List of AutoCAD System Variables

QUIZ FOR LEVEL 4 - 67 QUESTIONS

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List of System Variables in AutoCAD 2016

In Tutorial 4-8, I discuss what system variables are and how they can be used. This page is just for reference and lists every system variable in AutoCAD 2016.

  • 3DCONVERSIONMODE 1
  • 3DDWFPREC 2
  • 3DSELECTIONMODE 1
  • ACADLSPASDOC 0
  • ACADPREFIX "C:\Users\Me\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\..." (read only)
  • ACADVER "20.1s (LMS Tech)" (read only)
  • ACTPATH ""
  • ACTRECORDERSTATE 0 (read only)
  • ACTRECPATH "C:\Users\Me\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\..."
  • ACTUI 6
  • AFLAGS 16
  • ANGBASE 0.000
  • ANGDIR 0
  • ANNOALLVISIBLE 1
  • ANNOAUTOSCALE 4
  • ANNOTATIVEDWG 0
  • APBOX 0
  • APERTURE 10
  • AREA 0'-0" (read only)
  • ATTDIA 0
  • ATTIPE 0
  • ATTMODE 1
  • ATTMULTI 1
  • ATTREQ 1
  • AUDITCTL 0
  • AUNITS 0
  • AUPREC 3
  • AUTODWFPUBLISH 0
  • AUTOMATICPUB 0
  • AUTOSNAP 63
  • BACKGROUNDPLOT 2
  • BACKZ 0'-0" (read only)
  • BACTIONBARMODE 1
  • BACTIONCOLOR "7"
  • BCONSTATUSMODE 0
  • BDEPENDENCYHIGHLIGHT 1
  • BGRIPOBJCOLOR "141"
  • BGRIPOBJSIZE 8
  • BINDTYPE 0
  • BLOCKEDITLOCK 0
  • BLOCKEDITOR 0 (read only)
  • BPARAMETERCOLOR "170"
  • BPARAMETERFONT "Simplex.shx"
  • BPARAMETERSIZE 12
  • BTMARKDISPLAY 1
  • BVMODE 0
  • CAMERADISPLAY 0
  • CAMERAHEIGHT 0'-0"
  • CANNOSCALE "1/8" = 1'-0""
  • CANNOSCALEVALUE 0.010416667 (read only)
  • CAPTURETHUMBNAILS 1
  • CDATE 20160129.14315592 (read only)
  • CDYNDISPLAYMODE 0
  • CECOLOR "BYLAYER"
  • CELTSCALE 1.0000
  • CELTYPE "BYLAYER"
  • CELWEIGHT -1
  • CENTERMT 0
  • CETRANSPARENCY ByLayer
  • CGEOCS "" (read only)
  • CHAMFERA 0'-4"
  • CHAMFERB 0'-4"
  • CHAMFERC 0'-0"
  • CHAMFERD 0.000
  • CHAMMODE 0
  • CIPMODE 0 (read only)
  • CIRCLERAD 0'-0"
  • CLAYER "T-COMM-EQPM"
  • CLAYOUT "Model*5708"
  • CMATERIAL "ByLayer"
  • CMDACTIVE 1 (read only)
  • CMDDIA 1
  • CMDECHO 1
  • CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX 20
  • CMDNAMES "SETVAR" (read only)
  • CMLEADERSTYLE "Standard"
  • CMLJUST 0
  • CMLSCALE 1.0000
  • CMLSTYLE "STANDARD"
  • COMPASS 0
  • CONSTRAINTBARMODE 4095
  • CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT 2
  • CONSTRAINTRELAX 0 (read only)
  • CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE 1
  • COORDS 1
  • COPYMODE 0
  • CPLOTSTYLE "ByColor" (read only)
  • CPROFILE "<>" (read only)
  • CROSSINGAREACOLOR 100
  • CSHADOW Casts and receives shadows
  • CTAB "Model"
  • CTABLESTYLE "Standard"
  • CURSORSIZE 5
  • CVIEWDETAILSTYLE "Imperial24"
  • CVIEWSECTIONSTYLE "Imperial24"
  • CVPORT 2
  • DATALINKNOTIFY 2
  • DATE 2457417.60567904 (read only)
  • DBLCLKEDIT ON
  • DBMOD 4 (read only)
  • DCTCUST "C:\Users\Me\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\..."
  • DCTMAIN "enu"
  • DEFAULTGIZMO 0
  • DEFAULTLIGHTING 1
  • DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE 1
  • DEFLPLSTYLE "ByColor" (read only)
  • DEFPLSTYLE "ByColor" (read only)
  • DELOBJ 3
  • DEMANDLOAD 3
  • DGNFRAME 0
  • DGNIMPORTMAX 10000000
  • DGNMAPPINGPATH "C:\Users\Me\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\..." (read only)
  • DGNOSNAP 1
  • DIASTAT 1 (read only)
  • DIMADEC 2
  • DIMALT OFF
  • DIMALTD 2
  • DIMALTF 25.4000
  • DIMALTRND 0'-0"
  • DIMALTTD 2
  • DIMALTTZ 0
  • DIMALTU 2
  • DIMALTZ 0
  • DIMANNO 0
  • DIMAPOST ""
  • DIMARCSYM 0
  • DIMASO ON
  • DIMASSOC 2
  • DIMASZ 0'-3 1/2"
  • DIMATFIT 3
  • DIMAUNIT 0
  • DIMAZIN 0
  • DIMBLK "ArchTick"
  • DIMBLK1 ""
  • DIMBLK2 ""
  • DIMCEN -0'-0 1/4"
  • DIMCLRD 0
  • DIMCLRE 0
  • DIMCLRT 256
  • DIMDEC 4
  • DIMDLE 0'-0"
  • DIMDLI 0'-0 3/8"
  • DIMDSEP "."
  • DIMEXE 0'-0 3/16"
  • DIMEXO 0'-0 1/16"
  • DIMFIT 3
  • DIMFRAC 0
  • DIMFXL 0'-0 3/16"
  • DIMFXLON OFF
  • DIMGAP 0'-0 3/8"
  • DIMJOGANG 45.000
  • DIMJUST 0
  • DIMLDRBLK ""
  • DIMLFAC 1.0000
  • DIMLIM OFF
  • DIMLTEX1 ""
  • DIMLTEX2 ""
  • DIMLTYPE "Continuous"
  • DIMLUNIT 4
  • DIMLWD -2
  • DIMLWE -2
  • DIMPOST ""
  • DIMRND 0'-0"
  • DIMSAH OFF
  • DIMSCALE 0'-1"
  • DIMSD1 OFF
  • DIMSD2 OFF
  • DIMSE1 OFF
  • DIMSE2 OFF
  • DIMSHO ON
  • DIMSOXD OFF
  • DIMSTYLE "Standard" (read only)
  • DIMTAD 0
  • DIMTDEC 4
  • DIMTFAC 1.0000
  • DIMTFILL 0
  • DIMTFILLCLR 0
  • DIMTIH ON
  • DIMTIX OFF
  • DIMTM 0'-0"
  • DIMTMOVE 0
  • DIMTOFL OFF
  • DIMTOH ON
  • DIMTOL OFF
  • DIMTOLJ 1
  • DIMTP 0'-0"
  • DIMTSZ 0'-0"
  • DIMTVP 0.0000
  • DIMTXSTY "Standard"
  • DIMTXT 0'-6"
  • DIMTXTDIRECTION OFF
  • DIMTZIN 0
  • DIMUNIT 4
  • DIMUPT OFF
  • DIMZIN 3
  • DISPSILH 0
  • DISTANCE 0'-0" (read only)
  • DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT 3
  • DIVMESHBOXLENGTH 3
  • DIVMESHBOXWIDTH 3
  • DIVMESHCONEAXIS 8
  • DIVMESHCONEBASE 3
  • DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT 3
