Layer Filters

Because layers are central to organizing and controlling properties in drawings, complex drawings might have hundreds of layers. Instead of scrolling through all those layers, did you know that you can reduce the number of layers displayed in the Layer Manager and the Layers drop-down list to just the ones you’re working with?

To specify which layers are listed, you can create layer filters.

 For example, you can define a layer filter that excludes all layers associated with attached xrefs from those listed in the Layer Manager and the Layers drop-down list.

Layer filters are managed in the Filters pane of the Layer Properties Manager, some layer filters are created automatically by the program when certain conditions are met such as when

• a layer is created or used
• an Xref is attached to a drawing