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Map Task Pane.
In
the Task Pane, click Dis-
play Manager.
A drawing layer is a set of objects. Each layer
can have its own style. See Bringing In Drawing
Data From DWG Files (page 350).
In the Display Manager,
click Data ➤ Add Draw-
ing Data. Click the type
of layer to create.
Create a drawing layer
A query lets you define conditions to select
specific objects. See Bringing In Drawing Data
From DWG Files (page 350).
In the Display Manager,
click Data ➤ Add Draw-
ing Data ➤ Query Cur-
rent Drawing.
Query objects in the cur-
rent drawing
A query lets you define conditions to select
specific objects. See Bringing In Drawing Data
From DWG Files (page 350).
In the Display Manager,
click Data ➤ Add Draw-
ing Data ➤ Query Source
Drawings.
Query objects in attached
drawings
Change color, linetype, linetype scale, line
weight, or plotstyle; change the symbol used
Right-click a layer. Click
Add Style, and then
Create a style
to represent the objects; or add hatch, text, orchoose the type of style
to create. annotation for objects using this style. See
Creating a Style (page 660).
A theme varies the style based on data associ-
ated with the object. See Overview of Theme
Styles (page 1181).
In the Display Manager,
right-click a layer ➤ Add
Style ➤ Theme.
Create a theme style
You can import a theme or map you created
in a previous version of AutoCAD Map 3D.
To import a theme: In the
Display Manager, click
Import a theme or map
from a previous version of
AutoCAD Map 3D
Data ➤ Add Drawing
Data ➤ Import Old
Theme.
To import a map: In the
Display Manager, click
Data ➤ Add Drawing
Data ➤ Import Old Map.
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