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A

ACADPREFIX  Stores the directory path, if any, specified by the AutoCAD environ-ment variable, with path separators appended if necessary.

ACADVER  Stores the AutoCAD version number, which can have values such as 14 or 14a.

AFLAGS  Sets attribute flags for ATTDEF bit-code.

ANGBASE  Sets the base angle 0 with respect to the current UCS.

ANGDIR  Sets the positive direction from angle 0 with respect to the current UCS.

APBOX  Turns the AutoSnap aperture box on or off.

APERTURE  Sets object snap target height, in pixels.

AREA  Stores the last area computed by AREA, LIST, or DBLIST.

ATTDIA  Controls whether INSERT uses a dialog box for attribute value entry.

ATTMODE  Controls display of attributes.

ATTREQ  Determines whether INSERT uses default attribute settings during insertion of blocks.

AUDITCTL  Controls whether AUDIT creates an ADT file (audit report).

AUNITS  Sets units for angles.

AUPREC  Sets number of decimal places for angular units.

AUTOSNAP  Controls the display of the AutoSnap marker and SnapTips, and turns the AutoSnap magnet on or off.

B

BACKZ  Stores the back clipping plane offset from the target plane for the current viewport.

BLIPMODE  Controls whether marker blips are visible.

C

CDATE  Sets calendar date and time.

CECOLOR  Sets the color of new objects.

CELTSCALE  Sets the current global linetype scale for objects.

CELTYPE  Sets the linetype of new objects.

CHAMFERA  Sets the first chamfer distance.

CHAMFERB  Sets the second chamfer distance.

CHAMFERC  Sets the chamfer length.

CHAMFERD  Sets the chamfer angle.

CHAMMODE  Sets the input method by which AutoCAD creates chamfers.

CIRCLERAD  Sets the default circle radius.

CLAYER  Sets the current layer.

CMDACTIVE  Stores the bit-code that indicates whether an ordinary command, transparent command, script, or dialog box is active.

CMDDIA  Controls whether dialog boxes are turned on for PLOT and external database commands.

CMDECHO  Controls whether AutoCAD echoes prompts and input during the AutoLISP (command) function.

CMDNAMES  Displays the name of the currently active command and transparent command.

CMLJUST  Specifies multiline justification.

CMLSCALE  Controls the overall width of a multiline.

CMLSTYLE  Sets the multiline style.

COORDS  Controls when coordinates are updated on the status line.

CURSORSIZE  Determines the size of the crosshairs as a percentage of the screen size.

CVPORT  Sets the identification number of the current viewport.

D

DATE  Stores the current date and time.

DBMOD  Indicates the drawing modification status using bit-code.

DCTCUST  Displays the path and file name of the current custom spelling dictionary.

DCTMAIN  Displays the path and file name of the current main spelling dictionary.

DELOBJ  Controls whether objects used to create other objects are retained or deleted from the drawing database.

DEMANDLOAD  Specifies if and when AutoCAD demand loads a third-party application if a drawing contains custom objects created in that application.

DIASTAT  Stores the exit method of the most recently used dialog box.

DISPSILH  Controls display of silhouette curves of body objects in wireframe mode.

DISTANCE  Stores the distance computed by DIST.

DONUTID  Sets the default for the inside diameter of a donut.

DONUTOD  Sets the default for the outside diameter of a donut.

DRAGMODE  Controls display of objects being dragged.

DRAGP1  Sets regen-drag input sampling rate.

DRAGP2  Sets fast-drag input sampling rate.

DWGCODEPAGE  Stores the same value as SYSCODEPAGE (for compatibility reasons).

DWGNAME  Stores the drawing name as entered by the user.

DWGPREFIX  Stores the drive/directory prefix for the drawing.

DWGTITLED  Indicates whether the current drawing has been named.

E

EDGEMODE  Controls how TRIM and EXTEND determine cutting and boundary edges.

