FRAME (System Variable)

Controls the display of frames for all images, map images, underlays, clipped xrefs, and wipeout objects.

Type: Integer
Saved in: Drawing
Initial value: 3

Changing the setting for FRAME changes the IMAGEFRAME, DWFFRAME, PDFFRAME, DGNFRAME, XCLIPFRAME, and WIPEOUTFRAME settings to the same setting as the new FRAME setting.

Value

Description

0

The frame is not visible and it is not plotted.

The frame temporarily reappears during selection preview or object selection.

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1

Displays and plots the frame.

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2

Displays but does not plot the frame.

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3

The settings vary for all objects with frames in the current drawing: images, underlays, clipped xrefs, and wipeout objects do not all have the same frame settings.

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Note: You cannot set FRAME to a value of 3 manually. The setting for FRAME is restored to 3 only when one of the other object-specific frame settings is changed to a value that is different from the others.