Edit SOP has this option to perform the transform in "local frame":



But I don't really get what it means. What's a local frame? Especially, what's the difference between local frame and aligning the handle with "component" space:



I always thought the component space means a space defined by the selected components (like a bunch of points), so it should be... local?

The handle modes change the alignment. The global vs local of the edit sop does this: