Importance of using layers in AutoCAD

Layers
Layers will give you more options to control the appearance, editing, and plotting of the
 Layers are used to group similar kinds of AutoCAD drawing entities. If you have seen an
drawing entities. You can control the followings:
AutoCAD drawing of a large building or electrical cable layout of a power plant, then you
 Whether objects of any layer should be visible or not.
must have realized that without using layers you cannot even read the drawings.
 Whether objects of any layer should be plotted or not.
 Layers are the primary method for organizing the objects in a drawing by function or
 How the lines will appear and be plotted.
purpose.
 Whether objects of any layer should be editable or not.
 Layers can reduce the visual complexity of a drawing and improve display performance
by hiding information that you don’t need to see at the moment.

Rename a Layer
To work with layers in AutoCAD
1. In the Layer Properties Manager, click to select a layer.
2. Click the layer name or press F2.
Create
1. In theaLayer
LayerProperties Manager, click New Layer. 
3. Enter a new name.
A layer name is added to the layer list.
2. Enter a new layer name by typing over the highlighted layer name. Set the Default Layer for Specified Object Types
o Layer names can be up to 255 characters long (double-byte or alphanumeric), and
include letters, numbers, spaces, and several special characters. 1. At the Command prompt, enter the system variable that controls the default layer for a
o Layer names cannot include the following characters: < > / \ “ : ; ? * | = ‘ specified object type:
2. For complex drawings with many layers, enter descriptive text in the Description column. Center marks and centerlines: CENTERLAYER system variable
3. Specify the settings and default properties of the new layer by clicking in each column. Hatches and fills: HPLAYER system variable
Dimensions: DIMLAYER system variable
Mtext and text: TEXTLAYER system variable (added in the 2020.1 update)
Xrefs: XREFLAYER system variable
Set the current layer 2. Enter the name of the layer to which subsequently created object types are to be assigned.
1. In the Layer Properties Manager, click to select a layer.
2. Click Set Current. Change the Properties Assigned to Layers
1. If you want to change multiple layers, use one of the following methods in the Layer
Remove a Layer Properties Manager:
• Press and hold Ctrl, and choose several layer names.
1. In the Layer Properties Manager, click to select a layer. • Press and hold Shift, and choose the first and last layers in a range.
2. Click Delete Layer. • Right-click, and click Show Filters in Layer List. Choose a layer filter from the list of layers.
The following layers cannot be deleted: 2. Click the current setting in the column that you want to change.
The dialog box for that property displays.
 Layers 0 and Defpoints
3. Choose the setting that you want to use.
 Layers containing objects, including objects in block definitions When changing layer properties:
 The current layer • If the linetype you want is not displayed, click Load and use one of the following methods:
 Layers used in an external reference o In the Load or Reload Linetypes dialog box, choose the linetypes to load.
 Note: To remove all unused layers, use PURGE. Find o In the Load or Reload Linetypes dialog box, click File to open an additional linetype definition
(LIN) file. Choose the linetypes to load and click OK.
• Lineweights are not displayed automatically. If you want to display or hide lineweights, click
Show/Hide Lineweight on the status bar. Find