an orientation
The list of all the available orientations in the model appears.
Select orientation you want to delete.
NOTE: The orientation is simply deleted from the list of available orientations. Thus, you can no longer restore it directly unless it is specifically recreated. Under no circumstances does this operation delete the entities that have been created or modified during the use of this orientation.