Setting User Preferences
The User Preferences page of the Options dialog box lets you define:
To set Drafting Options:
To set options for Geometric and Dimensional Constraints:
To set Block Editor Options:
- See the CBOptions command which opens the corresponding section of the Options dialog box.
To set Mouse Options:
- Do one of the following:
-
Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
In the Options dialog box, click User Preferences 
.
- Type UserPreferences.
- Expand Mouse Options.
- Expand Options to set:
- Reverse the zoom wheel direction. Changes the zoom direction of the mouse wheel.
- Enable Click and drag. Lets you draw selection windows or use the Crossing method by clicking a point (and holding down the mouse button) and dragging the pointer to a second point. When cleared, you can draw selection windows or use the Crossing method by clicking two separate points.
- Edit by double-clicking. Enables double-click editing behavior in the graphics area.
- Display shortcut menus by right-clicking. Displays the context-sensitive shortcut menu when you right-click in the graphics area.
- Method for selection windows. Specifies the method of using selection windows:
- Click and click. Specifies the selection window using two points (consecutive clicks).
- Click and drag. Specifies the selection window by click and drag.
- Automatic detection. Specifies the selection window using either of the methods above (default).
- Expand Fast Enter behavior to set Enable Enter on fast right-click. This executes Enter when you click in the time set for Fast click time. Click longer to display a context-sensitive shortcut menu.
- Expand Currently processing other command to set right-click behavior when running commands:
- Displays the shortcut menu
- Displays the shortcut menu only if command options are available
- Is the same as pressing Enter (for example, to accept a command's option or to terminate a command)
- Expand Selected Entities to set right-click behavior when entities are selected and no command is active:
- Displays the shortcut menu
- Repeats the last command
- Expand Unselected Entities to set right-click behavior when no entities are selected and no command is active:
- Displays the shortcut menu
- Repeats the last command
To create and manage Aliases:
- Do one of the following:
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Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).
In the Options dialog box, click User Preferences .
- Type UserPreferences.
- Expand Aliases to manage keyboard shortcuts.
Examples for alias commands include L for Line, C for Circle, or A for Arc.
- Use the following options:
- New. Creates a new keyboard shortcut in the alias list. An entry is added to the list where you can type the command representing the keyboard shortcut and the alias name.
- Delete. Removes the selected keyboard shortcut from the alias list.
- Import. Imports an alias file (.xml, .ica, or .pgp files).
- Export. Writes an .xml file to save the alias settings.
Use the Find option to search for items in the Options dialog box.
To set Layers options:
- Do one of the following:
- Expand Layers.
For quicker access, click Layer Options 
on the Layers Manager palette.
- Expand Isolate Layer Behavior to specify the default behavior of the IsolateLayer command.
- Hide other layers. Hides all Layers except the specified ones in all Viewports or to freeze all Layers except the specified ones with the next option.
- Frozen other layers in active viewport.
- Hide other layers in all viewports.
- Lock other layers. Locks and fades all Layers except those you specify in the graphics area. Locked layer fading lets you specify a fade value between 0 and 90% where 0% means no fading.
- Expand Layer Properties Manager to specify whether the Layers Manager opens in a dialog box or in a palette.
Command: UserPreferences, or Options
Menu: Tools > Options
Menu: Application menu > Preferences