PSTYLEPOLICY - Controls the plot style mode, Color-Dependent or Named, that is used when opening a drawing that was created in a release prior to AutoCAD 2000 or when creating a new drawing from scratch without using a drawing template.
PSVPSCALE - Sets the view scale factor for all newly created viewports. The view scale factor is defined by comparing the ratio of units in paper space to the units in newly created model space viewports. The view scale factor you set is used with the VPORTS command. A value of 0 means the scale factor is Scaled to Fit. A scale must be a positive real value.
PUBLISHALLSHEETS - Controls how the Publish dialog box list is populated when the PUBLISH command is issued.
PUBLISHCOLLATE - Controls whether sheets are published as a single job
PUCSBASE - Stores the name of the UCS that defines the origin and orientation of orthographic UCS settings in paper space only.
QCSTATE - Determines whether the QuickCalc calculator is open or closed.
QTEXTMODE - Controls how text is displayed.
RASTERPREVIEW - Controls whether BMP preview images are saved with the drawing.
RECOVERYMODE - Controls whether drawing recovery information is recorded after a system failure.
REFEDITNAME - Displays the name of the reference being edited.
REGENMODE - Controls automatic regeneration of the drawing.
RE-INIT - Reinitializes the digitizer, digitizer port, and acad.pgp file. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
REMEMBERFOLDERS - Controls the default path displayed in standard file selection dialog boxes.
REPORTERROR - Controls whether an error report can be sent to Autodesk if the program closes unexpectedly.
ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX - Stores the full path to the root folder where roamable customizable files were installed. If you are working on a network that supports roaming, when you customize files that are in your roaming profile they are available to you regardless of which machine you are currently using.
RTDISPLAY - Controls the display of raster images and OLE objects during Realtime ZOOM or PAN.
SAVEFIDELITY - Controls whether the drawing is saved with visual fidelity
SAVEFILE - Stores the current automatic save file name.
SAVEFILEPATH - Specifies the path to the directory for all automatic save files for the current session. You can also change the path on the Files tab in the Options dialog box.
SAVENAME - Displays the file name and directory path of the most recently saved drawing.
SAVETIME - Sets the automatic save interval, in minutes.
SCREENBOXES - Stores the number of boxes in the screen menu area of the drawing area. If the screen menu is turned off, SCREENBOXES is zero. On platforms that permit the drawing area to be resized or the screen menu to be reconfigured during an editing session, the value of this variable might change during the editing session.
SCREENMODE - Indicates the state of the display. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
SCREENSIZE - Stores current viewport size in pixels (X and Y).
SELECTIONANNODISPLAY - Controls whether alternate scale representations are temporarily displayed in a dimmed state when an annotative object is selected
SELECTIONAREA - Controls the display of effects for selection areas. Selection areas are created by the Window, Crossing, WPolygon, and CPolygon options of SELECT.
SELECTIONAREAOPACITY - Controls the transparency of the selection area during window and crossing selection. The valid range is 0 to 100. The lower the setting, the more transparent the area. A value of 100 makes the area opaque. The SELECTIONAREA system variable must be on.
SELECTIONPREVIEW - Controls the display of selection previewing. Objects are highlighted when the pickbox cursor rolls over them. This selection previewing indicates that the object would be selected if you clicked. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
SETBYLAYERMODE - Controls which properties are selected for SETBYLAYER
SHORTCUTMENU - Controls whether Default, Edit, and Command mode shortcut menus are available in the drawing area. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
SHOWLAYERUSAGE - Displays icons in the Layer Properties Manager to indicate whether layers are in use. Setting this system variable to Off improves performance in the Layer Properties Manager.
SHPNAME - Sets a default shape name that must conform to symbol- naming conventions. If no default is set, it returns "". Enter a period (.) to set no default.
SIGWARN - Controls whether a warning is presented when a file with an attached digital signature is opened. If the system variable is on and you open a file with a valid signature, the digital signature status is displayed. If the variable is off and you open a file, the digital signature status is displayed only if a signature is invalid. You can set the variable using the Display Digital Signature Information option on the Open and Save tab of the Options dialog box.
SKETCHINC - Sets the record increment for the SKETCH command.
SKPOLY - Determines whether the SKETCH command generates lines or polylines.
SNAPANG - Sets the snap and grid rotation angle for the current viewport. The angle you specify is relative to the current UCS.
SNAPBASE - Sets the snap and grid origin point for the current viewport relative to the current UCS.
