# ANNOTATIVEDWG System Variable [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).md) → [A](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/System%20Variables/A/(A).md) **Function Description:** The ANNOTATIVEDWG system variable is used to specify whether a drawing displaying as an annotation block when inserting to another drawing. | | | | --- | --- | | Type | Integer | | Saved in | Drawing | | Initial value | 0 | | Range | 0,1 | **System Variable Value:** **0:** non- annotative **1:** annotative **Note:** if the drawing contains annotative objects, the ANNOTATIVEDWG system variable changes to be read-only. --- --- ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/System%20Variables/A/ANNOTATIVEDWG%20System%20Variable--89600c831032.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](../../../2017/System%20Variables/A/ANNOTATIVEDWG%20System%20Variable--89600c831032.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](../../../2018/System%20Variables/A/ANNOTATIVEDWG%20System%20Variable--89600c831032.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](../../../2019/System%20Variables/A/ANNOTATIVEDWG%20System%20Variable--89600c831032.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](../../../2021/System%20Variables/A/ANNOTATIVEDWG%20System%20Variable--89600c831032.md) · [GstarCAD 2022](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/System%20Variables/A/ANNOTATIVEDWG%20System%20Variable--89600c831032.md)