  • DIVMESHCYLAXIS 8
  • DIVMESHCYLBASE 3
  • DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT 3
  • DIVMESHPYRBASE 3
  • DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT 3
  • DIVMESHPYRLENGTH 3
  • DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS 12
  • DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT 6
  • DIVMESHTORUSPATH 8
  • DIVMESHTORUSSECTION 8
  • DIVMESHWEDGEBASE 3
  • DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT 3
  • DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH 4
  • DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE 3
  • DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH 3
  • DONUTID 0'-0 1/2"
  • DONUTOD 0'-1"
  • DRAGMODE 2
  • DRAGP1 5000
  • DRAGP2 10
  • DRAGVS ""
  • DRAWORDERCTL 3
  • DTEXTED 2
  • DWFFRAME 2
  • DWFOSNAP 1
  • DWGCHECK 1
  • DWGCODEPAGE "ANSI_1252" (read only)
  • DWGNAME "A201155-1_2ND FLOOR CORRIDOR_REVISED_FINAL_031911.dwg" (read only)
  • DWGPREFIX "E:\we-R-here-FULL-BACKUP\cad-16\tutorials\level_4\links\" (read only)
  • DWGTITLED 1 (read only)
  • DXEVAL 12
  • DYNCONSTRAINTMODE 1
  • DYNDIGRIP 31
  • DYNDIVIS 1
  • DYNMODE -3
  • DYNPICOORDS 0
  • DYNPIFORMAT 0
  • DYNPIVIS 1
  • DYNPROMPT 1
  • DYNTOOLTIPS 1
  • EDGEMODE 0
  • ELEVATION 0'-0"
  • ENTERPRISEMENU "." (read only)
  • EXPERT 0
  • EXPLMODE 1
  • EXPVALUE 0'-8 13/16"
  • EXPWHITEBALANCE 541'-8"
  • EXTMAX 337'-1 15/16",282'-3 15/16",5'-1 15/16" (read only)
  • EXTMIN -342'-7 1/4",50'-4 1/8",-3'-2 1/8" (read only)
  • EXTNAMES 1
  • FACETERDEVNORMAL 40.000
  • FACETERDEVSURFACE 0'-0"
  • FACETERGRIDRATIO 0.0000
  • FACETERMAXEDGELENGTH 0'-0"
  • FACETERMAXGRID 4096
  • FACETERMESHTYPE 0
  • FACETERMINUGRID 0
  • FACETERMINVGRID 0
  • FACETERPRIMITIVEMODE 1
  • FACETERSMOOTHLEV 1
  • FACETRATIO 0
  • FACETRES 0.5000
  • FIELDDISPLAY 1
  • FIELDEVAL 31
  • FILEDIA 1
  • FILLETRAD 0'-0"
  • FILLMODE 1
  • FONTALT "simplex.shx"
  • FONTMAP "C:\Users\Me\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\..."
