Configuration Dialog Box

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The Configuration dialog box is used for setting customization.

Dialog Box Description:

Configuration Dialog Box contains following tabs: File, Display, Open and Save, User Preference, Draw, Selection set, Profiles.

Relative Glossary:

File Tab
Display file search path, file location.

Configuration Path:
The following paths of the file are displayed in the list: drawing file search path, font file search path, help file search path, external reference file search path, CUI file path, CUI icon path, hatch pattern file search path, block file search path, automatic save file location, drawing template file search path, temporary file search path, plot sytle file path, plot configuration path, log file, template file, alternate font file, font mapping file. Foe log file, template file, alternate font file, file location are not displayed, only the default settings are displayed.
Browse:
Display the Browse for Folder or the Select File Dialog Box, depending on what you selected in the List of Folders and Files.
Add:
Add a search path for the selected folder.
Remove:
Remove the selected search path or file.
Move Up:
Move the selected search path above the last search path.
Move Down:
Move the selected search path below the next search path.
Set current:
Set selected project to be current.

Display Tab:
Customize the display. Set the window elements, the color and size of the crosshair and other display performance.

Window Elements:
Control specific display settings for the drawing environment.

Appearance:
Users could select one kind of style for its appearance of current drawing.
Display Scroll Bars in Drawing Window:
Display scroll bars at the bottom and right sides of the drawing area.
Show Tooltips:
Display shortcut keys in the tooltip (Alt + Key) (Ctrl + Key). (TOOLTIPS system variable)
Color:
Display the "Drawing Window Colors" dialog box. Specify the color for the Command window text and background.
Fonts:
Display the "Command Line Font" dialog box. Specify the font for the Command window text.

Layout elements:
Control options for existing layouts and new layouts. The layout is a paper space evironment, in which users could set drawings for printing.

Display Layout and Model tabs:
Display the Layout and Model tabs on the bottom of drawing area. Clearing this option, buttons on status bar will replace those tabs.
Display printable area:
Display printable area in layout. The printable area is the area within the dotted line. The size is determined by the selected output equipment.
Display paper background:
Display specified paper size in layout. The size of paper background is determined by paper size and print scale.

Display paper shadow
Display paper shadow around paper background in layout. This option will be unavailable without checking "Display paper background".

Show page Set Manager for new layouts
Show the Page Set Manager when clicking the layout tab for the first time. Users could set some options related to drawing and print settings in this dialog box.
Create viewport in new layouts
Generating a separate viewport automatically when creating a new layout.

Display Resolution:
Control the quality of the display of objects. If you set high values to improve display quality, the affect on performance is significant.

Arc and Circle smoothness:
Control the smoothness of circles, arcs, and ellipses. A higher number produces smoother objects, but more time is required 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 1000. This setting is saved in the drawing.
Segments in a Polyline curve:
Set the number of line segments to be generated for each polyline curve. The higher the number, the greater impact the performance. 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. (SPLINESEGS system variable)
Rendered Object smoothness:
Control the smoothness of shaded and rendered curved solids. To improve the performance, set Rendered Object Smoothness to 1 or less when drawing. A higher number decreases display performance and increases rendering time. The valid range is 0.01 to 10. The default setting is 0.5. This setting is saved in the drawing. (FACETRES system variable)
Contour Lines per Surface:
Set the number of contour lines per surface on objects. A higher number decreases display performance and increases rendering time. The valid range is 0 to 2047. The default setting is 4. This setting is saved in the drawing. (ISOLINES system variable)

Display Performance:
Control display settings that affect performance.

Pan and Zoom with Raster Image:
Control the display of raster images when you use Realtime PAN and ZOOM. Clear this option to optimize performance. If dragging display is turned on and you select Pan and Zoom with Raster, a copy of the object moves with the cursor as you reposition the original object. Dragging display controls whether an outline of the object is displayed while you drag it. The DRAGMODE system variable controls dragging display. (REDISPLAY system variable)
Highlight Raster Image Frame Only:
Control the display of raster images during selection. If this option is selected, only the frame of the raster image is highlighted when selected. Select this option to optimize performance. (IMAGEHLT system variable)
Apply Solid Fill:
Display 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. (FILLMODE system variable) Objects affected by FILL include hatches (including solid-fill), two-dimensional solids, wide polylines, multilines, and traces.
Show Text Boundary Frame Only:
Display the frames for text objects instead of displaying the text objects. After you select or clear this option, you must use REGEN to update the display. This setting is saved in the drawing. Select this option to optimize performance. (QTEXTMODE system variable)
**Draw true Silhouettes for solids and surfaces:**Control the display of 3D solid silhouettes in 2D wireframe or 3D wireframe visual style.(DISPSILH system variable)

Crosshair Size :
Control 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 located at the edge of the drawing area. The default size is 5 percent. (CURSORSIZE system variable)
Fade control:
Control the fade value of DWG xref.

