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The BackgroundPlot environment variable in the main versions of AutoCAD:

In AutoCAD since version 2005

Description of the variable 'BackgroundPlot':
Plotting and publishing on background (A2005, 0=foreground/1=plot/2=publish/3=both)

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You can display or set the value of the BackgroundPlot environment variable by typing (getenv "BackgroundPlot") resp. (setenv "BackgroundPlot" "newvalue") on the command line.
IMPORTANT: all environment variable names are case sensitive - use their name verbatim, exactly as listed here! All the values are string-type values. Read more in the tip 14686.






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Dictionary of AutoCAD environment variables
ACAD Variable: Go
All environment variables:
2 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Variables introduced in version:
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