# FRAME System Variable [GstarCAD 2026](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2026/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2026/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).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. --- [Original help](https://www.gstarcad.net/help/GstarCAD_2026_en-US/detail/systemVariables/FRAME.html) · © Gstarsoft Co., Ltd.