DSETTINGS — Drafting Settings…

Snap, grid, polar tracking, object snap and dynamic input.

• Command: DSETTINGS · Global name: _DSETTINGS · Alias: DS, SE, DDRMODES
• Ribbon: Manage › Drawing

Opens the Drafting Settings dialog box with the drafting aids, as in AutoCAD. Changes apply at once and are the same as those of the status bar and SETVAR.

Usage

1. Enter DSETTINGS (or DS or SE) or click the button.

Drafting Settings: use the dialog box; Enter closes it.

2. Choose the tab:

• Snap and Grid: Snap On (F9), Grid On (F7), snap and grid spacing in X and Y, and how many lines apart the major one is.
• Polar Tracking: Polar Tracking On (F10), Object Snap Tracking On (F11) and the Increment angle.
• Object Snap: Object Snap On (F3) and the 13 object snap modes.
• Dynamic Input: Enable Dynamic Input (F12).

3. Click Close or press Enter.

Notes

• Variables: SNAPMODE, GRIDMODE, AUTOSNAP, POLARANG, OSMODE and DYNMODE.
• It does not include the isometric snap style or the object snap tracking options: for isometric use ISODRAFT.

See also

GRID · SNAP · OSNAP · ORTHO · OPTIONS