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AUTOCAD 2008 PREVIEW GUIDE
Figure 20. Right-click on existing layer.
You can display objects differently in selected layout viewports while retaining their original layer properties
in model space and in other layout viewports. With layer property overrides, you no longer need to use tedious
and error-prone methods such as duplicating geometry on separate layers or making copies of xrefs. Instead,
when working in a viewport, you can use the Layer Properties Manager to set overrides for VP Color, VP
Linetype, VP Lineweight, and VP Plotstyle. When a viewport contains overrides, a Viewport Overrides property
filter is automatically created and the override properties are indicated with a different background color. You
can select the Viewport Overrides filter to view all layers that contain overrides. A right-click menu in the layer
list enables you to remove viewport overrides and a new VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE system variable
enables you to temporarily ignore the overrides for viewing or plotting.
Figure 21. VP Layer Overrides.
The viewport overrides only affect the display of object properties that are set to BYLAYER. You can quickly
change object properties including Color, Linetype, Lineweight, Material, and Plotstyle, of selected objects to
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