fix(blocks): preserve UCS transformations

Bake BEDIT frames into block-local geometry while keeping model and viewport UCS isolated. Normalize legacy nonzero block origins during load.

src/app/command_driver.rs

@@ -932,9 +932,17 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 base,
             } => {
                 self.push_undo_snapshot(i, "BLOCK");
+                let ucs = self.tabs[i].ucs_xform();
+                let world_to_block = ucs.to_ucs_transform_at(base);
+                let block_to_world = ucs.to_wcs_transform_at(base);
                 match self.tabs[i]
                     .scene
-                    .create_block_from_entities(&handles, &name, base)
+                    .create_block_from_entities(
+                        &handles,
+                        &name,
+                        &world_to_block,
+                        &block_to_world,
+                    )
                 {
                     Ok(insert_handle) => {
                         self.tabs[i].dirty = true;

src/app/commands/inquiry.rs

@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     )));
                 }
 
-                // Snapshot the block's block-local entities so Discard can restore
-                // them (skip structural Block/BlockEnd/AttDef, mirroring REFEDIT).
+                // Snapshot the complete block definition so Discard can restore
+                // structural markers, ATTDEFs and geometry with exact handles.
                 let snapshot: Vec<_> = {
                     let br = self.tabs[i]
                         .scene
@@ -418,26 +418,45 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     br.entity_handles
                         .iter()
                         .filter_map(|h| self.tabs[i].scene.document.get_entity(*h).cloned())
-                        .filter(|e| {
-                            !matches!(
-                                e,
-                                acadrust::EntityType::Block(_)
-                                    | acadrust::EntityType::BlockEnd(_)
-                                    | acadrust::EntityType::AttributeDefinition(_)
-                            )
-                        })
                         .collect()
                 };
+                let dependent_snapshot: Vec<_> = self.tabs[i]
+                    .scene
+                    .block_definition_dependent_handles(br_handle)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .filter_map(|handle| {
+                        self.tabs[i].scene.document.get_entity_arc(handle)
+                    })
+                    .collect();
+                let reference_attributes: Vec<_> = self.tabs[i]
+                    .scene
+                    .document
+                    .entities()
+                    .filter_map(|entity| match entity {
+                        acadrust::EntityType::Insert(reference)
+                            if reference.block_name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&insert.block_name)
+                                && !reference.attributes.is_empty() =>
+                        {
+                            Some((
+                                reference.common.handle,
+                                reference.attributes.clone(),
+                            ))
+                        }
+                        _ => None,
+                    })
+                    .collect();
 
                 self.push_undo_snapshot(i, "BEDIT");
 
                 // Capture the camera before the editor reframes it, so leaving
                 // the block editor returns the view exactly where it was (#425).
                 let current_camera = self.tabs[i].scene.camera.borrow().clone();
+                let current_ucs = self.tabs[i].active_ucs.clone();
                 let (return_layout, return_block, return_camera) =
                     if let Some(parent_index) = self.tabs[i].active_block_edit {
                         let parent = &mut self.tabs[i].block_edits[parent_index];
                         parent.editor_camera = current_camera.clone();
+                        parent.editor_ucs = current_ucs;
                         (
                             parent.return_layout.clone(),
                             Some(parent.block_name.clone()),
@@ -463,10 +482,16 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     return_layout,
                     return_block,
                     snapshot,
+                    dependent_snapshot,
+                    reference_attributes,
                     return_camera,
                     editor_camera: current_camera,
+                    editor_ucs: None,
                 });
                 self.tabs[i].active_block_edit = Some(self.tabs[i].block_edits.len() - 1);
+                // Every BEDIT tab owns an isolated local UCS. Never inherit or
+                // overwrite the drawing's model-space UCS.
+                self.tabs[i].refresh_active_ucs();
 
                 self.tabs[i].scene.deselect_all();
                 // The first click of a double-click selects the model-space
@@ -574,10 +599,25 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 let return_layout = session.return_layout.clone();
                 let return_camera = session.return_camera.clone();
                 for mut entity in session.snapshot {
-                    entity.common_mut().handle = acadrust::Handle::NULL;
+                    // Preserve the original handle so ATTDEF references and
+                    // other handle-based relationships survive Discard.
                     entity.common_mut().owner_handle = session.br_handle;
                     let _ = self.tabs[i].scene.document.add_entity(entity);
                 }
+                for (handle, attributes) in session.reference_attributes {
+                    if let Some(acadrust::EntityType::Insert(reference)) =
+                        self.tabs[i].scene.document.get_entity_mut(handle)
+                    {
+                        reference.attributes = attributes;
+                    }
+                }
+                for entity in session.dependent_snapshot {
+                    let handle = entity.common().handle;
+                    let _ = self.tabs[i]
+                        .scene
+                        .document
+                        .replace_entity_arc(handle, entity);
+                }
                 self.restore_after_block_edit_close(
                     i,
                     return_block.as_deref(),

