GETTING

ORGANIZED
WITH LAYERS PART 2
ID311- INDUSTRIAL DRAWING
BSIT – ARCHITECTURAL
DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY
AR. KRIS JON JAY F. ARANILLA, UAP, RMP
AGENDA
❑ W o rkin g w it h La ye r St a t e s a n d La ye r W a lk

❑ W o rk in g w it h La ye r Filt e rs

❑ La ym rg a n d la yd e l c o m m a n d s

❑ Q u ic k Ac c e s s La ye r To o ls

❑ Hid in g a n d Is o la t in g O b je c t s

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Layer states let you save configurations of layer properties
and states.
For example, you might want a layer to be red sometimes, and blue at other times. You
may need certain layers to be locked, off, or frozen when you're editing one part of the
drawing, but unlocked, on, or thawed when you're editing another part.

HOME TAB > LAYERS PANEL >

EXPANDED LAYERS PANEL

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CREATE AND RESTORE THE LAYER
1. Set all of the layer states and properties the way you want them. A good idea is to first
save the default, “normal” situation before saving variations.
2. To open the Layer States Manager dialog box, open the Layer Properties Manager and
click the Layer States Manager button.
3. Click New and type a name and description for the layer state. Click OK.
4. Click the More Restore Options button to expand the dialog box. (In earlier releases, the
options are at the bottom of the dialog box.)
5. Uncheck any states or properties that you don’t want to save. For example, if you don’t
save the Color property, the color won’t be affected when you restore the layer state.
Therefore, if you change a layer’s color and restore the layer state, the layer will remain the
new color.
6. If you want your drawing to exactly match the way it looks now, check the Turn Off Layers
Not Found in Layer State check box in the main section of the dialog box. When you
check this box, any new layers that you create afterwards are turned off when you restore
the layer state.
7. Click Close to save the layer state.
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Layer walk dynamically displays objects on layers that you
select in the Layer list.
The number of layers in the drawing are displayed in the dialog box title. You can
change the current layer state when you exit, save layer states, and purge layers that are
not referenced.

You can use the Layer Walk dialog box in a paper space viewport to select layers to turn
on and thaw in the layer table and the current viewport. Any layer that is not selected in
the Layer list is frozen in the current viewport. You can change the display of one
viewport without altering the display of another viewport.

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HOME TAB > LAYERS PANEL > EXPANDED LAYERS PANEL 6
Layer filters can contain a dynamic or a static list of layers. A
dynamic layer filter is known as a property layer filter.
It's the most common of the two layer filter types, and it's based on property settings.
For example, you can create a property layer filter that displays only layers that are turn
on and thawed.

HOME TAB > LAYERS PANEL >

LAYER PROPERTIES MANAGER

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LAYMRG
Merges selected layers into a target layer, removing them from the drawing. You can
reduce the number of layers in a drawing by merging them. Objects on merged layers
are moved to the target layer, and the original layers are purged from the drawing.

HOME TAB > LAYERS PANEL >

EXPANDED LAYERS PANEL

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LAYDEL
At the Command prompt, deletes all objects on a layer and purges the layer.

HOME TAB > LAYERS PANEL >

EXPANDED LAYERS PANEL

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QUICK ACCESS LAYER TOOLS
At the Command prompt, deletes all objects on a layer and purges the layer.

MAKE
LAYER OFF FREEZE LOCK
ISOLATE CURRENT

MATCH
LAYER
LAYER ON THAW UNLOCKED
UNISOLATE 10
HIDING AND ISOLATING OBJECTS

Select objects that you want to hide

from drawing then right click to bring the
contextual menu and select Isolate then Hide
objects . This will hide only the objects which you
have selected leaving all the remaining objects
active in drawing area .

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