Are there System Variables for these?

[ronsarlo]

Heya,

I'm still on my warpath to keep my users from doing dumb things to their AutoCAD.

I have some guys who have a career long habit of not keying in coordinates for their insertions.
It drives me bat**** crazy.
But worse than that, they operate with CAD in a way that it doesn't let them know when they are being dumb.

I was hoping that these were system variables so I can control it via their start-up lisp?
"Display printable area"
"Display paper background"

I can't seem to find these in the AutoCAD help file, but experience leads me to believe that they are still controlled via system variables?

What other resources would I have for finding out?

thanks!!!

[T.Willey]

I turn mine off, but here is one way you can do it. Just change the 0 to 1, and it will turn all the options on.


(setq AcadObj (vlax-get-Acad-Object))
(setq DisObj (vla-get-Display (vla-get-Preferences AcadObj)))
(vla-put-ShortCutMenuDisplay (vla-get-User (vla-get-Preferences AcadObj)) 0)
(mapcar
'(lambda (x)
(vlax-put DisObj x 0)
)
'(
"DisPlayScreenMenu"
"DisplayScrollbars"
"LayoutCreateViewport"
"LayoutDisplayMargins"
"LayoutDisplayPaper"
"LayoutDisplayPaperShadow"
"LayoutShowPlotSetup"
)
)

[ronsarlo]

I am sorry,

I should have been more specific :?

Layout Elements:
Display printable area: off
Display paper background: on
Display Paper shadow: off

there's no straight up system variable or command for these?
vlisp is kinda on my to-do list, but I have other priorities first.

[T.Willey]

Not that I know of. I had to do it this way. They might be environment variables, but I'm not sure.

[ronsarlo]

bummer. the closest I got was using "plotrotmode" "2".


Um, i guess i am really sorry to keep using you guys as my cop-out source of info.... :Oops:
but... testament to your effectiveness? :lol:

anyways, is there a variable to change the "current viewport scale" that shows up in the viewport tool bar dropdown box?

thanks again

[irneb]

Seems to be saved inside the registry under the current profile. See screen capture attached of REGEDIT. Strangely, these are only placed in registry if they're turned off in the Options Dialog. If they're turner on, that setting is removed from the registry.

[ronsarlo]

whoa, that's different :?

I guess I should steer clear of fiddling with automating these?

[l3ch]

I really understand Ronsarlo. For instance, I have a draughtswoman, her idea is that she, as draughtswoman, has to contribute with something. And her contribution must be her own, unique, style to draw. Standards and rules are for the others.

And every time I speak with her, she always reply I try to use her as a robot.

I always say that discipline is for soldiers, but...