COORDS (System Variable)

2013-04-10

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Intermediate

Controls if the cursor position on the status bar is updated continuously or at specific times only. It also controls the format in which the coordinates are expressed.

	When Updated	Format
0	Only when you specify points	Absolute coordinates
1	Continuously	Absolute coordinates
2	Continuously	Relative polar coordinates - When you are specifying a point, distance, or an angle. Absolute coordinates - At all other times. NoteZ values are always in absolute coordinates.
3	Continuously	Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). Uses the format specified in the GEOLATLONGFORMAT system variable. NoteZ values are not displayed when the drawing file contains geographic location information.

COORDS (System Variable)

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