AutoCAD Productivity AutoCAD System Variables Quick Guide Appendix C - 1

System Variables Quick Guide for

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 Commands
Setvar - 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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Key
- System variable applies to release - System variable applies and is new in release
- System variable applies and changed - Does not apply to release

System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
*_TOOLPALETTEPATH
_LINFO
(Read-only)
_PKSER
(Read-only)
_SERVER
(Read-only)
_VERNUM
(Read-only)
3DCONVERSIONMODE
3DDWFPREC
3DSELECTIONMODE
ACADLSPASDOC
ACADPREFIX
(Read-only)
ACADVER
(Read-only)
ACIS15
ACISOUTVER
ACTPATH
ACTRECORDSTATE
(Read-only)
ACTRECPATH
ACTUI

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
ADCSTATE
(Read-only)
AECEIPINPROGRESS
(Read-only)
AFLAGS
ANGBASE
ANGDIR
ANNOALLVISIBLE
ANNOAUTOSCALE
ANNOTATIVEDWG
APBOX
APERTURE
APPFRAMERESOURCES
(Read-only)
APSTATE
(Read-only)
AREA
(Read-only)
ASSISTSTATE
(Read-only)
ATTDIA
ATTIPE
ATTMODE
ATTMULTI
ATTREQ
AUDITCTL
AUNITS
AUPREC
AUTODWFPUBLISH
AUTOMATICPUB

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
AUTOSNAP
AUXSTAT
AXISMODE
AXISUNIT
BACKGROUNDPLOT
BACKZ
(Read-only)
BACTIONBARMODE
BACTIONCOLOR
BCONSTATUSMODE
BDEPENDENCYHIGHLIGHT
BGRIPOBJCOLOR
BGRIPOBJSIZE
BINDTYPE
BLIPMODE
BLOCKEDITLOCK
BLOCKEDITOR
(Read-only)
BLOCKTESTWINDOW
(Read-only)
BPARAMETERCOLOR
BPARAMETERFONT
BPARAMETERSIZE
BPTEXTHPRIZONTAL
BTMARKDISPLAY
BVMODE
CALCINPUT
CAMERADISPLAY
CAMERAHEIGHT
CANNOSCALE

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
CANNOSCALEVALUE
(Read-only)
CAPTURETHUMBNAILS
CBARDISPLAYMODE
CBARTRANSPARENCY
CCONSTRAINTFORM
CDATE
(Read-only)
CDYNDISPLAYMODE
CECOLOR
CELTSCALE
CELTYPE
CELWEIGHT
CENTERMT
CHAMFERA
CHAMFERB
CHAMFERC
CHAMFERD
CHAMMODE
CIPMODE
(Read-only)
CIRCLERAD
CLAYER
CLEANSCREENSTATE
(Read-only)
CLISTATE
(Read-only)
CMATERIAL
CMDACTIVE
(Read-only)

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
CMDDIA
CMDECHO
CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
CMDNAMES
(Read-only)
CMLEADERSTYLE
CMLJUST
CMLSCALE
CMLSTYLE
CNAMEFORMAT
COMPASS
CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY
CONSTRAINTBARMODE
CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
CONSTRAINTRELAX
(Read-only)
CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE
COORDS
COPYMODE
CPLOTSTYLE
CPROFILE
(Read-only)
CPUTICKS
(Read-only)
CROSSINGAREACOLOR
CSHADOW
CTAB
CTABLESTYLE
Command Alias(es): CT

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
CURRENTPROFILE
(Read-only)
CURSORSIZE
CVPORT
DASHBOARDSTATE
(Read-only)
DATALINKNOTIFY
DATE
(Read-only)
DBCSTATE
(Read-only)
DBGLISTALL
DBLCLKEDIT
DBMOD
(Read-only)
DCTCUST
DCTMAIN
DEFAULTGIZMO
DEFAULTLIGHTING
DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE
DEFLPLSTYLE
DEFPLSTYLE
DELOBJ
DEMANDLOAD
DGNFRAME
DGNIMPORTMAX
DGNMAPPINGPATH
(Read-only)
DGNOSNAP

