Setting System Options

The System Options page of the Options dialog box lets you define general operating options.

To set general options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
   
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   Type SystemOptions.
2. Expand General to set:
• Send crash report automatically: Specifies whether to send a report manually or automatically if the program crashes. Manual sending lets you add a comment about the crash and circumstances when the problem occurred.
• Merge Zoom and Pan for Undo: Groups consecutive Zoom and Pan commands as a single action for Undo and Redo commands.
• Show Print Configuration Manager on creation of new Sheets: Lets you set up a print configuration when you activate a new Sheet.
3. Expand Coordinate input override to set:
• Use ESnaps: EntitySnaps input overrides coordinate input.
• Coordinate input overrides ESnaps: Keyboard input overrides EntitySnaps coordinate input.
• Coordinate input when running scripts (keyboard): Keyboard input overrides EntitySnaps coordinate input except in scripts.
4. Expand Proxy server settings to set specifications if your system is part of a network using a proxy server:
• Type: Sets the type of the proxy server (Socks5, HTTP, HTTP Caching, or FTP Caching).
• Host: Sets the IP address of the host to which you are connected.
• Port: Sets the port for the proxy server.
• User: Sets the user name to identify you in the network environment.
• Password: Sets your login password.

To set display options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. Expand Display.
4. Expand Screen options to set:
• Show scroll bars: Turns on and off the display of scroll bars in the drawing window.
• Use large icons: Uses large buttons for toolbars.
5. Expand Command window text to set:
• Font: Sets the font for the command window prompt and messages.
• Size: Sets the text size for the command window.
• Command line text: Sets the text to display as the prompt in the command line.
6. Expand Element Colors to set display colors of user interface elements such as the Model and Sheet background, cursors, and crosshairs.
   
   You can use the following options:
• Color: Applies the selected color to the selected display element.
• Reset All: Sets all user interface elements to the default colors.
• Reset Selected Item: Sets the selected display element to its default color.

To set graphics area options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. Expand Graphics Area to set:
• Display cursor as crosshair: Displays the pointer in form of crosshairs, even if no command is active.
• Display ESnap tooltips: Determines whether tooltips are displayed whe the pointer passes over a point where an entity snap mode can be applied.
• Show background: Determines whether to display colors in the background of user-defined Views.
• Show hyperlink pointers, tooltips, and shortcut menus: Determines whether to show hyperlinks, tooltips, and shortcut menus whenever the pointer passes over an entity.
• Pointer size: Specifies the size of the crosshairs that act as the pointer. Set a value between 1 and 100. If you type 100, the crosshairs pass over the full screen.

To set Open and Save As options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. Expand Open / Save As.
4. Expand Default file types to set:
• Open documents of type: Sets the default file type (.dwg, .dxf, .dwt) used when you open or insert drawings, or attach Referenced drawings.
• Save documents as type: Sets the default file type (.dwg or .dxf) and version when you save drawings.
5. Expand Template file name for SmartNew to set the path and name of a drawing template file (.dwt). Click Browse to browse for the template file.
6. Expand Open with encoding to specify how to open drawings if the drawing’s codepage differs from the computer’s operating system codepage. Codepages determine character encoding. Select an option:
• Open file as usual: Maintains the drawing’s codepage.
• Open file with system codepage: Switches to the computer’s operating system codepage.
• Check file codepage and prompt: Lets you specify the codepage to use when you open a drawing with a codepage that differs from the OS codepage.

To set printing options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. Expand Printing.
4. Expand Print log files to set:
• Location: Sets the path for the print and publish log files. Click Browse to browse for the log file folder.
• Save print logs: Creates print job log files which are saved in the comma separated value format (.csv).
• Log style (available if you selected Save print logs): One log per print stores information about all print jobs in a single log file. When cleared, information is stored about each print job in separate log files.
5. Expand Print style file location to set the path for PrintStyle definition files. Click Browse to browse for the PrintStyle file folder.
6. Expand Default settings to set:
• Default type (determines the behavior for new drawings, not for the current drawing):
• Use named print styles: Uses user-defined PrintStyles.
• Use color-dependent print styles: Uses color-dependent PrintStyles.
• Default PrintStyle: Sets the default PrintStyle file.
• Override print style for entities (available if you selected Use named print styles): Overrides the Default PrintStyle table for entities. The settings available depend on the Default PrintStyle setting.
• Override print style for layer 0 (available if you selected Use named print styles): Overrides the Default PrintStyle table for entities or Layer 0. The settings available depend on the Default PrintStyle setting.
7. Expand General options to set:
• Keep paper size when changing printer: When you change the printer in the Print dialog box, the paper size is maintained if it is supported by the specified printer. When cleared, the default format displays for paper size.
• Display paper background: On Sheet tabs, the Sheet extents are visualized by a gray background.
• Display printable area: On Sheet tabs, a dashed rectangle visualizes the printable area and the non-printable margins of the selected printer associated with the Sheet.

To set auto-save and backup options:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. Expand Auto-save & Backup.
4. Expand Automatic save file location to set the folder for automatically generated saved files. Click Browse to browse for the folder.
5. Expand Auto-save/backups to set:
• Enable auto-save: Automatically saves the drawing. You can specify the interval for auto-save in minutes.
• Save backup at each save: Sets whether you want to create a backup copy each time the document is saved.
• Use original format: Specifies whether the backup file is saved in its original drawing file version or in the current file version.

To set drawing file defaults:

1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
1. Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
2. In the Options dialog box, click System Options .
3. Expand Drawing File Defaults.
4. Expand Block insertion units to set preferences to determine the default scale when you insert Blocks or drawings into a drawing:
• Units for inserting entities: Sets the source contents units. If you select Unitless, the entity is not scaled when inserted.
• Active drawing units: Sets the target drawing units.

Access

Commands: SystemOptions, or Options

Menu: Tools > Options

Menu: Tools > Options

Menu: Application menu > Preferences