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Electrical to insert something onto that layer, AutoCAD Electrical creates
that layer on the fly.
5 Click OK.
6 In the Drawing Properties dialog box, click OK.
NOTE You can also change layer properties using the Project Manager tool. In
the Project Manager, right-click on the drawing name and select Properties ➤
Drawing Properties (or to change the project default settings, right-click on the
project name and select Properties. The settings are applied to new drawings). In
the Drawing Format tab, Layers section, click Define.
Rename schematic layers
The Rename Schematic Layers tool makes it easy to rename layers one by one,
or multiple layers at once by using the Find/Replace method.
1 Click Schematic tab ➤ Other Tools panel ➤ Drawing Properties
drop-down ➤ Rename Layers.
2 To edit an individual layer name, select the layer to edit from the list and
click Edit. Enter a new layer name and click OK.
3 To edit multiple layer names, click Find/Replace.Enter the text to find
and the text to replace it with in the edit boxes. Click OK.
NOTE You can also change layer properties using the Project Manager tool. In
the Project Manager, right-click on the drawing name and select Properties ➤
Drawing Properties (or to change the project default settings, right-click on the
project name and select Properties. The settings are applied to new drawings). In
the Drawing Format tab, Layers section, click Define.
Define layers
AutoCAD Electrical automatically manages the wire number and component
layers you set up in the drawing settings. No matter which layer is active,
wires always go to a wire layer and components go to component layers.
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