src/app/commands/layerprops.rs

@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 use acadrust::types::Vector3;
                 let parts: Vec<&str> = cmd.splitn(4, ' ').collect();
                 let sub = parts.get(1).map(|s| s.to_uppercase()).unwrap_or_default();
+                let mut active_changed = false;
                 match sub.as_str() {
                     "" | "LIST" | "?" => {
                         let active_name = self.tabs[i]
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     }
                     "W" | "WORLD" => {
                         self.tabs[i].active_ucs = None;
+                        active_changed = true;
                         self.command_line
                             .push_output("UCS reset to World Coordinate System.");
                     }
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                                 wcs_origin.y as f64,
                                 wcs_origin.z as f64,
                             );
+                            active_changed = true;
                             self.command_line.push_output(&format!(
                                 "UCS origin set to ({:.4}, {:.4}, {:.4}).",
                                 wcs_origin.x, wcs_origin.y, wcs_origin.z
@@ -313,6 +316,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                                     Vector3::new(ny.x as f64, ny.y as f64, ny.z as f64);
                             }
                             self.tabs[i].active_ucs = Some(new_ucs);
+                            active_changed = true;
                             self.command_line
                                 .push_output(&format!("UCS rotated {:.2}° around Z.", angle_deg));
                         } else {
@@ -340,6 +344,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                             let rot = glam::Quat::from_axis_angle(x_ax, rad);
                             let ny = rot * old_y;
                             ucs.y_axis = Vector3::new(ny.x as f64, ny.y as f64, ny.z as f64);
+                            active_changed = true;
                             self.command_line
                                 .push_output(&format!("UCS rotated {:.2}° around X.", angle_deg));
                         } else {
@@ -367,6 +372,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                             let rot = glam::Quat::from_axis_angle(y_ax, rad);
                             let nx = rot * old_x;
                             ucs.x_axis = Vector3::new(nx.x as f64, nx.y as f64, nx.z as f64);
+                            active_changed = true;
                             self.command_line
                                 .push_output(&format!("UCS rotated {:.2}° around Y.", angle_deg));
                         } else {
@@ -378,6 +384,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         let name = sub.clone();
                         if let Some(named) = self.tabs[i].scene.document.ucss.get(&name).cloned() {
                             self.tabs[i].active_ucs = Some(named);
+                            active_changed = true;
                             self.command_line
                                 .push_output(&format!("UCS '{}' activated.", name));
                         } else {
@@ -388,11 +395,9 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                // Keep the scene's ViewCube UCS in lock-step with active_ucs and
-                // persist it to the active pane (per-viewport UCS inside a
-                // viewport, header model UCS in the Model tab) so it round-trips.
-                self.tabs[i].sync_ucs_to_scene();
-                self.tabs[i].persist_active_ucs();
+                if active_changed {
+                    self.commit_active_ucs_change(i, "UCS");
+                }
             }
 
             // ── Named Views (VIEW command) ────────────────────────────────

src/app/document.rs

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ impl DocumentTab {
 
     /// The document's saved model-space UCS (header), as a `Ucs`. `None` when it
     /// is identity (plain WCS).
-    fn model_ucs_from_header(&self) -> Option<Ucs> {
+    pub(super) fn model_ucs_from_header(&self) -> Option<Ucs> {
         let h = &self.scene.document.header;
         let mut u = Ucs::new(h.model_space_ucs_name.clone());
         u.origin = h.model_space_ucs_origin;
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ impl DocumentTab {
     /// change (enter/exit viewport, layout / tab switch, load) so one field
     /// drives all UCS-aware systems regardless of where editing happens.
     pub(super) fn refresh_active_ucs(&mut self) {
-        self.active_ucs = if let Some(h) = self.scene.active_viewport {
+        self.active_ucs = if let Some(session) = self.active_block_edit_session() {
+            session.editor_ucs.clone()
+        } else if let Some(h) = self.scene.active_viewport {
             self.ucs_from_viewport(h)
         } else if self.scene.current_layout == "Model" {
             self.model_ucs_from_header()
@@ -297,16 +299,28 @@ impl DocumentTab {
     /// any UCS change.
     pub(super) fn persist_active_ucs(&mut self) {
         use acadrust::types::Vector3;
-        if let Some(h) = self.scene.active_viewport {
-            let (o, x, y, per) = match &self.active_ucs {
-                Some(u) => (u.origin, u.x_axis, u.y_axis, true),
-                None => (Vector3::ZERO, Vector3::UNIT_X, Vector3::UNIT_Y, false),
+        if let Some(index) = self.active_block_edit {
+            let active_ucs = self.active_ucs.clone();
+            if let Some(session) = self.block_edits.get_mut(index) {
+                session.editor_ucs = active_ucs;
+            }
+        } else if let Some(h) = self.scene.active_viewport {
+            let (o, x, y, handle, per) = match &self.active_ucs {
+                Some(u) => (u.origin, u.x_axis, u.y_axis, u.handle, true),
+                None => (
+                    Vector3::ZERO,
+                    Vector3::UNIT_X,
+                    Vector3::UNIT_Y,
+                    Handle::NULL,
+                    false,
+                ),
             };
             if let Some(acadrust::EntityType::Viewport(vp)) = self.scene.document.get_entity_mut(h)
             {
                 vp.ucs_origin = o;
                 vp.ucs_x_axis = x;
                 vp.ucs_y_axis = y;
+                vp.ucs_handle = handle;
                 vp.ucs_per_viewport = per;
             }
         } else if self.scene.current_layout == "Model" {
@@ -316,11 +330,13 @@ impl DocumentTab {
                     h.model_space_ucs_origin = u.origin;
                     h.model_space_ucs_x_axis = u.x_axis;
                     h.model_space_ucs_y_axis = u.y_axis;
+                    h.model_space_ucs_name = u.name.clone();
                 }
                 None => {
                     h.model_space_ucs_origin = Vector3::ZERO;
                     h.model_space_ucs_x_axis = Vector3::UNIT_X;
                     h.model_space_ucs_y_axis = Vector3::UNIT_Y;
+                    h.model_space_ucs_name.clear();
                 }
             }
         }

src/app/helpers.rs

@@ -73,8 +73,14 @@ impl UcsXform {
     pub(super) fn from_ucs(ucs: &Ucs) -> Self {
         let v = |a: acadrust::types::Vector3| glam::DVec3::new(a.x, a.y, a.z);
         let x = v(ucs.x_axis).normalize_or(glam::DVec3::X);
-        let y = v(ucs.y_axis).normalize_or(glam::DVec3::Y);
-        let z = x.cross(y).normalize_or(glam::DVec3::Z);
+        let raw_y = v(ucs.y_axis).normalize_or(glam::DVec3::Y);
+        let fallback_z = if x.dot(glam::DVec3::Z).abs() < 0.999 {
+            glam::DVec3::Z
+        } else {
+            glam::DVec3::Y
+        };
+        let z = x.cross(raw_y).normalize_or(x.cross(fallback_z).normalize());
+        let y = z.cross(x).normalize();
         Self { origin: v(ucs.origin), x, y, z }
     }
 
