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AUTOCAD 2008 PREVIEW GUIDE
A Settings button in the Layer Properties Manager provides access to the new Layer Settings dialog box where
you can enable layer evaluation, apply the layer filter to the layer toolbar, and change the background color for
viewport overrides.
Figure 24. Layer Settings dialog box.
The first time you Save or Plot a drawing, AutoCAD 2008 creates a list of reconciled layers based on the
existing layer names. The new layer evaluation functionality automatically compares the current layer list with
the reconciled layer list to help prevent new layers from being added to the drawing without your knowledge.
You can configure the layer settings to automatically evaluate all new layers or only new xref layers and you
can choose to display a notification bubble when new layers are detected during various operations including
Open, Save, Attach/Reload xrefs, Insert, and Restore layer state. A separate option will display an alert when
unreconciled layers are present during a plot operation. In addition to specifying these options in the Layer
Settings dialog box, you can use the LAYEREVAL and LAYERNOTIFY system variables.
If a discrepancy between the existing layers and the reconciled layers is detected and notification is enabled,
you can select a link in the notification bubble to quickly view the unreconciled layers in the Layer Properties
Manager.
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