  • FRONTZ 0'-0" (read only)
  • FULLOPEN 1 (read only)
  • FULLPLOTPATH 1
  • GEOLATLONGFORMAT 0
  • GEOMARKERVISIBILITY 1
  • GFANG 0.000
  • GFCLR1 "5"
  • GFCLR2 "2"
  • GFCLRLUM 1.000000000
  • GFCLRSTATE 0
  • GFNAME 1
  • GFSHIFT 0
  • GRIDDISPLAY 3
  • GRIDMAJOR 5
  • GRIDMODE 0
  • GRIDUNIT 0'-0 1/2",0'-0 1/2"
  • GRIPBLOCK 0
  • GRIPCOLOR 150
  • GRIPCONTOUR 7
  • GRIPDYNCOLOR 140
  • INPUTHISTORYMODE 15
  • INSBASE 0'-0",0'-0",0'-0"
  • INSNAME ""
  • INSUNITS 1
  • INSUNITSDEFSOURCE 1
  • INSUNITSDEFTARGET 1
  • INTELLIGENTUPDATE 20
  • INTERFERECOLOR "1"
  • INTERFEREOBJVS "Realistic"
  • INTERFEREVPVS "3dWireframe"
  • INTERSECTIONCOLOR 257
  • INTERSECTIONDISPLAY OFF
  • ISAVEBAK 1
  • ISAVEPERCENT 50
  • ISOLINES 4
  • LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT 0
  • LASTANGLE 0.000 (read only)
  • LASTPOINT -93'-7 11/16",281'-1 1/8",0'-0"
  • LASTPROMPT "LASTANGLE 0.000 (read..." (read only)
  • LATITUDE 37.7950
  • LAYERDLGMODE 1
  • LAYEREVAL 1
  • LAYEREVALCTL 1
  • LAYERFILTERALERT 2
  • LAYERNOTIFY 15
  • LAYLOCKFADECTL 50
  • LAYOUTREGENCTL 2
  • LEGACYCTRLPICK 2
  • LENSLENGTH 50.0000
  • LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY 1
  • LIGHTINGUNITS 0
  • LIGHTSINBLOCKS 1
  • LIMCHECK 0
  • LIMMAX 1'-0",0'-9"
  • LIMMIN 0'-0",0'-0"
  • LINEARBRIGHTNESS 0
  • LINEARCONTRAST 0
  • LOCALE "ENU" (read only)
  • LOCALROOTPREFIX "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\R20.1\enu\" (read only)
  • LOCKUI 0
  • LOFTANG1 90.000
  • LOFTANG2 90.000
  • LOFTMAG1 0.0000
  • LOFTMAG2 0.0000
  • LOFTNORMALS 1
  • LOFTPARAM 7
  • LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS 65.0 (read only)
  • LOGEXPCONTRAST 50.0 (read only)
  • LOGEXPDAYLIGHT 2 (read only)
  • LOGEXPMIDTONES 1.00 (read only)
  • LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE 1.000
  • LOGFILEMODE 0
  • LOGFILENAME "C:\Users\Me\appdata\local\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\A2..." (read only)
  • LOGFILEPATH "C:\Users\Me\appdata\local\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\"
  • LOGINNAME "Me" (read only)
  • LONGITUDE -122.3940
  • LTSCALE 0.0500
  • LUNITS 4
  • LUPREC 4
  • LWDEFAULT 25
  • LWDISPLAY OFF
  • LWUNITS 1
  • MAXACTVP 64
  • MAXSORT 1000
  • MBUTTONPAN 1
  • MEASUREINIT 0
  • MEASUREMENT 0
  • MENUBAR 0
  • MENUCTL 1
  • MENUECHO 0
  • MENUNAME "C:\Users\Me\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2016\r20.1\enu\..." (read only)
  • MIRRTEXT 0
  • MLEADERSCALE 0'-1"
  • MODEMACRO ""
  • MSLTSCALE 1
  • MSOLESCALE 1.0000
