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<div style="font-size:170%; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:4px;">Coordinate Systems</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:8px;">Understanding polar and rectangular component direction methods in automet® FAB.</div>
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automet® FAB has two different ways of directing components: '''polar''' and '''rectangular'''.

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== Coordinate Systems Comparison ==

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<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:8px;">Rectangular (Cartesian)</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:12px;">The rectangular system is the most common way to locate pipe components. It uses three mutually perpendicular axes (X, Y, and Z) to define a position from a fixed origin point.</div>

Directions correspond to main plant axes:
* '''±X:''' East / West
* '''±Y:''' North / South
* '''±Z:''' Elevation (Up / Down)

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<div style="margin-bottom:12px;">Defines a 3D direction vector from a center point using two specific angles: azimuth and zenith.</div>

Key angular definitions:
* '''Azimuth:''' The horizontal angle (0–360°) measured clockwise from North (+Y). 90° is East, 180° is South, and 270° is West.
* '''Zenith:''' The vertical angle (0–180°) measured down from the +Z axis (straight up). 90° is horizontal.

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