Display Tab (Options Dialog Box)

Customizes the AutoCAD display.

Window Elements

Controls display settings specific to the AutoCAD environment.

Color scheme

Controls color settings in a dark or light color for interface elements such as the status bar, title bar, ribbon bar, palettes, and the application menu frame.

Display Scroll Bars in Drawing Window

Displays scroll bars at the bottom and right sides of the drawing area.

Use Large Buttons for Toolbars

Displays buttons in a larger format at 32 by 30 pixels. The default display size is 16 by 15 pixels.

Resize Ribbon Icons to Standard Sizes

Scales the small ribbon icons to 16 x 16 pixels and the large ribbon icons to 32 x 32 pixels when they do not match the standard icon sizes.

Show Tooltips

Controls the display of tooltips on the ribbon, toolbars, and other user interface elements.

Number of Seconds Before Display

Sets the intial delay time to display tooltips.

Show Shortcut Keys in Tooltips

Displays shortcut keys in the tooltip (Alt + Key) (Ctrl + Key).

Show Extended Tooltips

Controls the display of extended tooltips.

Number of Seconds to Delay

Sets the delay time between the display of basic tooltips and extended tooltips.

Show Rollover Tooltips

Controls the display of rollover tooltips when the cursor hovers over an object.

Display File Tabs

Displays the File tabs at the top of the drawing area.

Colors

Displays the Drawing Window Colors dialog box. Use this dialog box to specify colors of elements in the main application window.

Fonts

Displays the Command Line Window Font dialog box. Use this dialog box to specify the font for the command window text.

Layout Elements

Controls options for existing and new layouts. A layout is a paper space environment in which you can set up drawings for plotting.

Display Layout and Model Tabs

Displays the layout and Model tabs at the bottom of the drawing area.

Display Printable Area

Displays the printable area in a layout. The printable area is represented by the area within the dashed line and is determined by the selected output device. Objects drawn outside of the printable area are clipped or omitted when the drawing is plotted.

Display Paper Background

Displays a representation of the specified paper size in a layout. The paper size and plot scale determine the size of the paper background.

Display Paper Shadow

Displays a shadow around the paper background in a layout. This option is unavailable if the Display Paper Background option is cleared.

Show Page Setup Manager for New Layouts

Displays the Page Setup Manager the first time you choose a layout tab. Use this dialog box to set options related to paper and plot settings.

Create Viewport in New Layouts

Creates a single viewport automatically when you create a new layout.

Display Resolution

Controls the quality of the display of objects. If you set high values to improve display quality, the impact on performance is significant.

Arc and Circle Smoothness

Sets the resolution for objects in the current viewport.

A higher number produces smoother objects, but AutoCAD requires more time to regenerate, pan, and zoom the objects. You can improve performance by setting this option to a low value such as 100 for drawing, and increasing the value for rendering. The valid range is 1 to 20,000. The default setting is 100. This setting is saved in the drawing. To change the default for new drawings, consider specifying this setting in the template files on which you base new drawings.

Segments in a Polyline Curve

Sets the number of line segments to be generated for each polyline curve.

Greater the number the smoother the arc appears, but performance is also impacted. Set this option to a low value such as 4 to optimize performance for drawing. Values range from -32767 to 32767. The default setting is 8. This setting is saved in the drawing.

Display Performance

Controls display settings that affect AutoCAD performance.

Apply Solid Fill

Displays solid fills in objects. You must regenerate the drawing for this setting to take effect. This setting is saved in the drawing. Clear this option to optimize performance.

Show Text Boundary Frame Only

Displays the frames for text objects instead of displaying the text objects.

Crosshair Size

Controls the size of the crosshairs.

The valid range is from 1 to 100 percent of the total screen. At 100 percent, the ends of the crosshairs are never visible. When the size is decreased to 99 percent or below, the crosshairs have a finite size, and the ends of the crosshairs are visible when situated at the edge of the drawing area. The default size is 5 percent.

Fade Control

Controls the dimming for all objects in attached DWG xrefs.

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