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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. Nearly a thousand system variables control all aspects of AutoCAD’s operations. For example, if you leave the system variable SAVETIME at its default value of 10, AutoCAD saves the drawing file automatically ...

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