ELEVATION  Stores the current elevation relative to the UCS for the current space.

EXPERT  Controls whether certain prompts are issued.

EXPLMODE  Controls whether EXPLODE supports nonuniformly scaled (NUS) blocks.

EXTMAX  Stores the upper-right point of the drawing extents.

EXTMIN  Stores the lower-left point of the drawing extents.

F

FACETRES  Further adjusts the smoothness of shaded and rendered objects and objects with hidden lines removed.

FILEDIA  Suppresses display of the file dialog boxes.

FILLETRAD  Stores the current fillet radius.

FILLMODE  Specifies whether objects created with SOLID are filled.

FONTALT  Specifies the alternate font to be used when the specified font file cannot be located.

FONTMAP  Specifies the font mapping file to be used.

FRONTZ  Stores the front clipping plane offset from the target plane for the current viewport.

G

GRIDMODE  Specifies whether the grid is turned on or off.

GRIDUNIT  Specifies the grid spacing (X and Y) for the current viewport.

GRIPBLOCK  Controls the assignment of grips in blocks.

GRIPCOLOR  Controls the color of nonselected grips (drawn as box outlines).

GRIPHOT  Controls the color of selected grips (drawn as filled boxes).

GRIPS  Controls use of selection set grips for the Stretch, Move, Rotate, Scale, and Mirror grip modes.

GRIPSIZE  Sets the size of the box drawn to display the grip in pixels.

H

HANDLES  Reports whether object handles can be accessed by application.

HIGHLIGHT  Controls object highlighting; does not affect objects selected with grips.

HPANG  Specifies the hatch pattern angle.

HPBOUND  Controls the object type created by BHATCH and BOUNDARY.

HPDOUBLE  Specifies hatch pattern doubling for user-defined patterns.

HPNAME  Sets a default hatch pattern name.

HPSCALE  Specifies the hatch pattern scale factor.

HPSPACE  Specifies the hatch pattern line spacing for user-defined simple patterns.

I

INDEXCTL  Controls whether layer and spatial indexes are created and saved in drawing files.

INETLOCATION  Stores the Internet location used by BROWSER.

INSBASE  Stores insertion base point set by BASE.

INSNAME  Sets a default block name for DDINSERT or INSERT.

ISAVEBAK  Improves the speed of incremental saves, especially for large drawings in Windows.

ISAVEPERCENT  Determines the amount of wasted space tolerated in a drawing file.

ISOLINES  Specifies the number of isolines per surface on objects.

L

LASTANGLE  Stores the end angle of the last arc entered.

LASTPOINT  Stores the last point entered.

LASTPROMPT  Stores the last string echoed to the command line.

LENSLENGTH  Stores the length of the lens (in millimeters) used in perspective viewing for the current viewport.

LIMCHECK  Controls creation of objects outside the drawing limits.

LIMMAX  Stores the upper-right drawing limits for the current space.

LIMMIN  Stores the lower-left drawing limits for the current space.

LISPINIT  Specifies whether AutoLISP-defined functions and variables are preserved when you open a new drawing.

LOCALE  Displays the ISO language code of the current AutoCAD version.

LOGFILEMODE  Specifies whether the contents of the text window are written to a log file.

LOGFILENAME  Specifies the path for the log file.

LOGINNAME  Displays the user's name as configured or as input when AutoCAD is loaded.

LTSCALE  Sets the global linetype scale factor.

LUNITS  Sets linear units.

LUPREC  Sets the number of decimal places displayed for linear units.

M

MAXACTVP  Sets the maximum number of viewports that can be active at one time.

MAXOBJMEM  Controls the object pager.

MAXSORT  Sets the maximum number of symbol names or file names sorted by listing commands.

MEASUREMENT  Sets drawing units as English or metric.

MENUCTL  Controls the page switching of the screen menu.

MENUECHO  Sets menu echo and prompt control bits.