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
DIASTAT
(Read-only)
DIMADEC
DIMALT
DIMALTD
DIMALTF
DIMALTRND
DIMALTTD
DIMALTTZ
DIMALTU
DIMALTZ
DIMANNO
(Read-only)
DIMAPOST
DIMARCSYM
DIMASO
DIMASSOC
DIMASZ
DIMATFIT
DIMAUNIT
DIMAZIN
DIMBLK
DIMBLK1
DIMBLK2
DIMCEN
DIMCLRD
DIMCLRE
DIMCLRT
DIMCONSTRAINTICON
DIMDEC

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
DIMDLE
DIMDLI
DIMDSEP
DIMEXE
DIMEXO
DIMFIT
DIMFRAC
DIMFXL
DIMFXLON
DIMGAP
DIMJOGANG
DIMJUST
DIMLDRBLK
DIMLFAC
DIMLIM
DIMLTEX1
DIMLTEX2
DIMLTYPE
DIMLUNIT
DIMLWD
DIMLWE
DIMPOST
DIMRND
DIMSAH
DIMSCALE
DIMSD1
DIMSD2
DIMSE1
DIMSE2
DIMSHO

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
DIMSOXD
DIMSTYLE
(Read-only)
DIMTAD
DIMTDEC
DIMTFAC
DIMTFILL
DIMTFILLCLR
DIMTIH
DIMTIX
DIMTM
DIMTMOVE
DIMTOFL
DIMTOH
DIMTOL
DIMTOLJ
DIMTP
DIMTSZ
DIMTVP
DIMTXSTY
DIMTXT
DIMTXTDIRECTION
DIMTZIN
DIMUNIT
DIMUPT
DIMZIN
DISPSILH
DISTANCE
(Read-only)
DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
DIVMESHBOXLENGTH
DIVMESHBOXWIDTH
DIVMESHCONEAXIS
DIVMESHCONEBASE
DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT
DIVMESHCYLAXIS
DIVMESHCYLBASE
DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT
DIVMESHPYRBASE
DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT
DIVMESHPYRLENGTH
DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS
DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT
DIVMESHTORUSPATH
DIVMESHTORUSSECTION
DIVMESHWEDGEBASE
DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT
DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH
DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE
DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH
DONUTID
DONUTOD
DRAGMODE
DRAGP1
DRAGP2
DRAGVS
DRAWORDERCTL
DRSTATE
(Read-only)
DTEXTED

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
DWFFRAME
DWFOSNAP
DWGCHECK
DWGCODEPAGE
(Read-only)
DWGNAME
(Read-only)
DWGPREFIX
(Read-only)
DWGTITLED
(Read-only)
DWGWRITE
DXEVAL
DYNCONSTRAINTDISPLAY
DYNCONSTRAINTMODE
DYNDIGRIP
DYNDIVIS
DYNMODE
DYNPICOORDS
DYNPIFORMAT
DYNPIVIS
DYNPROMPT
DYNTOOLTIPS
EDGEMODE
ELEVATION
ENTERPRISEMENU
(Read-only)
ENTEXTS
ENTMODS
(Read-only)

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
ERRNO or *ERRNO
(Read-only)
ERSTATE
(Read-only)
EXPERT
EXPLMODE
EXPORTEPLOTFORMAT
EXPORTMODELSPACE
EXPORTPAGESETUP
EXPORTPAPERSPACE
EXTMAX
(Read-only)
EXTMIN
(Read-only)
EXTNAMES
FACETERDEVNORMAL
FACETERDEVSURFACE
FACETERGRIDRATIO
FACETERMAXGRID
FACETERMESHTYPE
FACETERMINUGRID
FACETERMINVGRID
FACETERPRIMITIVEMODE
FACETERSMOOTHLEV
FACETRATIO
FACETRES
FFLIMIT
FIELDDISPLAY
FIELDEVAL
FILEDIA

