AutoCAD: Coordinates

Coordinate values measured relative to the coordinate system's origin point (0,0).

• Absolute Coordinates

• Cartesian Coordinates

• Relative Coordinates

• Polar Coordinates

Coordinates specified in relation to previous coordinates.

• Absolute Coordinates

• Cartesian Coordinates

• Relative Coordinates

• Polar Coordinates

Coordinates located at a given distance and angle.

• Absolute Coordinates

• Cartesian Coordinates

• World Coordinate System

• Polar Coordinates

The fixed coordinate system that defines the location of all objects and other coordinate systems in a drawing.

• Absolute Coordinates

• World Coordinate System

• Relative Coordinates

• Polar Coordinates

A system in which coordinates are located along the X axis (horizontal axis), Y axis (vertical axis), and Z axis (the axis projecting perpendicular from the XY plane).

• Absolute Coordinates

• Cartesian Coordinates

• Relative Coordinates

• Polar Coordinates

In a CAD system, a user-defined coordinate system with an orientation different from that of the world coordinate system.

• User Coordinate System

• Cartesian Coordinates

• Relative Coordinates

• Polar Coordinates