SNAPISOPAIR - Controls the isometric plane for the current viewport.
SNAPMODE - Turns the Snap mode on and off.
SNAPSTYL - Sets the snap style for the current viewport.
SNAPTYPE - Sets the type of snap for the current viewport.
SNAPUNIT - Sets the snap spacing for the current viewport. If SNAPSTYL is set to 1, the X value of SNAPUNIT is adjusted automatically to accommodate the isometric snap.
SOLIDCHECK - Turns the solid validation on and off for the current session.
SOLIDHIST - Controls the default History property setting for new and existing objects. When set to 1, composite solids retain a “history” of the original objects contained in the composite.
SSFOUND - Displays the sheet set path and file name if a search for a sheet set is successful.
SSLOCATE - Controls whether the sheet set associated with a drawing is located and opened when the drawing is opened.
SSMAUTOOPEN - Controls the display behavior of the Sheet Set Manager when a drawing associated with a sheet is opened.
SSMPOLLTIME - Controls the time interval between automatic refreshes of the status data in a sheet set.
SSMSHEETSTATUS - Controls how the status data in a sheet set is refreshed.
SSMSTATE - Determines whether the Sheet Set Manager window is open or closed.
STANDARDSVIOLATION - Specifies whether a user is notified of standards violations in the current drawing when a nonstandard object is created or modified.
STARTUP - Controls whether the Create New Drawing dialog box is displayed when a new drawing is started with NEW or QNEW. Also controls whether the Startup dialog box is displayed when the application is started.
SYSCODEPAGE - Indicates the system code page, which is determined by the operating system. To change the code page, see Help in your operating system.
TABLEINDICATOR - Controls the display of row numbers and column letters when the In-Place Text Editor is open for editing a table cell.
TABLETOOLBAR - Controls the display of the Table toolbar.
TASKBAR - Controls how drawings show up in windows taskbar between sessions.
TBCUSTOMIZE - Controls whether tool palette groups can be customized.
TDCREATE - Stores the local time and date the drawing was created.
TDINDWG - Stores the total editing time, which is the total elapsed time between saves of the current drawing. The format is:
TDUCREATE - Stores the universal time and date that the drawing was created.
TDUPDATE - Stores the local time and date of the last update/save.
TDUSRTIMER - Stores the user-elapsed timer.
TDUUPDATE - Stores the universal time and date of the last update/save.
TEMPOVERRIDES - Turns temporary override keys on and off. A temporary override key is a key that you can hold down to temporarily turn on or turn off one of the drawing aids that are set in the Drafting Settings dialog box; for example, Ortho mode, object snaps, or Polar mode.
TEMPPREFIX - Contains the directory name (if any) configured for placement of temporary files, with a path separator appended.
TEXTEVAL - Controls how text strings entered with TEXT (using AutoLISP) or with -TEXT are evaluated.
TEXTFILL - Controls the filling of TrueType fonts while plotting and rendering.
TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT - Provides Unicode options for plot and text window log files.
TEXTQLTY - Sets the resolution tessellation fineness of text outlines
TEXTSIZE - Sets the default height for new text objects drawn with the current text style. TEXTSIZE has no effect if the current text style has a fixed height.
TEXTSTYLE - Sets the name of the current text style.
THICKNESS - Sets the current 3D thickness.
TILEMODE - Makes the Model tab or the last layout tab current.
TIMEZONE - Sets the time zone for the sun in the drawing. The values in the table are expressed as hours and minutes away from Greenwich Mean Time. The geographic location you set also sets the time zone. If the time zone is not accurate, you can correct it in the Geographic Location dialog box or set the TIMEZONE system variable.
TOOLTIPMERGE - Combines drafting tooltips into a single tooltip. The appearance of the merged tooltip is controlled by the settings in the Tooltip Appearance dialog box.
TOOLTIPS - Controls the display of tooltips on toolbars.
TPSTATE - Determines whether the Tool Palettes window is open or closed.
TRACEWID - Sets the default trace width.
TRACKPATH - Controls the display of polar and object snap tracking alignment paths.
TRAYICONS - Controls whether a tray is displayed on the status bar.
TRAYNOTIFY - Controls whether service notifications are displayed in the status bar tray.
TRAYTIMEOUT - Controls the length of time (in seconds) that service notifications are displayed. Valid values are 0 to 10.
TREEDEPTH - Specifies the maximum depth, that is, the number of times the tree-structured spatial index can 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 selected edges for chamfers and fillets are trimmed.
