IMAGEASYNC (System Variable)

Controls whether images are asynchronous loaded in the background during the opening of a drawing file.

Type:Integer
Saved in:Registry
Initial value:1

Value

Description

0

Images are loaded synchronously (legacy behavior)

1

Images are loaded asynchronously and can improve the performance of opening drawing files

Note: AutoCAD 2025 and earlier loaded images synchronously during file open which is the same as setting IMAGEASYNC to 0.