diff --git a/include/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/TransformMap.h b/include/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/TransformMap.h
index d0eba5c35..537959f8b 100644
--- a/include/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/TransformMap.h
+++ b/include/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/TransformMap.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ namespace lsst {
 namespace afw {
 namespace cameraGeom {
 
+class DetectorBase;
+
 /**
  * A registry of 2-dimensional coordinate transforms for a specific camera.
  *
@@ -212,6 +214,23 @@ class TransformMap final : public table::io::PersistableFacade<TransformMap>, pu
      */
     bool isPersistable() const noexcept override { return true; }
 
+    /**
+     *  Return an AST FrameSet with the standard transforms for this camera.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] detectors       Detectors to include.
+     *  @param[in] focalPlaneUnit  Units of the FOCAL_PLANE system.
+     *
+     *  The 'ident' names of the frames are:
+     *
+     *  - FOCAL_PLANE
+     *  - FIELD_ANGLE
+     *  - DETECTOR_{id:03} (ACTUAL_PIXELS if available, PIXELS otherwise).
+     */
+    std::unique_ptr<ast::FrameSet> makeFrameSet(
+        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DetectorBase>> const & detectors,
+        std::string const & focalPlaneUnit = "mm"
+    ) const;
+
 private:
     // Helper class used in persistence.
     class Factory;
diff --git a/python/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/_transformMap.cc b/python/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/_transformMap.cc
index 7935a9970..475a4a8b8 100644
--- a/python/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/_transformMap.cc
+++ b/python/lsst/afw/cameraGeom/_transformMap.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "lsst/afw/table/io/python.h"
 #include "lsst/afw/cameraGeom/CameraSys.h"
 #include "lsst/afw/cameraGeom/TransformMap.h"
+#include "lsst/afw/cameraGeom/Detector.h"
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 using namespace py::literals;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ void declareTransformMap(lsst::cpputils::python::WrapperCollection &wrappers) {
         cls.def("getTransform", &TransformMap::getTransform, "fromSys"_a, "toSys"_a);
         cls.def("getConnections", &TransformMap::getConnections);
         cls.def("getFocalPlaneParity", &TransformMap::getFocalPlaneParity);
+        cls.def("makeFrameSet", &TransformMap::makeFrameSet, "detectors"_a, "focalPlaneUnit"_a = "mm");
         table::io::python::addPersistableMethods(cls);
     });
     wrappers.wrapType(PyTransformMapConnection(transformMap, "Connection"), [](auto &mod, auto &cls) {
diff --git a/src/cameraGeom/TransformMap.cc b/src/cameraGeom/TransformMap.cc
index 2181ca7e5..d1757b7cc 100644
--- a/src/cameraGeom/TransformMap.cc
+++ b/src/cameraGeom/TransformMap.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "lsst/afw/table/io/CatalogVector.h"
 #include "lsst/afw/table/io/Persistable.cc"
 #include "lsst/afw/cameraGeom/TransformMap.h"
+#include "lsst/afw/cameraGeom/Detector.h"
 
 namespace lsst {
 namespace afw {
@@ -279,6 +280,71 @@ TransformMap::TransformMap(std::vector<Connection> &&connections)
 
 std::vector<TransformMap::Connection> TransformMap::getConnections() const { return _connections; }
 
+std::unique_ptr<ast::FrameSet> TransformMap::makeFrameSet(
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DetectorBase>> const & detectors,
+    std::string const & focalPlaneUnit
+) const {
+    // We use copy=false to extract each frame from the internal FrameSet,
+    // since it will always be copied when adding it to the new one.  We then
+    // set the 'ident' value on a shallow reference to the new frame.
+    auto result = std::make_unique<ast::FrameSet>(*_frameSet->getFrame(ast::FrameSet::BASE, false));
+    {
+        auto fp_frame = result->getFrame(ast::FrameSet::BASE, false);
+        fp_frame->setIdent("FOCAL_PLANE");
+        fp_frame->setTitle("Focal Plane Coordinates");
+        fp_frame->setUnit(1, focalPlaneUnit);
+        fp_frame->setUnit(2, focalPlaneUnit);
+        fp_frame->setLabel(1, "x");
+        fp_frame->setLabel(2, "y");
+    }
+    {
+        int old_frame_id = _getFrame(FIELD_ANGLE);
+        result->addFrame(
+            ast::FrameSet::BASE,
+            *_frameSet->getMapping(ast::FrameSet::BASE, old_frame_id),
+            *_frameSet->getFrame(old_frame_id, false)
+        );
+        auto frame = result->getFrame(ast::FrameSet::CURRENT, false);
+        frame->setIdent("FIELD_ANGLE");
+        frame->setTitle("Field Angle Coordinates");
+        frame->setUnit(1, "rad");
+        frame->setUnit(2, "rad");
+        frame->setLabel(1, "x");
+        frame->setLabel(2, "y");
+    }
+    for (auto const & detector : detectors) {
+        CameraSys sys(ACTUAL_PIXELS, detector->getName());
+        auto id_iter = _frameIds.find(sys);
+        if (id_iter == _frameIds.end()) {
+            sys = CameraSys(PIXELS, detector->getName());
+            id_iter = _frameIds.find(sys);
+            if (id_iter == _frameIds.end()) {
+                std::ostringstream buffer;
+                buffer << "Unsupported coordinate system: " << sys;
+                throw LSST_EXCEPT(pex::exceptions::InvalidParameterError, buffer.str());
+            }
+        }
+        result->addFrame(
+            ast::FrameSet::BASE,
+            *_frameSet->getMapping(ast::FrameSet::BASE, id_iter->second),
+            *_frameSet->getFrame(id_iter->second, false)
+        );
+        auto frame = result->getFrame(ast::FrameSet::CURRENT, false);
+        frame->setIdent((boost::format("DETECTOR_%03d") % detector->getId()).str());
+        frame->setTitle((boost::format("Pixel Coordinates (Detector %d)") % detector->getId()).str());
+        frame->setUnit(1, "pix");
+        frame->setUnit(2, "pix");
+        frame->setLabel(1, "x");
+        frame->setLabel(2, "y");
+        auto bbox = detector->getBBox();
+        frame->setBottom(1, bbox.getMinX());
+        frame->setTop(1, bbox.getMaxX());
+        frame->setBottom(2, bbox.getMinY());
+        frame->setTop(2, bbox.getMaxY());
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 namespace {
 
 struct PersistenceHelper {