DSettings

Orthogonal Mode

Toggles orthogonal mode:

• On - constrains cursor movement to the vertical and horizontal.

• Off - moves cursor freely.

Hold down the Shift key to turn on ortho mode temporarily; alternatively, double-click ORTHO on the status bar.

Tablet Mode

Toggles tablet mode:

• Digitizing mode - uses tablet for drawing input.

• Command selection mode - uses tablet for command input.

Snap/Grid

Grid Mode

Toggles the grid display:

• On - displays the grid.

• Off - does not display the grid.

To toggle the grid display, you can click GRID on the status bar.

Grid Unit

Specifies the spacing between grid dots:

• X - specifies the distance in the x direction.

• Y - specifies the distance in the y direction.

Grid Major

Specifies the frequency of manor gridlines versus minor gridlines.

Grid Display

Specifies how the grid is displayed.

• Display beyond limits area: If checked, the grid displays on the entire drawing.

• Adaptive grid display:  If checked, the number of grid lines is adapted to the zoom. Otherwise the grid does not display if the grid is too dense. A warning displays in the command bar: "The grid spacing is too small to display in this view".

• Allow subdivision below grid spacing: If checked, extra grid lines display when zooming in closely.

• Follow dynamic UCS: If checked, the grid displays in the XY-plane of the dynamic UCS (not yet implemented).

Grid Style

Specifies whether the grid is displayed with dots or lines in Model Space, Block Editor and/or Layouts.

Grid Axis Color

Sets the color of the grid lines on the X-axis and Y-axis of the current coordinate system; default = index color 251.

Grid Major Color

Sets the color of the major grid lines; default = index color 252.

Grid Minor Color

Sets the color of the minor grid lines: default = index color 253.

Grid XYZ tint

Specifies whether the grid axis lines, the major grid lines and/or the minor grid lines display in the color of the X-axis (COLORX) and the Y-axis (COLORY).

Snap Angle

Rotates the snap and grid relative to the current UCS.

Snap Base

Locates the origin of the snap and grid relative to the current UCS:

• X - specifies the x coordinate.

• Y - specifies the y coordinate.

Snap Isometric Pair

Specifies the current isometric plane:

• Left.

• Top.

• Right.

Snap Mode

Toggles snap mode:

• On - constrains cursor movement to the snap distance.

• Off - allows cursor to move freely.

To toggle snap mode, click SNAP on the status bar.

Snap Style

Specifies the snap style:

• Rectangular snap - sets snap and grid to rectangular.

• Isometric snap - sets snap and grid to isometric; adds the Isocircle option to the Ellipse command.

Snap Type

Specifies the snap type:

• Grid snap - restricts cursor movement to x and y snap distances.

• Polar snap - restricts cursor movement to angles.

Snap Unit

Specifies the spacing between snap points:

• X - specifies the distance in the x direction.

• Y - specifies the distance in the y direction.

Entity Snap Coordinates

Determines whether coordinates entered by the keyboard have priority over entity snaps:

• Entity snap settings override keyboard coordinate entry.

• Keyboard entry overrides entity snap settings.

• Keyboard entry overrides snap settings except in scripts.

Ignore Entity Snap Elevation

Replaces the Z-coordinate of an entity snapping point with the current value of the ELEVATION system variable.

Polar Distance

Specifies the polar distance; effective only when Snap Type is set to Polar Snap.