3D Performance

Controls settings that relate to configuration of the 3D graphics display system.

3D Performance Settings

Displays the Adaptive Degradation and Performance Tuning dialog box.

Current Pointing Device

Controls options that relate to the pointing device.

Current Pointing Device

Displays a list of the available pointing device drivers.

• Current System Pointing Device: Sets the system pointing device as current.
• Wintab Compatible Digitizer: Sets the Wintab-compatible digitizer as current.

Accept Input From

Specifies whether the program accepts input from both a mouse and a digitizer or ignores mouse input when a digitizer is set.

Layout Regen Options

Specifies how the display list is updated in the Model tab and layout tabs.

For each tab, the display list is updated either by regenerating the drawing when you switch to that tab or by saving the display list to memory and regenerating only the modified objects when you switch to that tab. Changing these settings can improve performance. (LAYOUTREGENCTL system variable)

Regen When Switching Layouts

Regenerates the drawing each time you switch tabs.

Cache Model Tab and Last Layout

For the Model tab and the last layout made current, saves the display list to memory and suppresses regenerations when you switch between the two tabs. For all other layouts, regenerations still occur when you switch to those tabs.

Cache Model Tab and All Layouts

Regenerates the drawing the first time you switch to each tab. For the remainder of the drawing session, the display list is saved to memory and regenerations are suppressed when you switch to those tabs.

dbConnect Options

Controls options that relate to database connectivity.

Store Links Index in Drawing File

Stores the database index in the drawing file. Select this option to enhance performance during Link Select operations. Clear this option to decrease drawing file size and to enhance the opening process for drawings with database information.

Open Tables in Read-Only Mode

Specifies whether to open database tables in Read-only mode in the drawing file.

General Options

Hidden Messages Settings

Displays Hidden Message Settings dialog box.

Display OLE Text Size Dialog

Displays the OLE Text Size dialog box when OLE objects are inserted into drawings.

Beep on Error in User Input

Sounds an alarm beep when an invalid entry is detected.

Load acad.lsp with Every Drawing

Controls whether the acad.lsp file is loaded into every drawing or just the first drawing opened in a session.

Clear this option if you do not want to run certain LISP routines in specific drawing files. (ACADLSPASDOC system variable)

Allow Long Symbol Names

Sets the parameters for named object names (such as linetypes and layers) stored in definition tables.

(EXTNAMES system variable)

Live Enabler Options

Specifies whether the program checks for object enablers.

Using object enablers, you can display and use custom objects in drawings even when the ObjectARX application that created them is unavailable.

Check Web for Live Enablers

Specifies how the program checks for object enablers.

(PROXYWEBSEARCH system variable)

Maximum Number of Unsuccessful Checks

Specifies the number of times to check for object enablers if unsuccessful.

For more information, see Work with Custom and Proxy Objects.

Help

Controls options related to the Help system.

Use Online Help from Autodesk Website When Available

Specifies whether Help is accessed from the Autodesk website or from locally installed files.

Help Browser

Specifies whether to use Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® or the default Web browser for viewing Help.