TSPACEFAC - Controls the multiline text line-spacing distance measured as a factor of text height. Valid values are 0.25 to 4.0.
TSPACETYPE
TSTACKALIGN - Controls the vertical alignment of stacked text.
TSTACKSIZE - Controls the percentage of stacked text fraction height relative to selected text's current height. Valid values are from 25 to 125.
UNDOCTL - Indicates the state of the Auto, Control, and Group options of the UNDO command. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
UNDOMARKS - Stores the number of marks placed in the UNDO control stream by the Mark option. The Mark and Back options are not available if a group is currently active.
UNITMODE - Controls the display format for units. By default, the format for displaying measured values differs slightly from the format used for entering them. (You cannot include spaces when entering measured values.)
UPDATETHUMBNAIL - Controls updating of the thumbnail previews in the Sheet Set Manager. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
USERI1-5 - Provides storage and retrieval of integer values. There are five system variables: USERI1, USERI2, USERI3, USERI4, and USERI5.
USERR1-5 - Provides storage and retrieval of real numbers. There are five system variables: USERR1, USERR2, USERR3, USERR4, and USERR5.
USERS1-5 - Provides storage and retrieval of text string data. There are five system variables: USERS1, USERS2, USERS3, USERS4, and USERS5.
VIEWMODE - Stores the View mode for the current viewport. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
VIEWSIZE - Stores the height of the view displayed in the current viewport, measured in drawing units.
VIEWTWIST - Stores the view rotation angle for the current viewport measured relative to the WCS.
VISRETAIN - Controls the properties of xref-dependent layers. Controls visibility, color, linetype, lineweight, and plot styles.
VPLAYEROVERRIDES - Indicates if there are any layers with viewport (VP) property overrides for the current layout viewport.
VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE - Controls whether layer property overrides associated with layout viewports are displayed and plotted.
VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE - Stores a value that indicates whether the viewport is maximized. The maximized viewport state is canceled if you start the PLOT command.
VSBACKGROUNDS - Controls whether backgrounds are displayed in the visual style applied to the current viewport.
VSEDGECOLOR - Sets the color of edges in the visual style in the current viewport.
VSSTATE - Stores a value that indicates whether the Visual Styles window is open or closed.
VTDURATION - Sets the duration of a smooth view transition, in milliseconds. The valid range is 0 to 5000.
VTENABLE - Controls when smooth view transitions are used. Smooth view transitions can be on or off for panning and zooming, for changes of view angle, or for scripts. The valid range is 0 to 7.
VTFPS - Sets the minimum speed of a smooth view transition, in frames per second. When a smooth view transition cannot maintain this speed, an instant transition is used. The valid range is 1 to 30.
WINDOWAREACOLOR - Controls the color of the transparent selection area during window selection. The valid range is 1 to 255. SELECTIONAREA must be on.
WMFBKGND - Controls the background display when objects are inserted in Windows metafile (WMF) format. The objects may be inserted using any of the following methods:
WMFFOREGND - Controls the assignment of the foreground color when objects are inserted in Windows metafile (WMF) format. The objects may be inserted using any of the following methods:
WORLDUCS - Indicates whether the UCS is the same as the WCS.
WORLDVIEW - Determines whether input to the DVIEW and VPOINT commands is relative to the WCS (default) or the current UCS.
WRITESTAT - Indicates whether a drawing file is read-only or can be written to. For developers who need to determine write status through AutoLISP.
WSCURRENT - Returns the current workspace name in the command line interface and sets a workspace to current.
XCLIPFRAME - Controls the visibility of xref clipping boundaries.
XEDIT - Controls whether the current drawing can be edited in-place when being referenced by another drawing.
XFADECTL - Controls the fading intensity percentage for references being edited in-place. Valid values are from 0 to 90
XLOADCTL - Turns xref demand-loading on and off, and controls whether it opens the referenced drawing or a copy.
XLOADPATH - Creates a path for storing temporary copies of demand-loaded xref files. For more information, see XLOADCTL.
XREFCTL - Controls whether external reference log (XLG) files are created.
XREFNOTIFY - Controls the notification for updated or missing xrefs.
XREFTYPE - Controls the default reference type when attaching or overlaying an external reference.
ZOOMFACTOR - Controls how much the magnification changes when the mouse wheel moves forward or backward. Accepts an integer between 3 and 100 as a valid value. The higher the number, the more the change.
ZOOMWHEEL - Toggles the direction of transparent zoom operations when you scroll the middle mouse wheel.