S System Variables

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SAVEFIDELITY (System Variable)
Controls whether the drawing is saved with visual fidelity.
SAVEFILE (System Variable)
Stores the current automatic save file name.
SAVEFILEPATH (System Variable)
Specifies the path to the directory for all automatic save files for the current session.
SAVENAME (System Variable)
Displays the file name and directory path of the most recently saved drawing.
SAVETIME (System Variable)
Sets the automatic save interval, in minutes.
SCREENSIZE (System Variable)
Stores current viewport size in pixels (X and Y).
SELECTIONANNODISPLAY (System Variable)
Controls whether alternate scale representations are temporarily displayed in a dimmed state when an annotative object is selected.
SELECTIONAREA (System Variable)
Controls the display of effects for selection areas.
SELECTIONAREAOPACITY (System Variable)
Controls the transparency of the selection area during window and crossing selection.
SELECTIONCYCLING (System Variable)
Turns selection cycling on and off.
SELECTIONPREVIEW (System Variable)
Controls the display of selection previewing.
SELECTIONPREVIEWLIMIT
Limits the number of objects that can display preview highlighting during a window or crossing selection.
SELECTSIMILARMODE (System Variable)
Controls which properties must match for an object of the same type to be selected with SELECTSIMILAR.
SHADEDGE (System Variable)
Controls the shading of edges.
SHADEDIF (System Variable)
Sets the ratio of diffuse reflective light to ambient light.
SHORTCUTMENU (System Variable)
Controls whether Default, Edit, and Command mode shortcut menus are available in the drawing area.
SHORTCUTMENUDURATION (System Variable)
Specifies how long the right button on a pointing device must be pressed to display a shortcut menu in the drawing area.
SHOWALLUSEDLAYERSGROUP
Controls the visibility of the dynamic All Used Layers layer group in the Layers palette.
SHOWEMPTYGROUPS
Controls the visibility of empty dynamic layer groups in the Layers palette.
SHOWGROUPS
Controls the visibility of layer groups in the Layers list of the Layers palette.
SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS (System Variable)
Specifies whether the Page Setup Manager is displayed when a new layout is created.
SHOWUNRECONCILEDLAYERSGROUP
Controls the visibility of the dynamic Unreconciled Layers layer group in the Layers palette.
SHOWVPOVERRIDESGROUP
Controls the visibility of the dynamic Viewport Overrides layer group in the Layers palette when focus is in a viewport on a layout.
SHOWXREFGROUPS
Controls the visibility of layer groups that are saved in an attached external reference (xref) in the Layers palette.
SHOWXREFLAYERS
Controls the visibility of layers saved in an attached external reference (xref) in the Layers palette.
SIGWARN (System Variable)
Controls whether a warning is presented when a file with an attached digital signature is opened.
SKETCHINC (System Variable)
Sets the record increment for the SKETCH command.
SKPOLY (System Variable)
Determines whether the SKETCH command generates lines, polylines, or splines.
SKTOLERANCE (System Variable)
Determines how closely the spline fits to the freehand sketch.
SNAPANG (System Variable)
Sets the snap and grid rotation angle for the current viewport relative to the current UCS.
SNAPBASE (System Variable)
Sets the snap and grid origin point for the current viewport relative to the current UCS.
SNAPISOPAIR (System Variable)
Controls the isometric plane for the current viewport.
SNAPMODE (System Variable)
Turns the Snap mode on and off.
SNAPSTYL (System Variable)
Sets the snap style for the current viewport.
SNAPTYPE (System Variable)
Sets the type of snap for the current viewport.
SNAPUNIT (System Variable)
Sets the snap spacing for the current viewport.
SORTENTS (System Variable)
Controls object sorting in support of draw order for several operations.
SPACEPAN
Controls whether pressing and holding the Spacebar starts the PAN command transparently.
SPACEPANTIMEOUT
Sets the duration that the Spacebar must be held down before the PAN command is started transparently.
SPLDEGREE (System Variable)
Stores the last-used degree setting for splines and sets the default degree setting for the SPLINE command when specifying control vertices.
SPLFRAME (System Variable)
Controls the display of helixes and smoothed mesh objects.
SPLINESEGS (System Variable)
Sets the number of line segments to be generated for each spline-fit polyline generated by the Spline option of the PEDIT command.
SPLINETYPE (System Variable)
Sets the type of curve generated by the Spline option of the PEDIT command.
SPLKNOTS (System Variable)
Stores the default knot option for the SPLINE command when specifying fit points.
SPLMETHOD (System Variable)
Stores whether the default method used for the SPLINE command is fit points or control vertices.
SPLPERIODIC (System Variable)
Controls whether closed splines and NURBS surfaces are generated with periodic properties to maintain the smoothest continuity at the closure point or seam.
SSFOUND
Displays the path and file name if a search for a project file is successful.
SSLOCATE
Controls whether the project associated with a drawing is located and opened when the drawing is opened.
SSMAUTOOPEN
Controls the display behavior of the Project Manager when a drawing associated with a layout is opened.
SSMPOLLTIME
Controls the time interval between automatic refreshes of the status data in a project.
SSMSHEETSTATUS
Controls how the status data in a project is refreshed.
SSMSTATE
Indicates whether the Project Manager window is open or closed.
STATUSBAR (System Variable)
Controls the display of the status bar.
SUPPRESSALERTS
Controls alerts about potential data loss when opening and saving newer drawings in older versions of the product.
SYSCODEPAGE (System Variable)
Indicates the system code page, which is determined by the operating system.