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Release 12    June 1992
Changed System Variables -- R12

The following section describes changes to existing system variables between -AutoCAD Releases 11 and 12. Values for most system variables are expressed relative to the current User Coordinate System.

CELTYPE

Read/write

CECOLOR

Read/write

CLAYER

Read/ Write

DIMLFAC

Allows negative numbers to specify scale factor to be used only in paper space

DIMGAP

Allows negative numbers to specify reference dimensions

DIMPOST

Read/write

DIMAPOST

Read/write

TEXTSTYLE

Read/write

VISRETAIN

Extended to allow control of an external reference layer's color and linetype