Xref display
Control the fade value of all DWG xref objects.(XDWGFADECTL system variable)
This setting only affect display on the screen. It will has no enfluence on printing or printing preview.
In-place edit and annotative representations
Specfiy the fade value in the process of in-place editing and annotating. The object which is not in-place editing will display in a lower fade. (XFADECTL system variable)
Users could edit block reference or xref objects in current drawing by in-place editing. The valid value ranges from 0% to 90%.

Open and Save Tab:
Control the settings of file open, save, security and external references.

File Save:
Control settings related to saving a file.

Save AS:
Display the valid file formats used when saving a file with SAVE, SAVEAS, QSAVE, and WBLOCK command. The file format selected for this option is the default format that all drawings are saved as when you use SAVE, SAVEAS, QSAVE, and WBLOCK.

Maintain visual fidelity for annotative objectsControl whether to keep visual fidelity for annotative objects when saving. (SAVEFIDELITY system variable)
Maintain drawing size compatibility
Contrl the drawing size when open and save a drawing.
Thumbnail Preview Image:
Display the "Thumbnail Preview Settings" dialog box, in which users could control whether or not update thumbnial preview image when saving a drawing.
Incremental Save Percentage:
Set the percentage of potentially wasted space in a drawing file. Full saves decrease wasted space.
Incremental saves are faster but they increase the size of the drawing. If you set Incremental Save Percentage to 0, every save is a full save. For optimum performance, set the value to 50. If hard disk space becomes an issue, set the value to 25. If you set the value to 20 or less, performance of the SAVE and SAVEAS Commands slows significantly. (ISAVEPERCENT system variable)

File Safety Precautions:
Assist in avoiding data loss and in detecting errors.

Automatic Save:
Save your drawing automatically at the specified intervals. 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.
Create backup copy with each save:
Increase the incremental save percentage, especially for drawing in large size. (ISAVEBAK system variable) Full-time CRC validation:
Specify whether or not execute full-time CRC validation when reading drawing each time. The CRC is a kind of mistakes validation mechanism. If the drawing has broken or hard disk has some problems or there is some software mistakes, please check this option.
Maintain a log file:
Write content in text window to a log file. (LOGFILEMODE system variable, LOGFILEPATH and LOGFILENAME)
File extension for temporary files
Specify the file extension for temporary file. The default file extension is .sv$.
Security Options
It supply digital signature and password options. The security options will be invoked when saving files.
Display digital signature information
Display digital signature information when open a file with valid digital signature information.(SIGWARN system variable)

File Open:
Control whether display the File Dialog Box when you open a file.

Number of recently-used files
Control the number of recently-used files in File menu for convenient access. The valid number ranges from 0 to 9.
Display full path in title Display the full path for active drawing in the drawing' title bar, or in the application window title bar when the drawing is maximized.

Application Menu

Number of Recently Used Files
Control the number of recently used files listed in the "Recently Used File" menu of application. The valid number ranges from 0 to 50.

External References(Xrefs):
Control the settings that relate to editing and loading external references.

Demand Load Xrefs:
Control demand loading of xrefs. Demand loading improves performance by loading only the parts of the referenced drawing needed to regenerate the current drawing. (XLOADCTL system variable)

Disabled:
Turn off demand loading.
Enabled:
Turn on demand loading and improve performance. Select the Enabled setting to enhance the loading process when working with clipped xrefs that contain a spatial or layer index. When you select this option, other users cannot edit the file while it is being referenced.
Enabled with Copy:
Turn on demand loading but use a copy of the referenced drawing. Other users can edit the original drawing.

Retain Changes to Xref Layers:
Control properties of Xref layers. Save changes to layer properties and states for xref-dependent layers. When the drawing is reloaded, the properties currently assigned to xref-dependent layers are retained. This setting is saved in the drawing. (VISRETAIN system variable)
Allow to Refedit Current Drawing:
Determine whether the current drawing file can be edited in place if it is being referenced by another drawing or multiple drawings. This setting is saved in the drawing. (XEDIT system variable)

GRX Applications:
Control settings of GRX Application.

