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AutoCAD Systems Variables Quick Guide

Appendix C - 1

System Variables Quick Guide for
R12 – R2005
AutoCAD Systems Variables is where AutoCAD does most of its storing of temporary and some permanent values. These values are
related to commands that are used in the AutoCAD Environment to values that control how the user interacts with the AutoCAD
Environment. Some of these values are drawing parameters for such commands like Offset distance, Circle radius and the Units in which you
use to draw with.

Related CommandsSetvar - Calls the System Variable command. Through the use of this command you can set a System Variables value or you can get a listing of
all the current settings of all the System Variables.
Command: Setvar
Variable name or ?: ?
Variable(s) to list <*>: * or

AutoLISP Functions(setvar variable value) - Sets the value of a System Variable(getvar variable) - Gets the value of a System Variable

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R2000iAppendix C - 2R2002R2004_LINFO_PKSER_SERVER*_TOOLPALETTEPATH_VERNUM
ACADLSPASDOCACADPREFIXACADVER
ACIS15ACISOUTVERADCSTATE
AFLAGSANGBASEANGDIRAPBOX
APERTURE
AREA
ASSISTSTATEATTDIAATTMODE
ATTREQ
AUDITCTLAUNITS
AUPRECAUTOSNAP
AUXSTATAXISMODEAXISUNITBACKGROUNDPLOT
BACKZ
BINDTYPEBLIPMODE

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CDATECECOLOR
CELTSCALECELTYPECELWEIGHT
CHAMFERACHAMFERBCHAMFERCCHAMFERDCHAMMODECIRCLERAD
CLAYER
CLEANSCREENSTATECMDACTIVE
CMDDIA
CMDECHO
CMDNAMESCMLJUST
CMLSCALE
CMLSTYLE
COMPASS
COORDSCPLOTSTYLECPROFILE
CPUTICKSCTAB
CTABLESTYLECURRENTPROFILECURSORSIZECVPORTDATE
DBCSTATE

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DBGLISTALLDBMOD
DCTCUSTDCTMAIN
DEFLPLSTYLEDEFPLSTYLEDELOBJ
DEMANDLOAD
DIASTATDIMADEC
DIMALT
DIMALTD
DIMALTF
DIMALTRNDDIMALTTDDIMALTTZDIMALTU
DIMALTZ
DIMAPOSTDIMASODIMASSOCDIMASZDIMATFITDIMAUNITDIMAZIN
DIMBLK
DIMBLK1
DIMBLK2
DIMCENDIMCLRDDIMCLREDIMCLRT

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DIMDECDIMDLEDIMDLIDIMDSEPDIMEXEDIMEXODIMFITDIMFRACDIMGAPDIMJUST
DIMLDRBLKDIMLFACDIMLIM
DIMLUNITDIMLWD
DIMLWE
DIMPOSTDIMRNDDIMSAHDIMSCALEDIMSD1
DIMSD2
DIMSE1DIMSE2
DIMSHODIMSOXDDIMSTYLE
DIMTADDIMTDEC
DIMTFACDIMTIHDIMTIX

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DIMTM
DIMTMOVEDIMTOFL
DIMTOHDIMTOL
DIMTOLJ
DIMTPDIMTSZDIMTVPDIMTXSTYDIMTXTDIMTZIN
DIMUNITDIMUPTDIMZINDISPSILH
DISTANCE
DONUTID
DONUTODDRAGMODEDRAGP1DRAGP2DRAWORDERCTLDWGCHECKDWGCODEPAGE
DWGNAMEDWGPREFIXDWGTITLED
DWGWRITE
EDGEMODEELEVATION
ENTMODS

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ENTEXTSERRNO or *ERRNO
EXPERT
EXPLMODE
EXTMAXEXTMIN
EXTNAMESFACETRATIOFACETRESFFLIMIT
FIELDDISPLAY
FIELDEVAL
FILEDIAFILLETRAD
FILLMODEFLATLANDFORCE_PAGINGFONTALTFONTMAPFRONTZFULLOPENGFANG
GFCLR1GFCLR2GFCLRLUM
GFCLRSTATEGFNAMEGFSHIFTGRIDMODEGRIDUNITGRIPBLOCKGRIPCOLOR

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GRIPHOTGRIPHOVERGRIPOBJLIMITGRIPSGRIPSIZEGRIPTIPSHALOGAPHANDLESHIDEPRECISIONHIDETEXTHIGHLIGHT
HPANG
HPASSOCHPBOUNDHPDOUBLEHPDRAWORDERHPGAPTOL
HPNAMEHPSCALEHPSPACEHYPERLINKBASEIMAGEHLTINDEXCTLINETLOCATIONINSBASE
INSNAME
INSUNITSINSUNITSDEFSOURCE
INSUNITSDEFTARGET
INTERSECTIONCOLOR
INTERSECTIONDISPLAYISAVEBAK

