Drawing System Variables

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AutoCAD drawing files contain variables that store information such as configuration of the file and its usage.

When the AutoCAD reader parameter Read Drawing System Variables is set, a feature is created that lists some of the those variables and their values as attributes.

See the Autodesk AutoCAD application documentation for details on the system variables and their values.

You can set the following attributes:

Attribute Name

Content

autocad_version

The FME string representation of the version of drawing file.

Range: Release2.5 | Release2.6 | Release9 | Release10 | Release11 | Release12 | Release13 | Release14 | Release2000 | Release2004 | Release2007 | Release2010 | Release2013 | Release2017

autocad_angbase

The system variable ANGBASE, for setting the base angle with respect to the UCS.

autocad_angdir

The system variable ANGDIR, for setting the positive angle direction from the base angle with respect to the UCS.

autocad_attmode

The system variable ATTMODE, for control of the display of attributes.

autocad_aunits

The system variable AUNITS, for units for angles in the drawing file.

autocad_auprec

The system variable AUPREC, for the precision of angular units, described as a number of decimal places.

autocad_cannoscale

autocad_cannoscale_drawing_units

autocad_cannoscale_paper_units

The system variable CANNOSCALE, for current annotation scale of the model space.

autocad_clayer

The system variable CLAYER, for the name of the current layer in the drawing file. (Only used when reading, not writing).

autocad_extmax_x

autocad_extmax_y

autocad_extmax_z

The system variable EXTMAX, for the location of the upper right point of the drawing file extents.

autocad_extmin_x

autocad_extmin_y

autocad_extmin_z

The system variable EXTMIN, for the location of the lower left point of the drawing file extents.

autocad_fillmode

The system variable FILLMODE, for specifying whether area entities are rendered as filled in.

autocad_insunits

The system variable INSUNITS, for specifying the drawing units value of blocks inserted into the drawing file.

autocad_latitude

The system variable LATITUDE, for specifying the latitude of the geographic marker in the drawing file.

autocad_longitude

The system variable LONGITUDE, for specifying the longitude of the geographic marker in the drawing file.

autocad_lunits

The system variable LUNITS, for the linear units of the drawing file.

autocad_luprec

The system variable LUPREC, for the precision of linear units, described as a number of decimal places.

autocad_pdmode

The system variable PDMODE, for the display style of point objects.

autocad_pdsize

The system variable PDSIZE, for controlling the display size of point objects.

autocad_proxygraphics

The system variable PROXYGRAPHICS, for whether graphics for proxy objects are stored in the drawing file.

autocad_projectname

The system variable PROJECTNAME, for the name of a project assigned to the drawing file.