@@ -127,6 +133,44 @@ impl UcsXform {
             glam::Vec4::W,
         )
     }
+
+    /// Full UCS-local → WCS transform, using `origin` as local zero while
+    /// retaining this UCS's orthonormal axes.
+    pub(super) fn to_wcs_transform_at(
+        &self,
+        origin: glam::DVec3,
+    ) -> acadrust::types::Transform {
+        use acadrust::types::{Matrix4, Transform};
+        Transform::from_matrix(Matrix4 {
+            m: [
+                [self.x.x, self.y.x, self.z.x, origin.x],
+                [self.x.y, self.y.y, self.z.y, origin.y],
+                [self.x.z, self.y.z, self.z.z, origin.z],
+                [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+            ],
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Full WCS → UCS-local transform, using `origin` as the local zero.
+    pub(super) fn to_ucs_transform_at(
+        &self,
+        origin: glam::DVec3,
+    ) -> acadrust::types::Transform {
+        use acadrust::types::{Matrix4, Transform};
+        Transform::from_matrix(Matrix4 {
+            m: [
+                [self.x.x, self.x.y, self.x.z, -origin.dot(self.x)],
+                [self.y.x, self.y.y, self.y.z, -origin.dot(self.y)],
+                [self.z.x, self.z.y, self.z.z, -origin.dot(self.z)],
+                [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+            ],
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Convert from the represented UCS into its canonical local frame.
+    pub(super) fn to_ucs_transform(&self) -> acadrust::types::Transform {
+        self.to_ucs_transform_at(self.origin)
+    }
 }
 
 // ── UCS ↔ WCS transforms (thin wrappers over `UcsXform`) ────────────────────

src/app/history.rs

@@ -969,11 +969,23 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     scene.reseed_derived_caches(handle);
                 }
                 if !final_changes.is_empty() {
-                    scene.bump_entities(&final_changes);
+                    if scene.changes_touch_block_definition(&final_changes) {
+                        // A block-local delta changes the assembled definition
+                        // consumed by every INSERT (including nested blocks).
+                        // Replaying only the child handle leaves those cached
+                        // references visually stale after BEDIT closes.
+                        scene.bump_geometry();
+                    } else {
+                        scene.bump_entities(&final_changes);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             scene.clear_preview_wire();
         }
+        // UCS state is cached separately from its persisted header/viewport
+        // fields. History may just have restored those fields, so adopt them
+        // before drawing the icon/grid or accepting the next coordinate.
+        self.tabs[i].refresh_active_ucs();
         self.tabs[i].active_cmd = None;
         self.tabs[i].snap_result = None;
         self.tabs[i].active_grip = None;

src/app/update/command.rs

@@ -493,7 +493,12 @@ pub(super) fn on_tab_close(&mut self, idx: usize) -> Task<Message> {
                     && (self.ucs_grip_drag.is_some() || self.ucs_icon_selected)
                 {
                     let i = self.active_tab;
-                    self.ucs_grip_drag = None;
+                    // A UCS grip drag is live-only until mouse release. Reload
+                    // the persisted pane UCS so Escape really cancels it.
+                    if self.ucs_grip_drag.take().is_some() {
+                        self.tabs[i].refresh_active_ucs();
+                        self.tabs[i].scene.camera_generation += 1;
+                    }
                     self.ucs_icon_selected = false;
                     self.ucs_icon_hover = false;
                     self.tabs[i].snap_result = None;
@@ -1319,6 +1324,7 @@ pub(super) fn on_tab_close(&mut self, idx: usize) -> Task<Message> {
                                     vp.ucs_origin = ucs.origin.clone();
                                     vp.ucs_x_axis = ucs.x_axis.clone();
                                     vp.ucs_y_axis = ucs.y_axis.clone();
+                                    vp.ucs_per_viewport = true;
                                 }
                             }
                         }

src/app/update/mod.rs

@@ -2344,16 +2344,20 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
 
             Message::SetViewcubeUcs(name) => {
                 let i = self.active_tab;
+                let mut changed = false;
                 if name.is_empty() || name == "WCS" {
                     self.tabs[i].active_ucs = None;
                     self.command_line.push_output("UCS: World");
+                    changed = true;
                 } else if let Some(named) = self.tabs[i].scene.document.ucss.get(&name).cloned() {
                     self.tabs[i].active_ucs = Some(named);
                     self.command_line.push_output(&format!("UCS: {}", name));
+                    changed = true;
+                }
+                if changed {
+                    self.commit_active_ucs_change(i, "UCS");
+                    self.tabs[i].scene.camera_generation += 1;
                 }
-                self.tabs[i].sync_ucs_to_scene();
-                self.tabs[i].scene.camera_generation += 1;
-                self.tabs[i].dirty = true;
                 Task::none()
             }
 

src/app/update/viewport.rs

@@ -1752,10 +1752,81 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             }
         }
         self.tabs[i].sync_ucs_to_scene();
-        self.tabs[i].dirty = true;
         self.tabs[i].scene.camera_generation += 1;
     }
 
