# FRAME System Variable [GstarCAD 2022](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).md) → [F](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/System%20Variables/F/(F).md) ## Function Description: The FRAME system variable is used to control how to display the frame for all images, underlays, and clipped xrefs. | | | | --- | --- | | Type | Integer | | Saved in | Drawing | | Initial value | 3 | | Range | 0,1,2,3 | If the value of FRAME system variable changed, the IMAGEFRAME, DWFFRAME, PDFFRAME, DGNFRAME, and XCLIPFRAME settings are changed to match the value of FRAME. ## System Variable Value: **0:** do not display and plot frame Temporarily display frame when selecting or previewing objects **1:** display and plot frame **2:** display the frame, but do not to plot it **3:** display the frame, but do not to plot it **Note:** only when the frame settings for a certain object is different from other objects, the settings of FRAME restore to 3\. ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/System%20Variables/F/FRAME%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2017/System%20Variables/F/FRAME%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/System%20Variables/F/FRAME%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2019/System%20Variables/F/FRAME%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/System%20Variables/F/FRAME%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/System%20Variables/F/FRAME%20System%20Variable.md)