Look & Feel Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)

Controls the appearance of the program user interface.

OPTIONS (Command)

Menu: AutoCAD 2023 > Preferences

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Interface Theme

Defines the color scheme for the user interface.

Themes

Controls which theme to apply to elements such as the status bar, palettes, and the drawing windows. You can choose from a Dark or Light theme.

Modelspace

Specifies the background color of the drawing area when the Model layout is active. Choose a color or Select Color to specify one of the non-standard colors.

Paperspace

Specifies the background color of the drawing area when a named (paper space) layout is active.

Paperspace Background

Specifies the background color of the area outside of the drawing area when a named (paper space) layout is active.

Block Editor

Specifies the background color of the drawing area when the Block Editor environment is active.

Tooltip Appearance

Controls the appearance of drafting tooltips.

Size

Specifies a size for tooltips. The default size is 0. Use the slider to make tooltips larger or smaller.

Transparency

Controls the transparency of tooltips. The lower the setting, the less transparent the tooltip. A value of 0 sets the tooltip to opaque.

Navigation Controls

Controls the display of the ViewCube and the UCS icon.

Display UCS Icon in

Controls when the UCS icon should be displayed in a viewport.

• 2D Model Space - Display UCS icon when the 2D Wireframe visual style is current.
• 3D Model Space - Display UCS icon when a 3D visual style is current.

Display ViewCube in

Controls when the ViewCube tool should be displayed in a viewport.

• 2D Model Space - Display the ViewCube tool when the 2D Wireframe visual style is current.
• 3D Model Space - Display the ViewCube tool when a 3D visual style is current.

ViewCube Settings

Displays the ViewCube Settings dialog box.

Fade Controls

Controls the fading intensity value for annotative objects and xrefs.

Annotative Objects

Specifies the fading intensity value for objects during in-place reference editing. Objects that are not being edited are displayed at a lesser intensity. (XFADECTL system variable)

With in-place reference editing, you can edit a block reference or external reference from within the current drawing. The valid range is 0 through 90 percent.

Xrefs

Controls the dimming for all DWG xref objects. (XDWGFADECTL system variable)

This option only affects the display on the screen. It does not affect plotting or plot preview.