+    /// Commit the live UCS to its owning space. Model/viewport panes persist
+    /// their normal UCS fields. A BEDIT pane has no persistent UCS of its own:
+    /// its transient origin and axes are baked into the block definition, then
+    /// the editor returns to canonical local coordinates.
+    pub(in crate::app) fn commit_active_ucs_change(&mut self, i: usize, label: &'static str) {
+        if let Some((session_index, block_record)) = self.tabs[i]
+            .active_block_edit
+            .and_then(|index| {
+                self.tabs[i]
+                    .block_edits
+                    .get(index)
+                    .map(|session| (index, session.br_handle))
+            })
+        {
+            let frame = self.tabs[i].ucs_xform();
+            if !frame.is_identity() {
+                self.push_undo_snapshot(i, label);
+                let local_from_old = frame.to_ucs_transform();
+                let changed = self.tabs[i]
+                    .scene
+                    .reframe_block_definition(block_record, &local_from_old);
+                if changed > 0 {
+                    // Carry the editor camera through the same rigid transform
+                    // so changing the block coordinate frame does not make its
+                    // contents jump on screen.
+                    self.tabs[i]
+                        .scene
+                        .camera
+                        .borrow_mut()
+                        .apply_rigid_transform(&local_from_old);
+                    self.tabs[i].scene.camera_generation += 1;
+                    self.tabs[i].dirty = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Blocks do not own a saved UCS. The chosen frame has now become
+            // their identity coordinates.
+            self.tabs[i].active_ucs = None;
+            let editor_camera = self.tabs[i].scene.camera.borrow().clone();
+            if let Some(session) = self.tabs[i].block_edits.get_mut(session_index) {
+                session.editor_ucs = None;
+                session.editor_camera = editor_camera;
+            }
+            self.tabs[i].sync_ucs_to_scene();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let persisted = if let Some(handle) = self.tabs[i].scene.active_viewport {
+            self.tabs[i].ucs_from_viewport(handle)
+        } else if self.tabs[i].scene.current_layout == "Model" {
+            self.tabs[i].model_ucs_from_header()
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        let same_basis = |a: Option<&acadrust::tables::Ucs>,
+                          b: Option<&acadrust::tables::Ucs>| {
+            match (a, b) {
+                (None, None) => true,
+                (Some(a), Some(b)) => {
+                    a.origin == b.origin && a.x_axis == b.x_axis && a.y_axis == b.y_axis
+                }
+                _ => false,
+            }
+        };
+        if !same_basis(self.tabs[i].active_ucs.as_ref(), persisted.as_ref()) {
+            self.push_undo_snapshot(i, label);
+            self.tabs[i].persist_active_ucs();
+            self.tabs[i].dirty = true;
+        }
+        self.tabs[i].sync_ucs_to_scene();
+    }
+
     // ── Per-pane Model viewport (pane_grid) ───────────────────────────────
 
     /// Focus Model pane `idx` (cursor entered it): swap in its camera, sync the
@@ -2033,9 +2104,10 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         }
 
         // Commit a UCS icon grip drag: persist the new UCS so it
-        // round-trips, and clear the lingering press state.
+        // round-trips, and clear the lingering press state. In BEDIT this
+        // rebases only the block; elsewhere it writes the model/viewport UCS.
         if self.ucs_grip_drag.take().is_some() {
-            self.tabs[i].persist_active_ucs();
+            self.commit_active_ucs_change(i, "UCS");
             self.tabs[i].snap_result = None;
             self.snapper.from_point = None;
             let mut sel = self.tabs[i].scene.selection.borrow_mut();
@@ -3819,9 +3891,11 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
 
         let cancel_task = self.cancel_active_command_for_space_change();
         let current_camera = self.tabs[i].scene.camera.borrow().clone();
+        let current_ucs = self.tabs[i].active_ucs.clone();
         if let Some(active_index) = self.tabs[i].active_block_edit {
             if let Some(session) = self.tabs[i].block_edits.get_mut(active_index) {
                 session.editor_camera = current_camera;
+                session.editor_ucs = current_ucs;
             }
         } else {
             self.tabs[i].scene.sync_camera_to_document();
@@ -3902,9 +3976,11 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         };
         if let Some(active_index) = self.tabs[i].active_block_edit.take() {
             let camera = self.tabs[i].scene.camera.borrow().clone();
+            let editor_ucs = self.tabs[i].active_ucs.clone();
             let (return_layout, return_camera) = {
                 let session = &mut self.tabs[i].block_edits[active_index];
                 session.editor_camera = camera;
+                session.editor_ucs = editor_ucs;
                 (session.return_layout.clone(), session.return_camera.clone())
             };
             let return_layout = if self.tabs[i].scene.layout_names().contains(&return_layout) {

src/command.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ pub enum EntityTransform {
     Scale { center: DVec3, factor: f64 },
     /// Mirror across the line through `p1`→`p2` in the world XY plane.
     Mirror { p1: DVec3, p2: DVec3 },
+    /// General affine transform. Used when a complete UCS basis must be baked
+    /// into block-local geometry instead of stored as drawing UCS state.
+    Affine(acadrust::types::Transform),
 }
 
