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For example, if your drawing includes layers that you do not need, you may
want to remove those layers. Reducing the number of layers makes working
with the remaining layers more manageable.
To convert a drawing's layers to standard layer settings
1 Click Manage tab ➤ CAD Standards panel ➤ Layer Translator.
2 In the Layer Translator, do one of the following:
■ Click Load to load layers from a drawing, a drawing template, or a
drawing standards file. In the Select Drawing File dialog box, select
the file you want. Click Open.
■ Click New to define a new layer. In the New Layer dialog box, enter
a name for the new layer and select its properties. Click OK.
You can repeat step 2 as many times as you want. If you load other files
containing layers of the same name as ones already shown in the Translate
To list, the layer properties first loaded in the list are maintained; any
duplicate layer properties are ignored.
3 Map layers in the current drawing to the layers you want to convert to.
Use either or both of the following methods to map layers:
■ To map all identically named layers from one list to the other, click
Map Same.
■ To map individual layers, in the Translate From list, select one or
more layers. In the Translate To list, select the layer whose properties
you want to use. Click Map to define the mapping. You can repeat
this method for each layer or group of layers to be translated.
To remove a mapping, select the mapping from the Layer Translation
Mappings list. Click Remove. To remove all mappings, right-click in the
list. Click Remove All.
4 (Optional) You can perform the following tasks in the Layer Translator:
■ To change the properties of a mapped layer, in the Layer Translation
Mappings list, select the mapping whose properties you want to
change. Click Edit. In the Edit Layer dialog box, change the linetype,
color, lineweight, or plot style of the mapped layer. Click OK.
■ To customize the process of layer translation, click Settings. In the
Settings dialog box, select the options you want. Click OK.
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