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  1. Click Tasks > Equipment and Furnishings.

  2. Click PinPoint S3D_Display_Off ICON to display the PinPoint Ribbon.

  3. Select More from the Coordinate system list.

    • Previously selected coordinate systems display in the list along with the default options.

    • All coordinates are stored in the database relative to the native global coordinate system. You cannot edit the global coordinate system. You can create other coordinate systems in the Grids task to use as convenient references for modeling different portions of the plant.

  4. Select a coordinate system, and click OK.

    SHARED Tip The Select Graphically option on the Properties of Active Coordinate System list lets you select an object in the model. You can select a coordinate system by pointing at the coordinate system graphic, or you can select any object that has a local coordinate system, such as an equipment object or a structure member.

  5. Select Select graphically from the Properties of Active Coordinate System list, select a structure member, and then select the equipment.

  6. Select the coordinate system from the Coordinate System list.

    SHARED Tip After you select the active coordinate system, you must define the origin from which the displayed coordinates are measured. This origin is also called the target. The target allows you to view and enter coordinates relative to any point in the model. When you change the active coordinate system, the target position does not move. You can set the target to the origin of the active coordinate system with Set Target to Origin Set rotation triad to center of view ICON.

  7. Click Set Target to Origin Set rotation triad to center of view ICON.

  8. Click Rectangular Coordinates .

    The rectangular coordinates display the coordinates of the current cursor position relative to the target.

  9. Select the equipment, and click Move .

    Move To is selected by default.

    Grid lines connect the target to the new location along the active coordinate system, and the coordinates of the new location display.

  10. Press F9 to turn off the PinPoint graphics, and then press F9 again to turn the display back on.

    You can set the target location to get coordinates relative to any point in the model.

  11. Click Reposition Target S3D_Target_Reposition ICON and hover over the midpoint of the indicated member, or hover over the midpoint and press F12.

    A glyph displays indicating a midpoint.

  12. Click Move From to select a different reference point on the equipment.

  13. Hover over the top nozzle of the equipment, and press F12 to set the target to the nozzle point.

  14. Hover over the nozzle, and click to set the nozzle point as the point from which to move.

    SHARED Tip You can also click Relative Tracking before you click Move From . This automatically resets the target to the last point you enter.

  15. Set and lock the East and Elevation coordinates to 0.00 m, so that movement is only permitted along the North axis.

  16. Hover over the midpoint of the indicated member and click to move the equipment.

    The nozzle point is moved to the north middle of the equipment.