  • MTEXTCOLUMN 2
  • MTEXTED "Internal"
  • MTEXTFIXED 2
  • MTEXTTOOLBAR 2
  • MTJIGSTRING "abc"
  • MYDOCUMENTSPREFIX "C:\Users\Me\Documents" (read only)
  • NAVSWHEELMODE 2
  • NAVSWHEELOPACITYBIG 50
  • NAVSWHEELOPACITYMINI 50
  • NAVSWHEELSIZEBIG 1
  • NAVSWHEELSIZEMINI 1
  • NAVVCUBEDISPLAY 3
  • NAVVCUBELOCATION 0
  • NAVVCUBEOPACITY 50
  • NAVVCUBEORIENT 1
  • NAVVCUBESIZE 4
  • NOMUTT 0
  • NORTHDIRECTION 0.000
  • OBSCUREDCOLOR 257
  • OBSCUREDLTYPE 0
  • OFFSETDIST -0'-1"
  • OFFSETGAPTYPE 0
  • OLEFRAME 2
  • OLEHIDE 0
  • OLEQUALITY 3
  • OLESTARTUP 0
  • OPENPARTIAL 1
  • ORTHOMODE 0
  • OSMODE 1087
  • OSNAPCOORD 2
  • OSNAPHATCH 0
  • OSNAPZ 0
  • OSOPTIONS 7
  • PAPERUPDATE 0
  • PDFFRAME 1
  • PDMODE 35
  • PDSIZE 0'-6"
  • PEDITACCEPT 0
  • PELLIPSE 0
  • PERIMETER 0'-0" (read only)
  • PERSPECTIVE 0
  • PERSPECTIVECLIP 5.0000
  • PFACEVMAX 4 (read only)
  • PICKADD 2
  • PICKAUTO 5
  • PICKBOX 3
  • PICKDRAG 2
  • PICKFIRST 1
  • PICKSTYLE 1
  • PLATFORM "Microsoft Windows NT Version 6.1 (x64)" (read only)
  • PLINECONVERTMODE 0
  • PLINEGEN 0
  • PLINETYPE 2
  • PLINEWID 0'-0"
  • PLOTOFFSET 0
  • PLOTROTMODE 2
  • PLQUIET 0
  • POLARADDANG "90.000;135.000;225.000;315.000"
  • POLARDIST 0'-0"
  • POLYSIDES 4
  • POPUPS 1 (read only)
  • PREVIEWFILTER 3
  • PREVIEWTYPE 0
  • PROJECTNAME ""
  • PROJMODE 2
  • PROXYGRAPHICS 1
  • PROXYNOTICE 0
  • PROXYSHOW 1
  • PSLTSCALE 1
  • PSOLHEIGHT 0'-4"
  • PSOLWIDTH 0'-0 1/4"
  • PSPROLOG ""
  • PSQUALITY 75
  • PSTYLEMODE 1 (read only)
  • PSTYLEPOLICY 1
  • PSVPSCALE 0.01041667
  • PUBLISHALLSHEETS 1
  • PUBLISHCOLLATE 1
  • PUBLISHHATCH 1
  • PUCSBASE ""
  • QPLOCATION 0
  • QPMODE -1
  • QTEXTMODE 0
  • QVDRAWINGPIN 0
  • QVLAYOUTPIN 0
  • RASTERDPI 300
  • RASTERPERCENT 20
  • RASTERTHRESHOLD 20
  • RECOVERYMODE 2
  • REFEDITNAME "" (read only)
  • REGENMODE 1
  • REMEMBERFOLDERS 1
  • RENDERQUALITY 1
  • RENDERUSERLIGHTS 1
  • REPORTERROR 1
  • ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\R20.1\enu\" (read only)
  • ROLLOVERTIPS 1
  • RTDISPLAY 1
  • SAVEFIDELITY 1
  • SAVEFILE "" (read only)
  • SAVEFILEPATH "C:\Users\Me\appdata\local\temp\"
  • SAVENAME "" (read only)
  • SAVETIME 10
  • SCREENBOXES 0 (read only)
  • SCREENMODE 3 (read only)
  • SCREENSIZE 95'-4",47'-3" (read only)
  • SELECTIONANNODISPLAY 1
  • SELECTIONAREA 1
  • SELECTIONAREAOPACITY 25
  • SELECTIONPREVIEW 0
  • SETBYLAYERMODE 255
  • SHADEDGE 3
  • SHADEDIF 70
  • SHADOWPLANELOCATION 0'-0"
  • SHORTCUTMENU 11
  • SHORTCUTMENUDURATION 250
  • SHOWHIST 1
  • SHOWLAYERUSAGE 0
