Dimscale - Command or Sysvar?

I am trying to use the Dimscale value as a multiplier, I am having trouble getting the value. I get the error 'no function definition: DIMSCALE*'. Here is the code:

(SETQ DSCL (GETVAR "DIMSCALE"))

and in another lisp I set it using:

(command "dimscale" "96")

Which makes me wonder if it is a Command or a Sysvar, it is listed as a variable. And that is the same way I get the value of other variables like 'OSMODE'.
How can I use the Dimscale value in a Lisp? Thanks.

 

Hi bthatcher

(setvar "DIMSCALE" 96)
"Dimscale" in not command,it system variable

getting the value. I get the error 'no function definition: DIMSCALE*'.
Here is the code:

variable. And that is the same way I get the value of other variables like
'OSMODE'.

 

Dimscale is a variable, like osmode and many others. However. for quite a few versions now it has been possible to set system variables by typing their names -- before that we had to use the setvar command. So I'd say that all the sysvars are also commands now, in a sense. You can set them through the (command) function, though I think it's more clear if you use (setvar) and (getvar) on them.