MENUNAME  Stores the MENUGROUP name.

MIRRTEXT  Controls how MIRROR reflects text.

MODEMACRO  Displays a text string on the status line.

MTEXTED  Sets the name of the program to use for editing MTEXT objects.

O

OFFSETDIST  Sets the default offset distance.

OLEHIDE  Controls the display of OLE objects in AutoCAD.

ORTHOMODE  Constrains cursor movement to the perpendicular.

OSMODE  Sets running object snap modes using bit-codes.

OSNAPCOORD  Controls whether coordinates entered on the command line override running object snaps.

P

PDMODE  Controls how point objects are displayed.

PDSIZE  Sets the display size for point objects.

PELLIPSE  Controls the ellipse type created with ELLIPSE.

PERIMETER  Stores the last perimeter value computed by AREA, LIST, or DBLIST.

PFACEVMAX  Sets the maximum number of vertices per face.

PICKADD  Controls additive selection of objects.

PICKAUTO  Controls automatic windowing at the Select Objects prompt.

PICKBOX  Sets object selection target height.

PICKDRAG  Controls the method of drawing a selection window.

PICKFIRST  Controls whether you select objects before or after you issue a command.

PICKSTYLE  Controls use of group selection and associative hatch selection.

PLATFORM  Indicates which platform of AutoCAD is in use.

PLINEGEN  Sets how linetype patterns are generated around the vertices of a two-dimensional polyline.

PLINETYPE  Specifies whether AutoCAD uses optimized 2D polylines.

PLINEWID  Stores the default polyline width.

PLOTID  Changes the default plotter based on its assigned description.

PLOTROTMODE  Controls the orientation of plots.

PLOTTER  Changes the default plotter, based on its assigned integer.

POLYSIDES  Sets the default number of sides for POLYGON.

POPUPS  Displays the status of the currently configured display driver.

PROJECTNAME  Stores the current project name.

PROJMODE  Sets the current Projection mode for trimming or extending.

PROXYGRAPHICS  Specifies whether images of proxy objects are saved in the drawing.

PROXYNOTICE  Displays a notice when you open a drawing containing custom objects created by an application that is not present.

PROXYSHOW  Controls the display of proxy objects in a drawing.

PSLTSCALE  Controls paper space linetype scaling.

PSPROLOG  Assigns a name for a prologue section to be read from the acad.psf file when you are using PSOUT.

PSQUALITY  Controls the rendering quality of PostScript images.

Q

QTEXTMODE  Controls how text is displayed.

R

RASTERPREVIEW  Controls whether drawing preview images are saved with the drawing and sets the format type.

REGENMODE  Controls automatic regeneration of the drawing.

RE-INIT  Reinitializes the I/O ports, digitizer, display, plotter, and acad.pgp file.

RTDISPLAY  Controls the display of raster images during realtime zoom or pan.

S

SAVEFILE  Stores current auto-save file name.

SAVENAME  Stores the file name.

SAVETIME  Sets the automatic save interval, in minutes.

SCREENBOXES  Stores the number of boxes in the screen menu area of the graphics area.

SCREENMODE  Stores a bit-code indicating the graphics/text state of the AutoCAD display.

SCREENSIZE  Stores current viewport size in pixels (X and Y).

SHADEDGE  Controls shading of edges in rendering.

SHADEDIF  Sets the ratio of diffuse reflective light to ambient light.

SHPNAME  Sets a default shape name.

SKETCHINC  Sets record increment for SKETCH.

SKPOLY  Determines whether SKETCH generates lines or polylines.

SNAPANG  Sets snap and grid rotation angle for the current viewport.

SNAPBASE  Sets snap and grid origin point for the current viewport.

SNAPISOPAIR  Controls the isometric plane for the current viewport.

SNAPMODE  Turns Snap mode on and off.

SNAPSTYL  Sets snap style for the current viewport.

SNAPUNIT  Sets snap spacing for the current viewport.