 // ── Tangent object ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

src/entities/dimension.rs

@@ -636,6 +636,47 @@ fn apply_transform(dim: &mut Dimension, t: &EntityTransform) {
         EntityTransform::Mirror { p1, p2 } => {
             transform_dimension_points(dim, |pt| mirror_point(pt, *p1, *p2))
         }
+        EntityTransform::Affine(transform) => {
+            let old_normal = dim.base().normal;
+            let text_rotation =
+                transformed_dimension_angle(old_normal, dim.base().text_rotation, transform);
+            let horizontal_direction = transformed_dimension_angle(
+                old_normal,
+                dim.base().horizontal_direction,
+                transform,
+            );
+            let insertion_rotation = transformed_dimension_angle(
+                old_normal,
+                dim.base().insertion_rotation,
+                transform,
+            );
+            let linear_angles = match dim {
+                Dimension::Linear(value) => Some((
+                    transformed_dimension_angle(old_normal, value.rotation, transform),
+                    transformed_dimension_angle(old_normal, value.ext_line_rotation, transform),
+                )),
+                _ => None,
+            };
+            transform_dimension_points(dim, |point| {
+                *point = transform.apply(*point);
+            });
+            let transformed_normal = transform.apply_rotation(old_normal);
+            let base = dim.base_mut();
+            base.normal = if transformed_normal.length() > 1e-12 {
+                transformed_normal.normalize()
+            } else {
+                old_normal
+            };
+            base.text_rotation = text_rotation;
+            base.horizontal_direction = horizontal_direction;
+            base.insertion_rotation = insertion_rotation;
+            if let Some((rotation, ext_line_rotation)) = linear_angles {
+                if let Dimension::Linear(value) = dim {
+                    value.rotation = rotation;
+                    value.ext_line_rotation = ext_line_rotation;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     dim.base_mut().actual_measurement = dim.measurement();
 }
@@ -644,6 +685,7 @@ fn transform_dimension_points<F>(dim: &mut Dimension, mut f: F)
 where
     F: FnMut(&mut acadrust::types::Vector3),
 {
+    f(&mut dim.base_mut().definition_point);
     f(&mut dim.base_mut().text_middle_point);
     f(&mut dim.base_mut().insertion_point);
     match dim {
@@ -702,6 +744,32 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+fn transformed_dimension_angle(
+    normal: acadrust::types::Vector3,
+    angle: f64,
+    transform: &acadrust::types::Transform,
+) -> f64 {
+    let ((xx, xy, xz), (yx, yy, yz)) =
+        crate::scene::view::transform::ocs_axes((normal.x, normal.y, normal.z));
+    let direction = acadrust::types::Vector3::new(
+        xx * angle.cos() + yx * angle.sin(),
+        xy * angle.cos() + yy * angle.sin(),
+        xz * angle.cos() + yz * angle.sin(),
+    );
+    let transformed_normal = transform.apply_rotation(normal).normalize();
+    let transformed_direction = transform.apply_rotation(direction).normalize();
+    let ((nxx, nxy, nxz), (nyx, nyy, nyz)) = crate::scene::view::transform::ocs_axes((
+        transformed_normal.x,
+        transformed_normal.y,
+        transformed_normal.z,
+    ));
+    let new_x = acadrust::types::Vector3::new(nxx, nxy, nxz);
+    let new_y = acadrust::types::Vector3::new(nyx, nyy, nyz);
+    transformed_direction
+        .dot(&new_y)
+        .atan2(transformed_direction.dot(&new_x))
+}
+
 fn rotate_point(p: &mut acadrust::types::Vector3, center: DVec3, angle_rad: f64) {
     let dx = p.x - center.x;
     let dy = p.y - center.y;

src/entities/extended.rs

@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@ fn entity_transform(transform: &EntityTransform) -> Transform {
         EntityTransform::Mirror { p1, p2 } => {
             crate::scene::view::transform::reflection_about_xy_line(*p1, *p2)
         }
+        EntityTransform::Affine(transform) => *transform,
     }
 }
 

src/entities/line.rs

@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ fn apply_transform(line: &mut Line, t: &EntityTransform) {
         EntityTransform::Mirror { p1, p2 } => {
             crate::scene::view::transform::mirror_xy_line(line, *p1, *p2);
         }
+        EntityTransform::Affine(transform) => {
+            acadrust::Entity::apply_transform(line, transform);
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/entities/ole2frame.rs

@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ fn apply_transform(ole: &mut Ole2Frame, t: &EntityTransform) {
             ole.lower_right_corner.x = scale(ole.lower_right_corner.x, center.x as f64);
             ole.lower_right_corner.y = scale(ole.lower_right_corner.y, center.y as f64);
         }
+        EntityTransform::Affine(transform) => {
+            acadrust::Entity::apply_transform(ole, transform);
+        }
         _ => {}
     }
 }

src/entities/underlay.rs

@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ impl Transformable for Underlay {
                 self.insertion_point.y = by + dx * sin_a + dy * cos_a;
                 self.rotation += a;
             }
+            EntityTransform::Affine(transform) => {
+                acadrust::Entity::apply_transform(self, transform);
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/io/mod.rs

@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ pub(crate) fn load_file_with_progress(
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
                 .read()
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            normalize_block_origins(&mut doc);
             fix_viewport_status_flags(&mut doc);
             fix_current_style_names(&mut doc);
             resolve_raster_image_paths(&mut doc, path.parent());
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ pub(crate) fn load_file_with_progress(
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
                 .read()
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+            normalize_block_origins(&mut doc);
             fix_dxf_dimension_rotations(&mut doc);
             fix_dxf_layout_plot_settings(&mut doc);
             fix_viewport_status_flags(&mut doc);
@@ -394,6 +396,62 @@ pub(crate) fn load_file_with_progress(
     }
 }
 