Proxy images for custom objects
Control the proxy image display for custom objects.

User Preferences Tab:
Set some items about system.

Windows Standard Behavior :
Control keystroke and right-click behavior.

Double click editing:
Control the double click editing in the drawing area. (DBLCLKEDIT system variable)
Shortcut Menus in Drawing Area:
Display a shortcut menu in the drawing area when you right-click the pointing device. If this option is cleared, right-click is interpreted as ENTER.
(SHORTCUTMENU system variable)
Right-Click Customization:
Display the Right-Click Customization Dialog Box, in which further definition for the Shortcut Menus in Drawing Area options are privided. (SHORTCUTMENU system variable)

Insertion scale:
Control the default scale when inserting a block or drawing to drawing.

Source content units:
When the INSUNITS set to 0, users could set the source content units.(INSUNITSDEFSOURCE sytem variable) If selected "Unitless" option, the drawing will not be scaled when inserting it.
Target drawing units:
When the INSUNITS set to 0, users could set the target drawing units.(INSUNITSDEFSOURCE sytem variable)

Field:
Set the system configuration that related to field.

Display background of fields
Control whether to display the gray background for fields.(FIELDDISPLAY system variable)
Clearing this option, the backgroud of field will be the same as text.
Field Update Settings…
Display the "Field Update Settings" dialog box.
(FIELDEVAL system variable)

Priority for Coordinate Data Entry
Control whether the coordinate data entry replace the running object snap. (OSNAPCOORD system variable)

Running object snap
Specify the running object snap always replacing the coordinate data entry.(OSNAPCOORD system variable has set to 0)
Keyboard entry
Specify the coordinate data entry always replacing the running object snap. (OSNAPCOORD system variable has set to 1)
Keyboard entry except scripts
Specify the coordinate data entry replacing the running object snap except for script. (OSNAPCOORD system variable has set to 2)

Associative dimensioning
Control to create associative dimensioning or traditional non-associative dimensioning.

Make new dimensions associative
Create associtive dimensioning. The position, direcion and measure value of associative dimensioning will automatically change when changing the geometric object which assosiated with dimensioning.

Block Editor Settings…
Display the "Block editor Settings" dialog box, by which users could control environment settings of block editor.
Lineweight Settings…
Display the "Lineweight Settings" dialog box, by which users could set lineweight settings(such as display properties and defautl options) and current lineweight.
Edit Scale List…
Display the "Edit Scale List" dialog box, by which users could manage default scale list displayed in several dialog box which related to layout viewports and printing. Users can delete all customized scales and restore default scale list.

DrawTab:
Set options for several editing features, including AutoSnap and AutoTrack.

AutoSnap Settings:
Control settings that relate to the visual aids, called AutoSnaps, that are displayed when you use object snaps. AutoSnap settings are saved in the registry. When the cursor, or aperture box, is on an object, you can press TAB to cycle through all the snap points available for that object.

Marker:
Control the display of AutoSnap marker. This marker is a geometric symbols that displaying when the crosshair moving to snap point.(AUTOSNAP system variable)
Magnet:
Turn on or turn off automatical snap magnet. The magnet will automatically lock on the nearest snap point when the crosshair moving. (AUTOSNAP system variable)
Display AutoSnap Tooltip:
Control whether to display the AutoSnap tooltip. The tooltip is a label that describes which part of the object you are snapping to. (AUTOSNAP system variable) Display AutoSnap Aperture box:
Control the display of the AutoSnap aperture box. The aperture box is a box that appears inside the crosshairs when you snap to an object. (APBOX system variable)

AutoSnap Marker Size:
Set the diplay size of Autosnap Marker.
Object Snap Options:
Set object snap options.(OSNAP command)

Ignore hatch objects:
Specify object snap options. (OSNPTIONS system variable)
Replace Z value with current elevation:
Specify object snap and ignore the Z value of object, and replace Z value with current elevation.

AutoTrack Settings:
Control the settings that relate to AutoTrack behavior, which is available when polar tracking or object snap tracking is turned on.

