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SetActBlkInsUnt
SetActBlkNm
SetActLay
SetActLClr
SetActLScl
SetActLStyl
SetActLWt
SetActMnu
SetActPntStyl
SetActPntSz
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SetAngDir
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SetAngDmZroDsp
SetAngPrc
SetAngUnt
SetAutoSvPth
SetBase
SetBAttDsp
SetBAttMode
SetBlkInsUnt
SetBrwsrURL
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SetCCSBase
SetChmfAng
SetChmfDst1
SetChmfDst2
SetChmfLen
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SetCSIcnDsp
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SetDictFNm
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SetDlDmRnd
SetDlDmUnt
SetDlDmZroDsp
SetDmArwBlk
SetDmArwBlk1
SetDmArwBlk2
SetDmArwSz
SetDmDLClr
SetDmDLDst
SetDmDLOfst
SetDmDLWt
SetDmELClr
SetDmELDst
SetDmELOfst
SetDmELWt
SetDmFitMode
SetDmFrcScl
SetDmGlblScl
SetDmLdrBlk
SetDmRltvMode
SetDmTolTxtMax
SetDmTolVJst
SetDmTxtClr
SetDmTxtHPos
SetDmTxtHPosBtwn
SetDmTxtHt
SetDmTxtMvMode
SetDmTxtOfst
SetDmTxtStyl
SetDmTxtVPos
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SetDmZroDsp
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SetEntSelAdd
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SetEsnapPDF
SetESnpMode
SetFltRad
SetFlxOLEStartup
SetFlxProxyGraphics
SetFlxSplineType
SetFntMpFNm
SetFramePDF
SetGblLScl
SetGBoxSz
SetGridUnt
SetHistFNm
SetHtchPlcmnt
SetHtchPtrn
SetHtchPtrnAng
SetHtchPtrnScl
SetHtchRltvMode
SetHtchSpc
SetHyprLnkBase
SetIsoPln
SetLDmDecSym
SetLDmFrmt
SetLDmPrc
SetLDmPrfxSfx
SetLDmRnd
SetLDmSclFac
SetLDmUnt
SetLogMode
SetLogPth
SetLWtUnt
SetMnuEcho
SetNoteJst
SetNoteScl
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SetOfstDst
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SetOLEQlty
SetPEdtSmthMode
SetPEdtSplSegs
SetPGdAng
SetPGdSpcAng
SetPGonSides
SetPLineWdth
SetPntrSz
SetPrmptTxt
SetPrnRot
SetProjMode
SetPrxyDspMode
SetPSProLog
SetPthTemp
SetRDmCM
SetRDmCMSz
SetRefBindMode
SetRingID
SetRingOD
SetRSnpSpc
SetSelBoxSz
SetShrtCtMnuMode
SetShtCSNm
SetSktchInc
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SetSnpAng
SetSnpBase
SetSnpSpc
SetSrfMU
SetSrfNV
SetSrfTbs1
SetSrfTbs2
SetStkFracTxtHt
SetStkFracTyp
SetSvTm
SetTDmDPrc
SetTDmDZroDsp
SetTDmMin
SetTDmPrc
SetTDmPrfxSfx
SetTDmZroDsp
SetTrcWdth
SetTxtHt
SetTxtMirrMode
SetTxtPrnFill
SetTxtRes
SetUntMode
SetUntPrc
SetUntTyp
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SetUsrRl1 .. SetUsrRl5
SetVPScl
SetZElv
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SetActBlkInsUnt

Sets the units for source drawings when SetBlkInsUnt is set to 0.

Values

0 No units specified
1 Inches
2 Feet
3 Miles
4 Millimeters
5 Centimeters
6 Meters
7 Kilometers
8 Microinches
9 Mils
10 Yards
11 Angstroms
12 Nanometers
13 Microns
14 Decimeters
15 Dekameters
16 Hectometers
17 Gigameters
18 Astronomical units
19 Light-Years
20 Parsecs

Properties

Type Integer
Default 1 (Imperial) | 4 (Metric)
Saved In the user's profile

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