You can organize objects in your drawing and control how they are displayed and plotted by changing their properties, which include layer, linetype, color, lineweight, and plot style.
Layers are like transparent overlays on which you organize and group different kinds of drawing information. The objects you create have common properties including colors, linetypes, and lineweights. An object can assume these properties from the layer it is drawn on, or properties can be specifically assigned to individual objects. Color helps you distinguish similar elements in your drawings, while linetypes help you differentiate easily between different drafting elements. Lineweights represent the size or type of an object through width, enhancing your drawing and increasing legibility. Organizing layers and the objects on layers makes it easier to manage the information in your drawings.
You can change the object properties in your drawing by using the Properties palette or the Quick Properties palette.
Layers are like transparent overlays on which you organize and group objects in a drawing.
Color helps to group objects visually. You can assign colors to objects by layer or individually.
You can use linetypes to distinguish objects from one another visually and make your drawing easier to read.
You can control the thickness of an object’s lines in both the drawing display and plotting.
You can control how overlapping objects and certain other objects are displayed and plotted.
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