Display Polar Tracking Vector:
Display a vector along specified angles when polar tracking is on. You can draw lines along angles with polar tracking. Polar angles are 90-degree divisors, such as 45, 30, and 15 degrees. (TRACKPATH has set to 2) In a 3D view, a polar tracking vector parallel to the Z axis of the UCS is also displayed, and the tooltip displays +Z or -Z for the angle depending on the direction along the Z axis.
Display Full-Screen Tracking Vector:
Control the display of tracking vectors. Tracking vectors are construction lines from which you can draw objects at specific angles or in specific relationships to other objects. If you select this option, alignment vectors are displayed as infinite lines.
You can disable Display Full-Screen Tracking Vector by setting TRACKPATH to 1.
Display AutoTrack Tooltip:
Control the display of the AutoTrack Marker, tooltips ane Magnet. (AUTOSNAP system variable)

Aligment Point Acquisiton:

Automatic:
Automatically display the track vector when moving the aperture to object snap.
Shift to acquire
Display the track vector when moving the aperture with Shift key to object snap.

Aperture Size:
Set the display size for the AutoSnap aperture. When Display AutoSnap Aperture Box is selected (or when APBOX is set to 1), the aperture box is displayed in the center of the crosshairs when you snap to an object. The aperture size determines how close to a snap point you can be before the magnet locks the aperture box to the snap point. Values range from 1 to 50 pixels. (APERTURE system variable)

Selection set Tab :
Set the selection objects including pickbox size, selection modes, grips, grip size and etc.

Pickbox Size:
Control the display size of the pickbox. The pickbox is the object selection tool that appears in editing Commands. (PICKBOX system variable)
Selection preview:
Hightligh selected objects when the selection box rolling across. (PREVIEWEFFECT system variable)

When a command is active
Display selection preview only under the condition that a command is active and displaying "Select objects" prompt.
When no command is active
Display selection preview no matter there is command active or not.
Visual Effect Settings…
Display the "Visual Effect Settings" dialog box.

Selection Modes:
Control settings that relate to object selection methods.

**Noun/Verb Selection:**Allow you to select an object before starting a Command. The Command affects the previously selected object or objects. (PICKFIRST system variable)
You can use many editing and inquiry Commands with noun/verb selection, including:
3DALLIGN DVIEW PROPERTIES
ARRAY ERASE RPTATE
BLOCK EXPLODE SCALE
CHANGE LIST STRETCH
CHPROP MIRROR WBLOCK
COPY MOVE
Use SHIFT to Add to Selection:
Add an object to or remove it from the selection set when you press SHIFT and select an object. To clear a selection set quickly, draw a selection window in a blank area of the drawing. (PICKADD system variable)
Press and Drag:
Draw a selection window when you select a point and dragging the pointing device to a second point. If this option is cleared, you can draw a selection window by selecting two separate points with the pointing device. (PICKDRAG system variable)
Implied Windowing:
Initiate the drawing of a selection window when you select a point outside an object. Drawing the selection window from left to right selects objects that are entirely inside the window's boundaries. Drawing from right to left selects objects within and crossing the window's boundaries. (PICKAUTO system variable)
Object Grouping:
Select all objects in a group when you select one object in that group. With GROUP you can create and name a set of objects for selection. You can also set this option by setting the PICKSTYLE system variable to 1.
Associative Hatch:
Determine which objects are selected when you select an associative hatch. If this option is selected, boundary objects are also selected when you select an associative hatch. You can also set this option by setting the PICKSTYLE system variable to 2.

Grip Size:
Control the display size of grips. (GRIPSIZE system variable)
Grips:
Control the settings that relate to grips. Grips are small squares displayed on an object after it has been selected.

Grip Color:
Set the grip color after selecting object. If you want to set color for unselected grip you can realize by system variable GRIPCOLOR.
Enable Grips:
Display grips on an object when you select it. You can edit an object with grips by selecting a grip and using the shortcut menu. Displaying grips in a drawing significantly affects performance. Clear this option to optimize performance. (GRIPS system variable)
Enable Grips Magnet:
Control the display of grip magnet range and the grip number. The range is 1-10.
Maximum Number of Selected:
Suppress the display of grips when the initial selection set includes more than the specified number of objects. The valid range is 1 to 32,767. The default setting is 100. (GRIPOBJLIMIT system variable)

Profiles Tab:
Control the usage of customized profile.

Available Profiles:
Display a list of the available profiles. To set the current profile, select a profile and choose Set Current.
Set Current:
Make the selected profile the current profile.
Add to list…
Rename:
Display the Change Profile Dialog Box for changing the name and description of the selected profile. Use Rename when you want to rename a profile but keep its current settings.
Delete:
Delete the selected profile. (unless it is the current profile)
Export:
Export a profile as a file with an .arg extension so the file can be shared with other users. You can import the file on the same computer or a different computer.
Import:
Import a profile (a file with an .arg extension) created by using the Export option.
Reset:
Reset the values in the selected profile to the system default settings.

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