wipeoutframe system variable

[Anonymous]

Can someone please tell me why the wipeoutframe system variable reverts back to 1 after I set it to 2 and save and close the drawing.

[MatTheDrafter]

How are you creating your wipeout? Are you creating your own frame are using wipeout with MTEXT?

[Joe-Bouza]

Is it possible there is a startup lisp running that sets you system variables?

or 

[Anonymous]

Actually, what I am doing is creating the wipeout in a block. Then send it to the back of the objects in the block. These blocks are being used in a piping system. I set wipeoutframe system variable to 2 because the wipeout shows on screen but does not print. This is perfect for me, as I can see where the wipeout are in my drawing and they do not print. So in my xref I set the wipeoutframe system variable to 2 and to be extra sure in my sheet file I also set the wipeoutframe system variable to 2.
Once I save and close the sheet file then open it again, the wipeoutframe system variable magically reverts to 1. And that defeats my purpose. Can you tell me why that happens.

[Anonymous]

Can I edit that startup lisp file? Where would I find it.

[Joe-Bouza]

that was a hunch. you need to check with the people that set you up.  you can look for an "acaddoc.lsp" file in you program files folder open in note pad and comment out the system variable setting, if this is the case.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your help. I have surrendered to this issue. I set wipeout frame to 0. My drawing keeps that setting and it works. I will contact your team if any furture issues I will have. Thank you for your help. I truly appreciate it. thill@savinengineers.com

[MatTheDrafter]

Could it be a glitch with the AutoCAD Install?

I had that happen a few time where I had to do a repair install after a major fatal crash or a faulty install. 

[tcorey]

WIPEOUTFRAME is a registry setting and the default is 1. You can change the default in the registry and 2 will hold.

The key for 2017 is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R21.0\ACAD-0001\Variables\WIPEOUTFRAME

Optionally, this line added to acaddoc.lsp will set the value every time you open a drawing:

(setvar "WIPEOUTFRAME" 2)