+/// Canonicalise legacy block-table origins to the post-R10 representation:
+/// block contents are local around zero and INSERT carries placement.
+///
+/// DWG exposes the legacy point on `BlockRecord::base_point`; DXF exposes it
+/// on the structural BLOCK entity. Rendering, picking, exploding and nested
+/// insertion can then share the ordinary zero-origin transform without each
+/// path having to reinterpret this compatibility field.
+fn normalize_block_origins(doc: &mut CadDocument) {
+    use acadrust::types::Vector3;
+    use acadrust::EntityType;
+
+    let blocks: Vec<_> = doc
+        .block_records
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|record| {
+            let marker_point = match doc.get_entity(record.block_entity_handle) {
+                Some(EntityType::Block(block)) => block.base_point,
+                _ => Vector3::ZERO,
+            };
+            let base_point = if marker_point.length() > 1e-12 {
+                marker_point
+            } else {
+                record.base_point
+            };
+            (base_point.length() > 1e-12).then(|| {
+                (
+                    record.name.clone(),
+                    record.block_entity_handle,
+                    record.entity_handles.clone(),
+                    base_point,
+                )
+            })
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    for (name, marker_handle, handles, base_point) in blocks {
+        let offset = base_point * -1.0;
+        for handle in handles {
+            let Some(entity) = doc.get_entity_mut(handle) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            match entity {
+                EntityType::Block(block) => block.base_point = Vector3::ZERO,
+                EntityType::BlockEnd(_) => {}
+                _ => entity.translate(offset),
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(EntityType::Block(block)) = doc.get_entity_mut(marker_handle) {
+            block.base_point = Vector3::ZERO;
+        }
+        if let Some(record) = doc.block_records.get_mut(&name) {
+            record.base_point = Vector3::ZERO;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A RasterImage entity stores its file path on the linked ImageDefinition,
 /// often as the original author's absolute path (e.g. a Windows / VMware share)
 /// that doesn't exist on this machine. Resolve each image to a usable path:

src/modules/draw/modify/block_edit.rs

@@ -55,15 +55,27 @@ pub struct BlockEditSession {
     /// Parent block tab to return to for a nested BEDIT session. `None` returns
     /// to `return_layout`.
     pub return_block: Option<String>,
-    /// The block's block-local entities captured on entry, so Discard can
-    /// restore the definition (structural Block/BlockEnd/AttDef excluded).
+    /// The complete block definition captured on entry, so Discard restores
+    /// structural markers and content with their original handles.
     pub snapshot: Vec<EntityType>,
+    /// Baked anonymous dimension-block entities transformed alongside
+    /// dimensions in this definition. They remain in place, so Discard can
+    /// restore their shared before-images directly.
+    pub dependent_snapshot: Vec<std::sync::Arc<EntityType>>,
+    /// Inline ATTRIB values/positions on every existing INSERT of this block.
+    /// Rebasing the origin moves them with the definition; Discard restores
+    /// their exact on-entry state.
+    pub reference_attributes:
+        Vec<(Handle, Vec<acadrust::entities::AttributeEntity>)>,
     /// Camera state of the space that was active when BEDIT began, restored
     /// on Save/Discard so the view returns exactly where it was (#425).
     pub return_camera: crate::scene::view::camera::Camera,
     /// Camera owned by this block tab. Updated whenever another space tab is
     /// activated, then restored when the user returns to this block.
     pub editor_camera: crate::scene::view::camera::Camera,
+    /// Transient UCS being manipulated in this block tab. On commit its full
+    /// frame is baked into the definition and this returns to `None`.
+    pub editor_ucs: Option<acadrust::tables::Ucs>,
 }
 
 // ── BEDIT pick command ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

src/scene/entity.rs

@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ impl Scene {
         &mut self,
         handles: &[Handle],
         name: &str,
-        base: glam::DVec3,
+        world_to_block: &acadrust::types::Transform,
+        block_to_world: &acadrust::types::Transform,
     ) -> Result<Handle, String> {
         let name = name.trim();
         if name.is_empty() {
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ impl Scene {
             .add_entity(EntityType::BlockEnd(block_end))
             .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
-        let local = EntityTransform::Translate(-base);
+        let local = EntityTransform::Affine(*world_to_block);
         for (old_handle, mut entity) in source_entities {
             view::dispatch::apply_transform(&mut entity, &local);
             entity = crate::modules::draw::modify::explode::normalize_entity_for_block(entity);
@@ -668,10 +669,8 @@ impl Scene {
             self.erase_entities(&[old_handle]);
         }
 
-        let insert = DxfInsert::new(
-            name,
-            acadrust::types::Vector3::new(base.x, base.y, base.z),
-        );
+        let mut insert = DxfInsert::new(name, acadrust::types::Vector3::ZERO);
+        acadrust::Entity::apply_transform(&mut insert, block_to_world);
         Ok(self.add_entity(EntityType::Insert(insert)))
     }
 

src/scene/mod.rs

@@ -2466,6 +2466,51 @@ impl Scene {
         self.push_geometry_delta(epoch, changes.to_vec(), false);
     }
 