SORTENTS  Controls object DDSELECT sort order operations.

SPLFRAME  Controls display of spline-fit polylines.

SPLINESEGS  Sets the number of line segments to be generated for each spline-fit polyline.

SPLINETYPE  Sets the type of spline curve to be generated by PEDIT Spline.

SURFTAB1  Sets the number of tabulations to be generated for RULESURF and TABSURF.

SURFTAB2  Sets the mesh density in the N direction for REVSURF and EDGESURF.

SURFTYPE  Controls the type of surface-fitting to be performed by PEDIT Smooth.

SURFU  Sets the surface density in the M direction.

SURFV  Sets the surface density in the N direction.

SYSCODEPAGE  Indicates the system code page specified in acad.xmf.

T

TABMODE  Controls use of the tablet.

TARGET  Stores location of the target point for the current viewport.

TDCREATE  Stores time and date the drawing was created.

TDINDWG  Stores the total editing time.

TDUPDATE  Stores the time and date of the last update/save.

TDUSRTIMER  Stores the user-elapsed timer.

TEMPPREFIX  Contains the directory name for temporary files.

TEXTEVAL  Controls the method of evaluation for text strings.

TEXTFILL  Controls the filling of Bitstream, TrueType, and Adobe Type 1 fonts.

TEXTQLTY  Sets the resolution of Bitstream, TrueType, and Adobe Type 1 fonts.

TEXTSIZE  Sets the default height for new text objects drawn with the current text style.

TEXTSTYLE  Sets the name of the current text style.

THICKNESS  Sets the current thickness.

TILEMODE  Controls access to paper space and the behavior of viewports.

TOOLTIPS  Controls display of tooltips.

TRACEWID  Sets the default trace width.

TREEDEPTH  Specifies the number of times the tree-structured spatial index may divide into branches.

TREEMAX  Limits memory consumption during drawing regeneration by limiting the number of nodes in the spatial index (oct-tree).

TRIMMODE  Controls whether AutoCAD trims selected edges for chamfers and fillets.

U

UCSFOLLOW  Generates a plan view whenever you change from one UCS to another.

UCSICON  Displays the user coordinate system icon for the current viewport.

UCSNAME  Stores the name of the current coordinate system for the current space.

UCSORG  Stores the origin point of the current coordinate system for the current space.

UCSXDIR  Stores the X direction of the current UCS for the current space.

UCSYDIR  Stores the Y direction of the current UCS for the current space.

UNDOCTL  Stores a bit-code indicating the state of the UNDO feature.

UNDOMARKS  Stores the number of marks that have been placed in the UNDO control stream by the Mark option.

UNITMODE  Controls the display format for units.

USERI1-5  Stores and retrieves integer values.

USERR1-5  Stores and retrieves real numbers.

USERS1-5  Stores and retrieves text string data.

V

VIEWCTR  Stores the center of view in the current viewport.

VIEWDIR  Stores the viewing direction in the current viewport.

VIEWMODE  Controls viewing mode for the current viewport using bit-code.

VIEWSIZE  Stores the height of the view in the current viewport.

VIEWTWIST  Stores the view twist angle for the current viewport.

VISRETAIN  Controls visibility of layers in xref files.

VSMAX  Stores the upper-right corner of the current viewport's virtual screen.

VSMIN  Stores the lower-left corner of the current viewport's virtual screen.

W

WORLDUCS  Indicates whether the UCS is the same as the World Coordinate System.

WORLDVIEW  Controls whether the UCS changes to the WCS during DVIEW or VPOINT.

X

XCLIPFRAME  Controls visibility of xref clipping boundaries.

XLOADCTL  Turns demand loading on and off and controls whether it loads the original drawing or a copy.

XLOADPATH  Creates a path for storing temporary copies of demand-loaded xref files.

XREFCTL  Controls whether AutoCAD writes external reference log (XLG) files.

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