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62 | Chapter 5 Customize the Drawing Environment
Set Interface Options
You can change many of the settings that affect the AutoCAD interface and
drawing environment in the Options dialog box. For example, you can estab-
lish how often AutoCAD automatically saves the drawing to a temporary file,
and you can specify the search path for files that you use most often.
Experiment with the settings in the Options dialog box until you find the
best environment for your needs.
Settings in the Options dialog box include the following:
■ Automatic Save (Open and Save tab). Saves your drawing at specified
time intervals. To use this option, in the Options dialog box, Open and
Save tab, select Automatic Save and enter the interval in minutes.
■ Color (Display tab). Specifies the background colors used in the layout
and Model tabs and the color used for prompts and crosshairs.
■ Font (Display tab). Changes the fonts used in the AutoCAD window and
in the text window. This setting does not affect the text in your drawings.
■ Search Path (Files tab). Sets the search path AutoCAD uses to find
support files such as text fonts, drawings, linetypes, and hatch patterns.
To set options
1 From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, choose the tab you want.
3 Set options as desired.
4 Do either or both of the following:
■ Choose Apply to record the current options settings in the system
registry.
■ Choose OK to record the current options settings in the system registry
and close the Options dialog box.
Command line
OPTIONS