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Layer Manager 709
Note:
This button is not available if any of the
following items are in your selection set: nothing,
the cur rent layer, objects, Layer 0, or non-empty
layers.
Add S elected Obj ects to Highlighted
Layer—
Movescurrentlyselectedobjectsintothe
highlighted layer.
Note: This button is not available if nothing is
selected or if more than one layer is highlighted.
Select Highlighted Objects and
Layers—
Selects all of highlighted objects, as well as
all objects contained in any highlighted layers.
Note: This button is not available if nothing is
high lighted.
Highlight Selected Objects’
Layers—
Highlights layers containing the
currently selected objects and automatically scrolls
so that highlighted layers are v isible in the layer
manager.
Note: This button is not available if nothing is
high lighted.
Hide/Unhide All Lay ers —Toggles the display
of all layers.
Tip: This is most usefu l if you hide all layers and
then display only the layers you want to work on.
Freeze/Unfr eeze A ll Lay ers—Toggles the
frozen state of all layers.
Tip: This is most usefu l if you freeze all layers and
then unfreeze only the layers you want to work on.
List of layers
Displays layers, their associated objects, and their
propert ies. To expand or collapse the object list for
each layer, click ‘+’ or ‘-’, respectively. To modify a
property, click its icon. To select all layers quickly,
right-click and choose Highlight All. To open the
Object/Layer Properties dialog, click on the icon
next to the layer or object.
Each property has a unique icon to indicate that it
is turned on, while all properties share the same
icon for the off (
)andByLayer( )states.
Note: By Layer is available only a t the object level,
in the Render, Color, and Radiosity columns.
Tip: You can sort the layers by any of their
properties by clicking the column name.
Layers—Displays the names of the layers/objects.
Click a name to select the layer, or to rename the
layer.
Note: Clicking the layer icon opens the Layer
Properties dialog for all highlighted layers.
Clicking the object icon opens the Object
Properties dialog for al l high lighted objects.
Current L ayer Togg le—The unlabeled column
to the r ight of the layer name indicates the current
layer and lets you make a different layer current.
A check mark appears next to the current layer.
Clickthecheckboxnexttoanotherlayernameto
make it current.
Hide—Hides and unhides layers. When a
layer is hidden, it’s inv isible. You might want to
hide layers that contain construction or reference
information.
Fre eze —Freezes layers. You can’t select or
edit objects on a frozen layer. Freezing a layer is
useful if you want to view information on a layer
for reference but don’t want to edit objects on that
layer.