DICTIONARYVAR (DXF)

The following group codes are used by DICTIONARYVAR objects.

DICTIONARYVAR group codes
Group code	Description
0	Object name (DICTIONARYVAR)
5	Handle
102	Start of persistent reactors group; always “{ACAD_REACTORS”
330	Soft-pointer ID/handle to owner dictionary (ACDBVARIABLEDICTIONARY)
102	End of persistent reactors group, always “}”
100	Subclass marker (DictionaryVariables)
280	Object schema number (currently set to 0)
1	Value of variable

DICTIONARYVAR objects are used by AutoCAD as a means to store named values in the database for setvar / getvar purposes without the need to add entries to the DXF™ HEADER section. System variables that are stored as DICTIONARYVAR objects are the following: DEFAULTVIEWCATEGORY, DIMADEC, DIMASSOC, DIMDSEP, DRAWORDERCTL, FIELDEVAL, HALOGAP, HIDETEXT, INDEXCTL, INDEXCTL, INTERSECTIONCOLOR, INTERSECTIONDISPLAY, MSOLESCALE, OBSCOLOR, OBSLTYPE, OLEFRAME, PROJECTNAME, SORTENTS, UPDATETHUMBNAIL, XCLIPFRAME, and XCLIPFRAME.