# "follower" \*transform **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 10, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/follower-transform/1337 "2022-11-10T16:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Disla](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/calculix.discourse.group/disla/32/3548_2.png) [@Disla](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Disla)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/follower-transform/1337/1 "2022-11-10T16:34:15Z")
Hi, ¿Is there a way to update the local axis definition during a nonlinear analisys? I mean to use points for the \*TRANSFORM definition that belong to the body and that can update according to the model behaviour . A follower local axis STEP … \*TRANSFORM,NSET=No1,TYPE=R (or (C) (inside de step to be able to update) x0.,y0.,z0.,X0.,Y0.,Z0. (Points defining the axis as node numbers not fixed coordinates.) Thank’s ---
**Author:** ![Calc\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Calc\_em](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Calc_em)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/follower-transform/1337/2 "2022-11-10T19:09:36Z")
Even in Abaqus those local coordinate systems are fixed: > The transformed coordinate system is always a set of fixed Cartesian axes at a node (even for cylindrical or spherical transforms). These transformed directions are fixed in space; the directions do not rotate as the node moves. Therefore, even in large-displacement analysis, the displacement components must always be given with respect to these fixed directions in space. ---
**Author:** ![Disla](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/calculix.discourse.group/disla/32/3548_2.png) [@Disla](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Disla)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/follower-transform/1337/3 "2022-11-10T19:32:23Z")
😞. Oh. Well 🙅‍♂️ Thanks