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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Tools in the Application Window
- Other Tool Locations
- Access the Classic Menu Bar
- Toolbars
- Status Bars
- Keytips
- The Command Line Window
- Shortcut Menus
- Tool Palettes
- DesignCenter
- Content Explorer
- Overview of Content Explorer
- Understand the Relationship between Content Explorer and Content Service
- Understand the Content Explorer Window
- Understand How Content Is Indexed
- Understand Watched Folders
- Manage Content Sources
- Basic Searching with Content Explorer
- Advanced Searching with Content Explorer
- Manage Saved Searches in Content Explorer
- Browse Folders with Content Explorer
- Filter Results in Content Explorer
- Sort and Group Results in Content Explorer
- Customize the View in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Files in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Objects in Content Explorer
- Streamline Searches with User-Created Properties in Content Explorer
- Troubleshooting Content Explorer
- Customize the Drawing Environment
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Sheets in a Sheet Set
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- 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
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with 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
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- 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
- Other Ways to Create Page Setups
- 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 and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Convert Drawing File Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Access External Databases
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
- Index
such as electrical parts or dimensions. Also, you can lock a layer to prevent
objects on that layer from being accidentally selected and modified.
Control the Visibility of Objects on a Layer
You can make drawing layers invisible either by turning them off or by freezing
them. Turning off or freezing layers is useful if you need an unobstructed view
when working in detail on a particular layer or set of layers or if you don't
want to plot details such as reference lines. Whether you choose to freeze
layers or turn them off depends on how you work and on the size of your
drawing.
■ On/Off. Objects on turned-off layers are invisible, but they still hide objects
when you use HIDE. When you turn layers on and off, the drawing is not
regenerated.
■ Freeze/Thaw. Objects on frozen layers are invisible and do not hide other
objects. In large drawings, freezing unneeded layers speeds up operations
involving display and regeneration. Thawing one or more layers may cause
the drawing to be regenerated. Freezing and thawing layers takes more
time than turning layers on and off.
In a layout, you can freeze layers in individual layout viewports.
NOTE Instead of turning off or freezing a layer, you can fade the layer by locking
it. See “Lock the Objects on a Layer” below.
Control Transparency on Layers
Set the transparency of layers and layout viewports to enhance drawings by
reducing the visibility of all object on specific layers as needed. Set layer (or
layout viewport) transparency in the Layer Properties Manager.
After you apply transparency to a layer, all objects added to that layer are
created at the same level of trasparency. The transparency property for all
objects on the layer is set to ByLayer.
Assign a Default Color and Linetype to a Layer
Each layer has associated properties such as color, linetype, and transparency
that are assumed by all objects on that layer when the setting is ByLayer.
For example, if the Properties palette set to BYLAYER when no object is
selected, the color of new objects is determined by the color setting for the
layer in the Layer Properties Manager.
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