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
FILLETRAD
FILLMODE
FLATLAND
FONTALT
FONTMAP
FORCE_PAGING
FRONTZ
(Read-only)
FULLOPEN
(Read-only)
FULLPLOTPATH
GEOLATLONGFORMAT
GEOMARKETVISIBILITY
(Read-only)
GFANG
GFCLR1
GFCLR2
GFCLRLUM
GFCLRSTATE
GFNAME
GFSHIFT
GRIDDISPLAY
GRIDMAJOR
GRIDMODE
GRIDUNIT
GRIPBLOCK
GRIPCOLOR
GRIPDYNCOLOR
GRIPHOT
GRIPHOVER

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
GRIPOBJLIMIT
GRIPS
GRIPSIZE
GRIPSSUBOBJMODE
GRIPTIPS
GTAUTO
GTDEFAULT
GTLOCATION
HALOGAP
HANDLES
(Read-only)
HIDEPRECISION
HIDETEXT
HIDEXREFSCALES
HIGHLIGHT
HPANG
HPASSOC
HPBOUND
HPDOUBLE
HPDRAWORDER
HPGAPTOL
HPINHERIT
HPMAXLINES
HPNAME
HPOBJWARNING
HPORIGIN
HPORIGINMODE
HPSCALE
HPSEPARATE
HPSPACE

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
HYPERLINKBASE
IMAGEFRAME
IMAGEHLT
IMPLIEDFACE
INDEXCTL
INETLOCATION
INPUTHISTORYMODE
INSBASE
INSNAME
INSUNITS
INSUNITSDEFSOURCE
INSUNITSDEFTARGET
INTELLIGENTUPDATE
INTERFERECOLOR
INTERFEREOBJVS
INTERFEREVPVS
INTERSECTIONCOLOR
INTERSECTIONDISPLAY
ISAVEBAK
ISAVEPERCENT
ISOLINES
LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT
LASTANGLE
(Read-only)
LASTPOINT
LASTPROMPT
(Read-only)
LATITUDE
LAYERDLGMODE
LAYEREVAL

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
LAYEREVALCTL
LAYERFILTERALERT
LAYERMANAGERSTATE
(Read-only)
LAYERNOTIFY
LAYLOCKFADECTL
LAYOUTREGENCTL
LAZYLOAD
LEGACYCTRLPICK
LENSLENGTH
LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY
LIGHTINGUNITS
LIGHTLISTSTATE
(Read-only)
LIGHTSINBLOCKS
LIMCHECK
LIMMAX
LIMMIN
LINEARBRIGHTNESS
LINEARCONTRAST
LISPINIT
LOCALE
(Read-only)
LOCALROOTPREFIX
(Read-only)
LOCKUI
LOFTANG1
LOFTANG2
LOFTMAG1
LOFTMAG2

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
LOFTNORMALS
LOFTPARAM
LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS
LOGEXPCONTRAST
LOGEXPDAYLIGHT
LOGEXPMIDTONES
LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE
LOGFILEMODE
LOGFILENAME
(Read-only)
LOGFILEPATH
LOGINNAME
(Read-only)
LONGFNAME
(Read-only)
LONGITUDE
LTSCALE
Command Alias(es): LTS
LUNITS
LUPREC
LWDEFAULT
LWDISPLAY
LWUNITS
MACROTRACE
MATSTATE
(Read-only)
MAXACTVP
MAXOBJMEM
MAXSORT
MBUTTONPAN

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
MEASUREINIT
MEASUREMENT
MENUBAR
MENUCTL
MENUECHO
MENUNAME
(Read-only)
MESHTYPE
MILLISECS
(Read-only)
MIRRTEXT
MLEADERSCALE
MODEMACRO
MSLTSCALE
MSMSTATE
(Read-only)
MSOLESCALE
MTEXTCOLUMN
MTEXTED
MTEXTFIXED
MTEXTTOOLBAR
MTJIGSTRING
MYDOCUMENTSPREFIX
(Read-only)
NAVSWHEELMODE
NAVSWHEELOPACITYBIG
NAVSWHEELOPACITYMINI
NAVSWHEELSIZEBIG
NAVSWHEELSIZEMINI
NAVVCUBEDISPLAY

