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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
Unreconciled Layers. If new layers were added since the drawing was
last opened, saved, reloaded, or plotted, displays a list of new unreconciled
layers. See Reconcile New Layers (page 127) for more information.
NOTE The default layer groups cannot be renamed, edited, or deleted.
Once you have named and defined a layer group, you can expand it in the
Layers list to see the layers it contains.
When you select a layer group and right-click, options on the shortcut menu
can be used to delete, rename, or modify the layer group or the layers in the
group. For example, you can convert a dynamic layer group to a layer group.
You can also change a property of all layers in a layer group.
Define a Dynamic Layer Group
A layer group rule is defined in the New Dynamic Group dialog box, where
you select any of the following properties you want to include in the layer
group definition:
Layer names, colors, linetypes, lineweights, and plot styles
Whether layers are in use
Whether layers are turned on or off
Whether layers are frozen or thawed in the active viewport or all viewports
Whether layers are locked or unlocked
Whether layers are set to be plotted
You use wild-card characters to filter layers by name. For example, if you want
to display only layers that start with the letters mech, you can enter mech*.
See “Wild-Card Characters” for a complete list.
The layers in a dynamic layer group may change as the properties of the layers
change. For example, if you define a layer group named Site that includes all
layers with the letters site in the name and a CONTINUOUS linetype, and
then you change the linetype of some of those layers, the layers with the new
linetype are no longer part of the Site layer group.
Dynamic layer groups can be nested under other dynamic groups and static
layer groups.
Define a Layer Group
A layer group includes only those layers that you explicitly assign to it. If the
properties of the layers assigned to the layer group change, the layers are still
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