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You can fade the objects on locked layers to make them appear more faint
than other objects. This serves two purposes:
■ You can easily see what objects are on locked layers.
■ You can reduce the visual complexity of a drawing but still maintain visual
reference and object snapping capabilities to those objects.
The LAYLOCKFADECTL system variable controls the fading applied to locked
layers. Locked layers that are faded are plotted normally.
When you lock a layer that contains transparent objects, the visibiltiy of those
objects is further reduced by the specified locked layer fading value.
NOTE Grips are not displayed on objects that are on locked layers.
To copy an object to another layer
1 Click Home tab ➤ Layers panel ➤ Copy Objects to New Layer.
2 Select the objects you want to copy.
3 Press Enter.
4 Select an object on the layer where you want the copied object to be
placed.
5 Do one of the following:
■ Specify a base point, and then specify a second point for the location
of the object on the destination layer.
■ Enter the displacement in the form of a Cartesian, polar, cylindrical,
or spherical coordinate value. At the prompt for the second point of
displacement, press Enter.
To control the transparency of objects or layout viewports on a layer
1 Click Home tab ➤ Layers panel ➤ Layer Properties.
2 In the Layer Properties Manager, select a layer. Click the Transparency
or the VP Transparency column.
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