  • SHOWMOTIONPIN 1
  • SHPNAME ""
  • SIGWARN 1
  • SKETCHINC 0'-0 1/8"
  • SKPOLY 0
  • SKYSTATUS 0
  • SMOOTHMESHGRID 3
  • SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE 1000000
  • SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV 4
  • SNAPANG 0.000
  • SNAPBASE 0'-0",0'-0"
  • SNAPISOPAIR 1
  • SNAPMODE 0
  • SNAPSTYL 0
  • SNAPTYPE 0
  • SNAPUNIT 0'-0 1/2",0'-0 1/2"
  • SOLIDCHECK 1
  • SOLIDHIST 1
  • SORTENTS 127
  • SPLFRAME 0
  • SPLINESEGS 8
  • SPLINETYPE 6
  • SSFOUND "" (read only)
  • SSLOCATE 1
  • SSMAUTOOPEN 1
  • SSMPOLLTIME 60
  • SSMSHEETSTATUS 2
  • STANDARDSVIOLATION 2
  • STARTINFOLDER "C:\Users\Me\Documents\" (read only)
  • STEPSIZE 0'-6"
  • STEPSPERSEC 0'-2"
  • SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE 0
  • SUNSTATUS 0
  • SURFTAB1 6
  • SURFTAB2 6
  • SURFTYPE 6
  • SURFU 6
  • SURFV 6
  • SYSCODEPAGE "ANSI_1252" (read only)
  • TABLEINDICATOR 1
  • TABLETOOLBAR 2
  • TABMODE 0
  • TARGET 0'-0",0'-0",0'-0" (read only)
  • TDCREATE 2455628.44200308 (read only)
  • TDINDWG 4.69138154 (read only)
  • TDUCREATE 2455628.69200308 (read only)
  • TDUPDATE 2457416.74917262 (read only)
  • TDUSRTIMER 4.69137563 (read only)
  • TDUUPDATE 2457416.99917262 (read only)
  • TEMPPREFIX "C:\Users\Me\appdata\local\temp\" (read only)
  • TEXTED 2
  • TEXTEVAL 0
  • TEXTFILL 1
  • TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT 0
  • TEXTQLTY 50
  • TEXTSIZE 0'-6"
  • TEXTSTYLE "Standard"
  • THICKNESS 0'-0"
  • THUMBSAVE 1
  • THUMBSIZE 3
  • TILEMODE 1
  • TIMEZONE -8000
  • TOOLTIPMERGE 0
  • TRACKPATH 0
  • TREEDEPTH 3020
  • TREEMAX 10000000
  • TRIMMODE 1
  • TSPACEFAC 1.0000
  • TSPACETYPE 1
  • TSTACKALIGN 1
  • TSTACKSIZE 70
  • UCSAXISANG 90.000
  • UCSBASE ""
  • UCSDETECT 0
  • UCSFOLLOW 0
  • UCSICON 2
  • UCSNAME "" (read only)
  • UCSORG 0'-0",0'-0",0'-0" (read only)
  • UCSORTHO 1
  • UCSVIEW 1
  • UCSVP 1
  • UCSXDIR 0'-1",0'-0",0'-0" (read only)
  • UCSYDIR 0'-0",0'-1",0'-0" (read only)
  • UNDOCTL 53 (read only)
  • UNDOMARKS 0 (read only)
  • UNITMODE 0
  • UPDATETHUMBNAIL 15
  • VIEWCTR -2'-8 5/8",175'-0 3/4",0'-0" (read only)
  • VIEWDIR 0'-0",0'-0",0'-1" (read only)
  • VIEWMODE 0 (read only)
  • VIEWSIZE 337'-8 7/8" (read only)
  • VIEWTWIST 0.000 (read only)
  • VISRETAIN 1
  • VPLAYEROVERRIDES 0 (read only)
  • VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE 1
  • VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE 0 (read only)
  • VPROTATEASSOC 1
  • VSBACKGROUNDS 1
  • VSEDGECOLOR "BYENTITY"
  • VSEDGEJITTER -2
  • VSEDGELEX -6
