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In Layer Property mangerAdd a New Layer - Press the New button to create a newlayer.Delete a Layer - Press the delete button to delete theselected layer.Set Current layer - Press the current button to set theselected layer current. All objects drawn will then bedrawn on this current layer.Show Details - Press the show details button to seemore detailed information about the selected layer.Each layer also has the following options against it:
Layer property MangerName - Displays the layer name.On - Controls if the layer is on or off. Select the light bulb to turn the layer off on thedrawing.Freeze in all VP - Pressing this will freeze the layer in all viewports as well as thecurrent model view (see lesson 10 to learn about viewports)Lock - This handy feature locks a layer preventing any content of the layer from beingmodified.Colour - Change this to whichever colour you like. All objects drawn on the layer willdisplay the chosen colour provided that the objects colour setting in the objectproperties toolbar (shown above) is set to 'By Layer'.Linetype - Set the default linetype for all objects drawn on the layer. i.e continuous,dashed, dotted etc.Lineweight - Set the thickness a line appears .Default is no thickness. This option canbe toggled on/off on the display by the LWT button above the command console.Plot - Select if the layer will be shown when the drawing is plotted (printed).The current layer, layer colour, linetype and lineweight can all be controlled outside ofthe layer properties manager via the object properties toolbar.
Page 2 and 3: Basic Commands Basic Saving Basic P
Page 4 and 5: Commands Tool Bar Pull Down KEY COM
Page 6 and 7: Layers In Auto CAD, we make individ
Page 8 and 9: Layers A whole sectionof a drawing
Page 10 and 11: What is a Layer A layer can be thou
Page 12 and 13: What is a LayerLayers are controlle
Page 16 and 17: Drafting Settings Command DS Change
Page 18 and 19: Object Snaps The Object Snaps (Osna
Page 20 and 21: When you are drawing, take a fewmom
Page 22 and 23: You will begin to work on Handed ou
Page 24 and 25: Erase Select this button then a dra
Page 26 and 27: MirrorMirror - The mirror command w
Page 28 and 29: Mirror
Page 30 and 31: Offset
Page 32 and 33: Rectangular Array
Page 34 and 35: Polar Array
Page 36 and 37: Move The move command works exactly
Page 38 and 39: Scale The scale command scales the
Page 40 and 41: Lengthen DE - Delta: Autocad asks f
Page 42 and 43: Lengthen T - Total: Autocad asks fo
Page 44 and 45: Trim The trim command is an extreme
Page 46 and 47: Extend The extend command issimilar
Page 48 and 49: Break The break command is identica
Page 50 and 51: Chamfer The chamfer command will ch
Page 52 and 53: Fillet The fillet command is very s
Page 54 and 55: Explode The explode command is very
Page 56 and 57: Zoom real time and Pan Pan Button

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