General Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)

Mouse & Trackpad Customization

Controls the behavior of the mouse or trackpad.

Enable Quick Secondary Click as Return Key

Controls right-click behavior. A quick click is the same as pressing Enter. A longer click displays a shortcut menu.

Reverse Zoom Direction

Toggles the direction of transparent zoom operations when you scroll the middle mouse wheel. (ZOOMWHEEL system variable)

Follow the System Scrolling Direction

Controls whether the AutoCAD trackpad follows the system scrolling direction during panning or orbiting in 3D. (FOLLOWSYSTEMSCROLL system variable)

Spacebar Customization

Controls the behavior of the spacebar when pressed or held.

Enable Spacebar Hold to Pan

Toggles if you can hold down the Spacebar to enable panning. (SPACEPAN system variable)

Window Elements

Show Rollover Tooltips

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

Viewport Controls

Controls the display of the menus in the upper-left corner of all viewports.

Display the Viewport Controls

Controls whether the menus for viewport tools, views, and visual styles that are located in the upper-left corner of every viewport are displayed. (VPCONTROL system variable)

Graphics

Change Graphic Engine

If you're running Mac OS 10.14 or 10.15, the Metal graphics engine is the default. You can switch back to the previous graphics engine, OpenGL. Metal is not supported on Mac OS 10.13 or earlier.

Note: Restart AutoCAD for Mac to see the language change.

Notification

Enables product messages from Autodesk in Notification Center.

File Save Precautions

Assists in avoiding data loss.

Automatic Save

Saves your drawing automatically at the intervals you specify. You can specify the location of all Autosave files by using the SAVEFILEPATH system variable. SAVEFILE (read-only) stores the name of the Autosave file.

Note: Automatic save is disabled when the Block Editor is open.

Minutes Between Saves: When Automatic Save is on, specifies how often the drawing is saved. (SAVETIME system variable)

File Save

Saves your drawing in a DWG and DXF format of your choice.

Save As

Provides you a list of standard drawing formats to save your drawing as.

Zoom Adjustment

Controls the zoom behavior of the input device.

Zoom Speed

Controls how much the magnification changes when the mouse wheel is rolled forward or backward, or you single swipe on Magic Mouse or a trackpad. (ZOOMFACTOR system variable)

Layout Elements

Controls the tasks that the program performs when a new layout is created.

Create Viewports in New Layouts

Creates a single viewport automatically when you create a new layout. (LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT system variable)

Show Page Setup Manager

Displays the Page Setup Manager the first time you click a named (paper space) layout. Use this dialog box to set options related to paper and print settings. (SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS system variable)

Language

Allows you to change the language shown in user interface and command input. English, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Italian, and German are available.