Work with Layers
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To make a selected layer the current layer

To copy an object to another layer

To dynamically display layers

To filter a layer list

To create and save a layer filter in the LayerWalk dialog box

To turn on or off an active layer filter

To turn the Always Show option on or off in the LayerWalk dialog box

To purge unreferenced layers using the LayerWalk dialog box

To move an object to the current layer

To delete a layer by selecting an object on that layer

To freeze a layer by selecting an object on that layer

To thaw all layers

To display selected layers while turning off all other layers

To restore layer settings when exiting the LayerWalk dialog box

To restore a drawing’s layer states after isolating a layer

To isolate an object’s layer to the current viewport

To turn a layer on and off by using the Layers toolbar

To turn all layers on

To turn a layer off by selecting an object on the layer

To copy properties from one layer to other layers

To merge selected layers onto a destination layer

To assign a color to a layer

To change the properties of more than one layer

To hide the tree view in the Layer Properties Manager

To move a column in the Layer Properties Manager

To hide a column in the Layer Properties Manager

To reorder columns in the Layer Properties Manager

To reset all columns to their default settings in the Layer Properties Manager

To lock or unlock a layer by using the Layers toolbar

To create a new layer

To remove an unused layer

To purge all unused layers

To change the layer of one or more objects

To change the default linetype assigned to a layer

To rename a layer

To rename more than one layer

To undo changes to layer settings

To set Layer Previous tracking on or off

To assign property overrides for the current layout viewport

To remove an override from a layer for the current layout viewport

To remove an override from a layer for all layout viewports

To remove all overrides from a layer for the current layout viewport

To remove all overrides for all layout viewports

To check if the current layout viewport contains layer property overrides

To not display or plot layer viewport overrides

To change the background color for property overrides

To save layer viewport overrides in a layer state

To quickly filter the display of layers by name

To filter the display of layers by layer property

To filter the display of layer names by selecting layers

To nest a layer filter under another layer filter

To sort the layer list in the Layer Properties Manager

To remove a layer from a layer group filter

To set new layer notification on and off

To set when new layer notification is displayed