Mastering AutoCAD® for Mac®

Bonus Appendix D

System Variables and Dimension Styles

Mastering AutoCAD for Mac

Appendix D accompanies Mastering AutoCAD for Mac, by George Omura and Rick Graham. Learn more about this book at www.sybex.com/go/masteringautocadmac.

AutoCAD is a complex program with a vast set of options and settings. You don’t need to know everything about AutoCAD to be a productive user, but it does help to be aware of some of the inner workings that let you fine-tune the program.

This appendix covers a few of the details that can help you get tighter control over the way AutoCAD works. You’ll find a brief discussion of system variables that give you direct control over options and features. That discussion is followed by a detailed look at dimension styles ...