When you activate the option Default settings in the Dialog box ATHENA options, ATHENA loads the AutoCAD system settings in new drawings from the file ATHENA\DataLocal\ath_var.dex.
In the ath_var.dex the most important system settings are defined with the optimum values for ATHENA.
The ASCII file system.var from earlier ATHENA versions is no longer used. For reasons of compatibility though it is converted during the program start into an ath_var.dex if the file ath_sysvar.dex has not been found.
Note
• If ATHENA is installed in a network, you can move the file ath_var.dex into the DATAGROUP folder to ensure that all ATHENA users in the network use the same system settings.
• There are a number of ways of adapting the AutoCAD system settings. You will find further information on this in the AutoCAD documentation (key word System variables).
• Use the command Manage system variables to save or to load the system settings of the drawing.