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ISAVEPERCENTISOLINESLASTANGLELASTPOINTLASTPROMTLAYOUTREGENCTLLAZYLOADLENSLENGTH
LIMCHECK
LIMMAX
LIMMINLISPINITLOCALELOCALROOTPREFIXLOGFILEMODELOGFILENAME
LOGFILEPATH
LOGINNAMELONGFNAMELTSCALELUNITS
LUPRECLWDEFAULTLWDISPLAYLWUNITS
MACROTRACEMAXACTVPMAXOBJMEMMAXSORT
MBUTTONPAN
MEASUREINITMEASUREMENT

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MENUCTLMENUECHO
MENUNAMEMILLISECSMIRRTEXT
MODEMACROMSOLESCALEMTEXTEDMTEXTFIXEDMTJIGSTRING
MYDOCUMENTSPREFIXNFWSTATENODENAMENOMUTTOBSCUREDCOLOROBSCUREDLTYPE
OFFSETDISTOFFSETGAPTYPEOLEFRAME
OLEHIDE
OLEQUALITY
OLESTARTUPOPMSTATE
ORTHOMODE
OSMODEOSNAPCOORD
OSNAPHATCHOSNAPNODELEGACYPALETTEOPAQUE
PAPERUPDATEPDMODEPDSIZE

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PEDITACCEPTPELLIPSEPERIMETERPFACEVMAXPHANDLEPICKADDPICKAUTOPICKBOXPICKDRAGPICKFIRST
PICKSTYLE
PLATFORM
PLINEGEN
PLINETYPE
PLINEWID
PLOTID
PLOTOFFSETPLOTROTMODE
PLOTTERPLQUIET
POLARADDANG
POLARANGPOLARDISTPOLARMODE
POLYSIDES
POPUPSPRODUCT
PROGRAMPROJECTNAMEPROJMODEPROXYGRAPHICS
PROXYNOTICE

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PROXYSHOWPROXYWEBSEARCH
PSLTSCALEPSPROLOGPSQUALITYPSTYLEMODEPSTYLEPOLICYPSVPSCALEPUCSBASE
QAFLAGSQAUCSLOCKQTEXTMODEQUEUEDREGENMAXRASTERDPIRASTERPREVIEWREFEDITNAMEREGENMODE
RE-INITRIASPECTRIBACKG
RIEDGERIGAMUTRIGREYRITHRESHREMEMBERFOLDERSREPORTERRORROAMABLEROOTPREFIX
RTDISPLAY
SAVEFILE
SAVEFILEPATH
SAVENAME
SAVEIMAGES

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R2000iAppendix C - 13R2002R2004

SAVETIMESCREENBOXESSCREENMODESCREENSIZE
SDISHADEDGESHADEDIF
SHORTCUTMENU
SHPNAME
SIGWARNSKETCHINCSKPOLYSNAPANGSNAPBASE
SNAPISOPAIR
SNAPMODESNAPSTYL
SNAPTYPE
SNAPUNITSOLIDCHECKSORTENTSSPACESWITCHSPLFRAME
SPLINESEGSSPLINETYPESSFOUND
SSLOCATE
SSMAUTOOPEN
SSMSTATE
STANDARDSVIOLATIONSTARTUPSTARTUPTODAY

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SURFTAB1
SURFTAB2
SURFTYPE
SURFU
SURFV
SYSCODEPAGE
TABMODETARGET
TBCUSTOMIZETDCREATE
TDINDWG
TDUCREATETDUPDATE
TDUSRTIMERTDUUPDATETEMPPREFIXTEXTEVALTEXTFILLTEXTQLTYTEXTSIZETEXTSTYLE
THICKNESS
TILEMODETOOLTIPSTPSTATE
TRACEWID
TRACKPATH
TRAYICONSTRAYNOTIFY
TRAYTIMEOUTTREEDEPTH
TREEMAX

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TRIMMODETSPACEFAC
TSPACETYPETSTACKALIGNTSTACKSIZEUCSAXISANGUCSBASEUCSFOLLOWUCSICONUCSNAMEUCSORGUCSORTHOUCSVIEWUCSVPUCSXDIRUCSYDIR
UNDOCTLUNDOMARKSUNDOONDISKUNITMODEUPDATETHUMBNAILUSERI1 - 5
USERR1 - 5
USERS1 - 5
VIEWCTR
VIEWDIR
VIEWMODEVIEWSIZE
VIEWTWISTVISRETAINVPMAXIMIZEDSTATE
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VSMAX
VSMIN
WHIPARC
WHIPTHREADWMFBKGNDWMFFOREGND
WORLDUCSWORLDVIEW
WRITESTATXCLIPFRAME
XEDIT
XFADECTLXLOADCTLXLOADPATH
XREFCTLXREFNOTIFY
XREFTYPEZOOMFACTOR

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