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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 Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Layouts in a Project
- 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
- 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
- Overview of Notes and Labels
- Create Text
- Create Leaders
- Use Fields in Text
- Work with Text Styles
- Change Text
- Check Spelling
- Format Multiline Text at the Command Prompt
- 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
- Named Page Setups with Projects
- 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
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach PDF Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
A layer group organizes the display of layer names in the Layers palette. In a
large drawing, you can use layer groups to list the layers you need to work
with.
There are two kinds of layer groups
Layer dynamic group Includes layers that have names or other
properties in common. For example, you can define a layer group that
includes all layers that are red and whose names include the letters mech.
Layer group Includes the layers that are put into the layer group when
you define it, regardless of their names or properties. Selected layers can
be added from the layer list by dragging them to the layer group.
The Layers palette displays some default and any named layer groups that you
create and save in the current drawing. Four default filters are displayed
All Used Layers. Displays all the layers on which objects in the current
drawing are drawn.
Xref. If xrefs are attached to the drawing, displays all the layers being
referenced from other drawings.
Viewport Overrides. If there are layers with overrides for the current
viewport, displays all layers containing property overrides.
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 113) 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
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