User`s guide

256 ■ Chapter 4: Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
Organizing Objects with Layers
As your drawings increase in complexity, organization of the drawing objects becomes critical to
efficiently managing the design data. You can use layers to logically group objects in the drawing.
In the following office layout, you would use layers to separate walls, partition walls, furniture, text,
and equipment.
About Layers
Use layers to logically organize the objects in the drawing and to enforce linetype, color, and
lineweight standards. When you group objects into layers, you can then control these objects by
controlling the single layer. For example, if you put all the dimensions on a single layer, you could
chose to hide these dimensions simply by freezing that layer.
The following image illustrates how layers are used to organize objects. The image on the left
represents the logical grouping of similar objects, while the image on the right illustrates what you see
in the software.