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
NAVVCUBELOCATION
NAVVCUBEOPACITY
NAVVCUBEORIENT
NAVVCUBESIZE
NFWSTATE
(Read-only)
NODENAME
(Read-only)
NOMUTT
NORTHDIRECTION
OBSCUREDCOLOR
OBSCUREDLTYPE
OFFSETDIST
OFFSETGAPTYPE
OLEFRAME
OLEHIDE
OLEQUALITY
OLESTARTUP
OPENPARTIAL
OPMSTATE
(Read-only)
ORTHOMODE
OSMODE
OSNAPCOORD
OSNAPHATCH
OSNAPNODELEGACY
OSNAPOVERRIDE
OSNAPZ
OSOPTIONS
PALETTEOPAQUE

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
PAPERUPDATE
PARAMETERCOPYMODE
PARAMETERSSTATUS
(Read-only)
PDFFRAME
PDFOSNAP
PDMODE
PDSIZE
PEDITACCEPT
PELLIPSE
PERIMETER
(Read-only)
PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVECLIP
PFACEVMAX
(Read-only)
PHANDLE
PICKADD
PICKAUTO
PICKBOX
PICKDRAG
PICKFIRST
PICKSTYLE
PLATFORM
(Read-only)
PLINECONVERTMODE
PLINEGEN
PLINETYPE
PLINEWID
PLOTID

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
PLOTOFFSET
PLOTROTMODE
PLOTTER
PLQUIET
POLARADDANG
POLARANG
POLARDIST
POLARMODE
POLYSIDES
POPUPS
(Read-only)
PREVIEWEFFECT
PREVIEWFILTER
PREVIEWTYPE
PRODUCT
(Read-only)
PROGRAM
(Read-only)
PROJECTNAME
PROJMODE
PROXYGRAPHICS
PROXYNOTICE
PROXYSHOW
PROXYWEBSEARCH
PSLTSCALE
PSOLHEIGHT
PSOLWIDTH
PSPROLOG
PSQUALITY

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
PSTYLEMODE
(Read-only)
PSTYLEPOLICY
PSVPSCALE
PUBLISHALLSHEETS
PUBLISHCOLLATE
PUBLISHHATCH
PUCSBASE
QAFLAGS
QAUCSLOCK
QCSTATE
(Read-only)
QPLOCATION
QPMODE
QTEXTMODE
QUEUEDREGENMAX
QVDRAWINGPIN
QVLAYOUTPIN
RASTERDPI
RASTERPERCENT
RASTERPREVIEW
RASTERTHRESHOLD
RE-INIT
RECOVERYMODE
REFEDITNAME
(Read-only)
REGENMODE
REMEMBERFOLDERS
RENDERPREFSSTATE
(Read-only)

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
RENDERQUALITY
RENDERUSERLIGHTS
REPORTERROR
RIASPECT
RIBACKG
RIBBONCONTEXTSELECT
RIBBONCONTEXTSELLIM
RIBBONDOCKEDHEIGHT
RIBBONSELECTMODE
RIBBONSTATE
(Read-only)
RIEDGE
RIGAMUT
RIGREY
RITHRESH
ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX
(Read-only)
ROLLOVERTIPS
RTDISPLAY
SAVEFIDELITY
SAVEFILE
(Read-only)
SAVEFILEPATH
SAVEIMAGES
SAVENAME
(Read-only)
SAVETIME
SCREENBOXES
(Read-only)

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
SCREENMODE
(Read-only)
SCREENSIZE
(Read-only)
SDI
SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
SELECTIONAREA
SELECTIONAREAOPACITY
SELECTIONPREVIEW
SETBYLAYERMODE
SHADEDGE
SHADEDIF
SHADOWPLANELOCATION
SHORTCUTMENU
SHOWHIST
SHOWLAYERUSAGE
SHOWMOTIONPIN
SHPNAME
SIGWARN
SKETCHINC
SKPOLY
SKYSTATUS
SMOOTHMESHCONVERT
SMOOTHMESHGRID
SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE
SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV
SNAPANG
SNAPBASE
SNAPISOPAIR
SNAPMODE