+    /// True when any changed handle belongs to an ordinary block definition
+    /// rather than model/paper space. History replay needs this distinction:
+    /// restoring a block-local entity must invalidate the assembled definition
+    /// and every INSERT that consumes it, not only that entity's direct wire.
+    ///
+    /// Removed entities may no longer have a live slot, so fall back to the
+    /// BlockRecord membership list, which deliberately retains their handles
+    /// for symmetric undo/redo restoration.
+    pub(crate) fn changes_touch_block_definition(
+        &self,
+        changes: &[(Handle, ChangeKind)],
+    ) -> bool {
+        let layout_blocks: HashSet<Handle> = self
+            .document
+            .objects
+            .values()
+            .filter_map(|object| match object {
+                ObjectType::Layout(layout) if !layout.block_record.is_null() => {
+                    Some(layout.block_record)
+                }
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let is_definition = |record: &acadrust::tables::BlockRecord| {
+            let name = record.name.to_ascii_uppercase();
+            !layout_blocks.contains(&record.handle)
+                && !name.starts_with("*MODEL_SPACE")
+                && !name.starts_with("*PAPER_SPACE")
+        };
+
+        changes.iter().any(|(handle, _)| {
+            let owner = self
+                .document
+                .get_entity(*handle)
+                .map(|entity| entity.common().owner_handle);
+            self.document.block_records.iter().any(|record| {
+                is_definition(record)
+                    && (owner == Some(record.handle)
+                        || record.block_entity_handle == *handle
+                        || record.block_end_handle == *handle
+                        || record.entity_handles.contains(handle))
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn bump_geometry(&mut self) {
         let epoch = GEOMETRY_EPOCH.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
         self.geometry_epoch = epoch;

src/scene/modify.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,44 @@ struct TextOrient {
     x_scale: f64,
 }
 
+fn inverse_affine(
+    transform: &acadrust::types::Transform,
+) -> Option<acadrust::types::Transform> {
+    use acadrust::types::{Matrix3, Matrix4, Transform, Vector3};
+    let matrix = &transform.matrix.m;
+    let linear = Matrix3::from_rows(
+        [matrix[0][0], matrix[0][1], matrix[0][2]],
+        [matrix[1][0], matrix[1][1], matrix[1][2]],
+        [matrix[2][0], matrix[2][1], matrix[2][2]],
+    );
+    let inverse = linear.inverse()?;
+    let translation = Vector3::new(matrix[0][3], matrix[1][3], matrix[2][3]);
+    let inverse_translation = inverse * (translation * -1.0);
+    Some(Transform::from_matrix(Matrix4 {
+        m: [
+            [
+                inverse.m[0][0],
+                inverse.m[0][1],
+                inverse.m[0][2],
+                inverse_translation.x,
+            ],
+            [
+                inverse.m[1][0],
+                inverse.m[1][1],
+                inverse.m[1][2],
+                inverse_translation.y,
+            ],
+            [
+                inverse.m[2][0],
+                inverse.m[2][1],
+                inverse.m[2][2],
+                inverse_translation.z,
+            ],
+            [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+        ],
+    }))
+}
+
 /// Snapshot the orientation of a text / mtext / shape entity, or `None` for any
 /// other kind.
 fn capture_text_orient(e: &EntityType) -> Option<TextOrient> {
@@ -229,6 +267,164 @@ impl Scene {
         self.bump_entities(&changes);
     }
 
+    /// Entities in anonymous dimension blocks that visually belong to
+    /// dimensions inside `block_record`. They must follow a block-coordinate
+    /// reframe and be included in BEDIT's discard snapshot.
+    pub(crate) fn block_definition_dependent_handles(
+        &self,
+        block_record: Handle,
+    ) -> Vec<Handle> {
+        let Some(record) = self
+            .document
+            .block_records
+            .iter()
+            .find(|record| record.handle == block_record)
+        else {
+            return Vec::new();
+        };
+        let root_handles: HashSet<Handle> = record.entity_handles.iter().copied().collect();
+        let mut result = Vec::new();
+        let mut seen = HashSet::default();
+        for handle in &record.entity_handles {
+            let Some(EntityType::Dimension(dimension)) = self.document.get_entity(*handle) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let name = dimension.base().block_name.trim();
+            if name.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let Some(dependent) = self
+                .document
+                .block_records
+                .iter()
+                .find(|candidate| candidate.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
+            else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            for dependent_handle in &dependent.entity_handles {
+                if !root_handles.contains(dependent_handle) && seen.insert(*dependent_handle) {
+                    result.push(*dependent_handle);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        result
+    }
+
+    /// Bake a transient BEDIT UCS into one block definition.
+    ///
+    /// `local_from_old` maps the currently stored block coordinates into the
+    /// newly selected UCS frame. No UCS record is attached to the block: the
+    /// content is transformed and remains canonical around identity/zero.
+    pub fn reframe_block_definition(
+        &mut self,
+        block_record: Handle,
+        local_from_old: &acadrust::types::Transform,
+    ) -> usize {
+        let Some(record) = self
+            .document
+            .block_records
+            .iter()
+            .find(|record| record.handle == block_record)
+        else {
+            return 0;
+        };
+        let block_name = record.name.clone();
+        let root_handles: HashSet<Handle> = record.entity_handles.iter().copied().collect();
+        let dependent_handles = self.block_definition_dependent_handles(block_record);
+        let mut handles = record.entity_handles.clone();
+        handles.extend(dependent_handles.iter().copied());
+        let owned: HashSet<Handle> = handles.iter().copied().collect();
+        let transform = EntityTransform::Affine(*local_from_old);
+        let matrix = &local_from_old.matrix.m;
+        let dependent_transform =
+            EntityTransform::Affine(acadrust::types::Transform::from_matrix(
+                acadrust::types::Matrix4 {
+                    m: [
+                        [matrix[0][0], matrix[0][1], matrix[0][2], 0.0],
+                        [matrix[1][0], matrix[1][1], matrix[1][2], 0.0],
+                        [matrix[2][0], matrix[2][1], matrix[2][2], 0.0],
+                        [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+                    ],
+                },
+            ));
+        let mut changed = Vec::new();
+
+        for handle in handles {
+            let is_structural = self.document.get_entity(handle).is_some_and(|entity| {
+                matches!(entity, EntityType::Block(_) | EntityType::BlockEnd(_))
+            });
+            if is_structural {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if self.is_recording_undo() {
+                let before = self.document.get_entity_arc(handle);
+                self.record_undo_before(handle, before);
+            }
+            if let Some(entity) = self.document.get_entity_mut(handle) {
+                // A nested dimension's anonymous `*D` picture is placed by
+                // adding the dimension insertion point. That point already
+                // receives the affine translation with the root dimension, so
+                // its picture receives only the new basis here; applying the
+                // translation twice would shift dimensions on origin changes.
+                let entity_transform = if root_handles.contains(&handle) {
+                    &transform
+                } else {
+                    &dependent_transform
+                };
+                view::dispatch::apply_transform(entity, entity_transform);
+                changed.push(handle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // ATTRIBs live inline on each INSERT in that reference's owner space.
+        // Conjugate the block-local reframe through the INSERT transform:
+        // owner' = M · local_from_old · M⁻¹ · owner.
+        let references: Vec<(Handle, acadrust::types::Transform)> = self
+            .document
+            .entities()
+            .filter_map(|entity| match entity {
+                EntityType::Insert(reference)
+                    if reference.block_name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&block_name)
+                        && !reference.attributes.is_empty()
+                        && !owned.contains(&reference.common.handle) =>
+                {
+                    let insertion = reference.get_transform();
+                    let inverse = inverse_affine(&insertion)?;
+                    Some((
+                        reference.common.handle,
+                        acadrust::types::Transform::from_matrix(
+                            insertion.matrix * local_from_old.matrix * inverse.matrix,
+                        ),
+                    ))
+                }
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        for (handle, attribute_transform) in references {
+            if self.is_recording_undo() {
+                let before = self.document.get_entity_arc(handle);
+                self.record_undo_before(handle, before);
+            }
+            if let Some(EntityType::Insert(reference)) = self.document.get_entity_mut(handle) {
+                for attribute in &mut reference.attributes {
+                    acadrust::Entity::apply_transform(attribute, &attribute_transform);
+                }
+                changed.push(handle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for handle in changed.iter().copied() {
+            let _ = crate::scene::annotative::sync_active_context_from_entity(
+                &mut self.document,
+                handle,
+            );
+        }
+        if !changed.is_empty() {
+            self.rebuild_derived_caches();
+        }
+        changed.len()
+    }
+
     /// Give a freshly-cloned entity brand-new handles for every *inline*
     /// sub-entity that stores one (INSERT attributes, 3D-polyline vertices).
     /// `document.add_entity` only assigns the top-level handle, so without this

