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Access Methods
Button
Toolbar: Layers palette  Isolate Layer
Menu: Format  Layer Tools  Layer Isolate
Summary
All layers except the layers of the selected objects are either turned off, frozen
in the current layout viewport, or locked, depending on the current setting.
The layers that remain visible and unlocked are called isolated.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Current setting: <current settings>
Select objects on the layer(s) to be isolated or [Settings]:
Select objects or enters
Select Objects on the Layer(s) to be Isolated
After selecting one or more objects, all layers except the layers of the selected
objects are either turned off, frozen in the current layout viewport, or locked,
depending on the current setting. The layers that remain visible and unlocked
are termed isolated.
NOTE Locked layers are faded by default. You can specify the percent of the fading
from the Lock option in this command. You can later change the value with the
LAYLOCKFADECTL (page 1387) system variable.
If you make changes to layers within a session and you want to restore the
layers to the state they were in immediately before you entered the LAYISO
command, use the
LAYUNISO (page 569) command.
Settings
Controls whether layers are turned off, frozen in the current layout viewports,
or locked.
Off Turns off or freezes all layers except the layers of the selected objects.
Vpfreeze In a layout, freezes all but the selected layers in the current layout
viewport only. Other layout viewports in the drawing are unchanged.
If not in a layout, all other layers are turned off instead.
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