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
SNAPSTYL
SNAPTYPE
SNAPUNIT
SOLIDCHECK
SOLIDHIST
SORTENTS
SPACESWITCH
SPLFRAME
SPLINESEGS
SPLINETYPE
SSFOUND
(Read-only)
SSLOCATE
SSMAUTOOPEN
SSMPOLLTIME
SSMSHEETSTATUS
SSMSTATE
(Read-only)
STANDARDSVIOLATION
STARTUP
STARTUPTODAY
STATUSBAR
STEPSIZE
STEPSPERSEC
SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
SUNPROPERTIESSTATE
(Read-only)
SUNSTATUS
SURFTAB1
SURFTAB2

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
SURFTYPE
SURFU
SURFV
SYSCODEPAGE
(Read-only)
TABLEINDICATOR
TABLETOOLBAR
TABMODE
TARGET
(Read-only)
TBCUSTOMIZE
TDCREATE
(Read-only)
TDINDWG
(Read-only)
TDUCREATE
(Read-only)
TDUPDATE
(Read-only)
TDUSRTIMER
(Read-only)
TDUUPDATE
(Read-only)
TEMPOVERRIDES
TEMPPREFIX
(Read-only)
TEXTEVAL
TEXTFILL
TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT
TEXTQLTY

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
TEXTSIZE
TEXTSTYLE
THICKNESS
Command Alias(es): TH
THUMBSIZE
TILEMODE
Command Alias(es): TI, TM
TIMEZONE
TOOLTIPMERGE
TOOLTIPS
TPSTATE
(Read-only)
TRACEWID
TRACKPATH
TRAYICONS
TRAYNOTIFY
TRAYTIMEOUT
TREEDEPTH
TREEMAX
TRIMMODE
TSPACEFAC
TSPACETYPE
TSTACKALIGN
TSTACKSIZE
UCSAXISANG
UCSBASE
UCSDETECT
UCSFOLLOW
UCSICON

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
UCSNAME
(Read-only)
UCSORG
(Read-only)
UCSORTHO
UCSVIEW
UCSVP
UCSXDIR
(Read-only)
UCSYDIR
(Read-only)
UNDOCTL
UNDOMARKS
(Read-only)
UNDOONDISK
UNITMODE
UOSNAP
UPDATETHUMBNAIL
USERI1 - 5
USERR1 - 5
USERS1 - 5
VIEWCTR
(Read-only)
VIEWDIR
(Read-only)
VIEWMODE
(Read-only)
VIEWSIZE
(Read-only)

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
VIEWTWIST
(Read-only)
VISRETAIN
VPLAYEROVERRIDES
(Read-only)
VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE
VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE
(Read-only)
VPROTATEASSOC
VSBACKGROUNDS
VSEDGECOLOR
VSEDGEJITTER
VSEDGEOVERHANG
VSEDGES
VSEDGESMOOTH
VSFACECOLORMODE
VSFACEHIGHLIGHT
VSFACEOPACITY
VSFACESTYLE
VSHALOGAP
VSHIDEPRECISION
VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR
VSINTERSECTIONEDGES
VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE
VSISOONTOP
VSLIGHTINGQUALITY
VSMATERIALMODE
VSMAX
(Read-only)

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System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
VSMIN
(Read-only)
VSMONOCOLOR
VSOBSCUREDCOLOR
VSOBSCUREDEDGES
VSOBSCUREDLTYPE
VSSHADOWS
VSSILHEDGES
VSSILHWIDTH
VSSTATE
(Read-only)
VTDURATION
VTENABLE
VTFPS
WHIPARC
WHIPTHREAD
WINDOWAREACOLOR
WMFBKGND
WMFFOREGND
WORLDUCS
(Read-only)
WORLDVIEW
WRITESTAT
(Read-only)
WSCURRENT
XCLIPFRAME
XDWGFADECTL
XEDIT
XFADECTL
XLOADCTL

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AutoCAD Productivity AutoCAD Systems Variables Quick Guide Appendix C - 32

System Variable Name and Alias 12 13 14 '00 '00i '02 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10
XLOADPATH
XREFCTL
XREFNOTIFY
XREFTYPE
ZOOMFACTOR
ZOOMWHEEL
Total System Variables: 773

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