src/scene/view/camera.rs

@@ -273,6 +273,55 @@ impl Camera {
         Mat4::from_quat(self.rotation.conjugate())
     }
 
+    /// Carry the camera through a rigid model-space transform. BEDIT uses this
+    /// when a transient UCS is baked into block-local geometry: the contents
+    /// retain their on-screen framing while their canonical coordinates change.
+    pub fn apply_rigid_transform(&mut self, transform: &acadrust::types::Transform) {
+        let point = acadrust::types::Vector3::new(
+            self.target.x,
+            self.target.y,
+            self.target.z,
+        );
+        let point = transform.apply(point);
+        self.target = DVec3::new(point.x, point.y, point.z);
+
+        let matrix = &transform.matrix.m;
+        let rotation = glam::Mat3::from_cols(
+            Vec3::new(matrix[0][0] as f32, matrix[1][0] as f32, matrix[2][0] as f32),
+            Vec3::new(matrix[0][1] as f32, matrix[1][1] as f32, matrix[2][1] as f32),
+            Vec3::new(matrix[0][2] as f32, matrix[1][2] as f32, matrix[2][2] as f32),
+        );
+        self.rotation = (Quat::from_mat3(&rotation) * self.rotation).normalize();
+        self.sync_yaw_pitch();
+
+        if let Some((min, max)) = self.model_bounds {
+            let corners = [
+                Vec3::new(min.x, min.y, min.z),
+                Vec3::new(max.x, min.y, min.z),
+                Vec3::new(min.x, max.y, min.z),
+                Vec3::new(max.x, max.y, min.z),
+                Vec3::new(min.x, min.y, max.z),
+                Vec3::new(max.x, min.y, max.z),
+                Vec3::new(min.x, max.y, max.z),
+                Vec3::new(max.x, max.y, max.z),
+            ];
+            let mut new_min = Vec3::splat(f32::INFINITY);
+            let mut new_max = Vec3::splat(f32::NEG_INFINITY);
+            for corner in corners {
+                let transformed = transform.apply(acadrust::types::Vector3::new(
+                    corner.x as f64,
+                    corner.y as f64,
+                    corner.z as f64,
+                ));
+                let transformed =
+                    Vec3::new(transformed.x as f32, transformed.y as f32, transformed.z as f32);
+                new_min = new_min.min(transformed);
+                new_max = new_max.max(transformed);
+            }
+            self.model_bounds = Some((new_min, new_max));
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The camera's roll — rotation about the view axis, in radians — the
     /// inverse of the `roll` argument to [`yaw_pitch_to_quat`]. Recovered by
     /// removing the yaw/pitch frame from the live rotation, so a saved view can

src/scene/view/transform.rs

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ where
         }
         EntityTransform::Scale { center, factor } => apply_standard_scale(entity, *center, *factor),
         EntityTransform::Mirror { p1, p2 } => mirror(entity, *p1, *p2),
+        EntityTransform::Affine(transform) => entity.apply_transform(transform),
     }
 }