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other operations; improve object selection performance; and reduce
regeneration time for complex drawings.
Objects on frozen layers are not displayed, plotted, hidden, rendered, or
regenerated.
Freeze the layers you want to be invisible for long periods. If you plan to switch
visibility settings frequently, use the On/Off property to avoid regenerating
the drawing. You can freeze a layer in all viewports, in the current layout
viewport, or in new layout viewports as they are created.
Lock Indicates if the layer is locked or unlocked. Objects on a locked layer
cannot be modified.
Lineweight Displays the lineweight associated with the layer. Clicking the
lineweight name displays a drop-down list with the available lineweights.
Linetype Displays the linetype associated with the layer. Clicking the linetype
name displays a drop-down list with the loaded linetypes. Choose Other at
the bottom of the drop-down list to display the
Select Linetype dialog box
(page 552).
Transparency Controls the visibility of all objects on the selected layer. When
transparency is applied to individual objects, the objects’ transparency property
overrides the transparency setting of the layer. Drag the slider to adjust the
transparency of objects on the layer.
Plot (Print) Indicates if the objects on layer should be plotted or not.
If you turn off plotting for a layer, the objects on that layer are still displayed.
Layers that are off or frozen are not plotted, regardless of the Plot setting.
Plot Style Displays the plot style associated with the layer. If you are working
with color-dependent plot styles (the
PSTYLEPOLICY (page 1451) system variable
is set to 1), you cannot change the plot style associated with a layer. Clicking
the plot style name displays a drop-down list with the available plot styles.
New VP Freeze Freezes the layer in new viewports created on a named (paper
space) layout.
For example, freezing the DIMENSIONS layer in all new viewports restricts
the display of dimensions on that layer in any newly created named layout
viewports but does not affect the DIMENSIONS layer in existing viewports. If
you later create a viewport that requires dimensions, you can override the
default setting by changing the current viewport setting.
VP Freeze (not available on the Model layout) Freezes the layer in the current
named (paper space) layout viewport. You can freeze or thaw layers in the
current viewport without affecting layer visibility in other viewports.
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