How do I display the local axes for frame objects?
Go to the View > Set Building View Options command and mark the Line Local Axes checkbox under the Object View Options section and you will see Red, White and Blue arrows appear, which correspond to axes 1, 2, and 3 respectively. A helpful way to remember this is to think of the colors of the American flag: Red, White, and Blue = axes 1, 2, and 3. Please note that this ‘Set Building View’ dialogue can be used to display local axes not only for frame objects, but also for joints, area shells/plates, and links. Alternatively, you can visualize local orientation of frames by setting the display to ‘Extrusion’ view using the ‘Set Building View’ dialogue.
