Chapter 26

Ten System Variables to Make Your AutoCAD Life Easier

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System variables are the settings that AutoCAD checks before it decides how to do something. For example, if you leave the system variable SAVETIME at its default value of 10, AutoCAD saves the drawing file automatically every ten minutes; if you change SAVETIME to 60, the time between automatic saves is 1 hour. ...

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