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To create a new layer (
continued
)
Steps
Use
to look up
5
Select the Make Current check box to make the
new layer current.
6
Enter a description, color, and linetype for the
new layer.
7
Click OK.
For more information about layer management, use to look up
“Overview of Layer Management” in the online Help.
Working with Layer Groups
You can use groups of layers to create working views and backgrounds
from large drawings. In the Layer Manager, you can create user-
defined groups and assign layers to them, and you can create filter
groups whose layers are assigned to them automatically, based on
filter criteria that you set for the group. If there are any layers in
external reference files associated with the current drawing, an xref
group will contain those layers. One group, the All group, is always
present and lists all the layers and other layer groups in the drawing.
Key Concepts
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Use layer groups to create working views and backgrounds from
data sets.
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Create user groups to which you can assign any layer and filter
groups. Layers are assigned automatically based on criteria you set.
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Filter groups can be static or dynamic. Dynamic filter groups
automatically update when you change the properties of the layers
in them but static filter groups do not.