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Work with Layers | 179
You can also open the Layer Properties Manager from a menu: Choose
Layer on the Format menu.
Layers toolbar
Command line
LAYER
To remove an unused layer
1 On the Layers toolbar, click the Layer Properties Manager button.
2 In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layer that you want to delete
and choose Delete.
3 Choose OK.
The selected layer is removed. Layers that have objects assigned to them
cannot be removed until those objects are reassigned to a different layer
or are deleted. Layer 0 can never be removed.
You can also open the Layer Properties Manager from a menu: Choose
Layer on the Format menu.
Layers toolbar
Command line
LAYER
To purge an unused layer
1 From the File menu, choose Drawing Utilities. Then choose Purge.
The Purge dialog box displays a tree view of object types with items that
can be purged.
2 To purge unreferenced layers, use one of the following methods:
■ To purge all unreferenced layers, select Layers.
■ To purge specific layers, double-click Layers to expand the tree view.
Select the layers to be purged.
If the item you want to purge is not listed, select View Items You Cannot
Purge.
3 You are prompted to confirm each item in the list. If you do not want to
confirm each purge, clear the Confirm Each Item to Be Purged option.
4 Choose Purge.
To confirm the purging of each item, respond to the prompt by choosing
Yes or No, or Yes to All if more than one item is selected.
Command line
PURGE