  • VSEDGEOVERHANG -6
  • VSEDGES 1
  • VSEDGESMOOTH 1
  • VSFACECOLORMODE 0
  • VSFACEHIGHLIGHT -30
  • VSFACEOPACITY -60
  • VSFACESTYLE 0
  • VSHALOGAP 0
  • VSHIDEPRECISION 0
  • VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR "7"
  • VSINTERSECTIONEDGES 0
  • VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE 1
  • VSISOONTOP 0
  • VSLIGHTINGQUALITY 1
  • VSMATERIALMODE 0
  • VSMAX 1702'-1 9/16",1102'-9 3/4",0'-0" (read only)
  • VSMIN -1707'-6 13/16",-752'-8 1/4",0'-0" (read only)
  • VSMONOCOLOR "7"
  • VSOBSCUREDCOLOR "BYENTITY"
  • VSOBSCUREDEDGES 1
  • VSOBSCUREDLTYPE 1
  • VSOCCLUDEDCOLOR "BYENTITY"
  • VSOCCLUDEDEDGES 1
  • VSOCCLUDEDLTYPE 1
  • VSSHADOWS 0
  • VSSILHEDGES 0
  • VSSILHWIDTH 5
  • VTDURATION 750
  • VTENABLE 3
  • VTFPS 7
  • WHIPARC 0
  • WINDOWAREACOLOR 150
  • WMFBKGND OFF
  • WMFFOREGND OFF
  • WORKINGFOLDER "C:\Users\Me\Documents" (read only)
  • WORLDUCS 1 (read only)
  • WORLDVIEW 1
  • WRITESTAT 1 (read only)
  • XCLIPFRAME 0
  • XDWGFADECTL 36
  • XEDIT 1
  • XFADECTL 70
  • XLOADCTL 2
  • XLOADPATH "C:\Users\Me\appdata\local\temp\"
  • XREFCTL 0
  • XREFNOTIFY 2
  • XREFTYPE 0
  • ZOOMFACTOR 60
  • ZOOMWHEEL 0
  • 3DOSMODE 0
  • AEC3DDWFEDGE OFF (read only)
  • AECEIPINPROGRESS OFF (read only)
  • AECENABLEASSOCANCHOR ON
  • AECENABLESECTIONCLEANUP OFF
  • AECFORCEDEFAULTMODELVIEW OFF
  • AECFORCEDISPLAYBYSIZEDISABLED OFF
  • AECFORCEEXPLODETOSOLID OFF
  • AECOBJECTISOLATEMODE OFF (read only)
  • AECPSDAUTOATTACH OFF
  • AECPSDVISIBILITY 0
  • AECVCOMPAREIGNOREHATCH ON
  • AECVCOMPAREIGNORETEXT OFF
  • AECVCOMPARENEWCOLOR "0,255,0"
  • AECVCOMPAREOLDCOLOR "255,0,0"
  • AECVCOMPAREUNCHANGEDCOLOR "153,153,153"
  • ANNOMONITOR -2
  • APPAUTOLOAD 14
  • APPFRAMERESOURCES "pack://application:,,,/AcWindows;component/AppFrame/AcAppFra..." (read only)
  • APPLYGLOBALOPACITIES 0
  • ARRAYASSOCIATIVITY 1
  • ARRAYCREATION 0 (read only)
  • ARRAYEDITSTATE OFF (read only)
  • ARRAYTYPE 2
  • BLOCKTESTWINDOW 0 (read only)
  • BPTEXTHORIZONTAL 1
  • CACHEMAXFILES 256
  • CACHEMAXTOTALSIZE 1024
  • CALCINPUT 1
  • CBARTRANSPARENCY 50
  • CCONSTRAINTFORM 0
  • CLASSICKEYS 0
  • CLEANSCREENSTATE 0 (read only)
  • CLIPROMPTLINES 3
  • CLIPROMPTUPDATE 1
  • CMFADECOLOR 60
  • CMFADEOPACITY 40
  • COLORTHEME 0
  • COMMANDPREVIEW 1
  • COMPLEXLTPREVIEW 1
  • CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY 3
  • CONSTRAINTCURSORDISPLAY 1
  • CONSTRAINTINFER 0
  • CONTENTEXPLORERSTATE 0 (read only)
  • CULLINGOBJ 1
  • CULLINGOBJSELECTION 0
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