Using Layers to Filter Entities

Drawings may contain several transparent Layers. The entities of a complete drawing are onto different Layers. The Layers, imposed on top of one another, form the entire drawing. Layers aid in visualizing the part or drawing. You can display or hide entities using Layers.

Use the Layers palette to view and filter the layers of the drawing.

The Layers palette displays the list of layers from the current drawing.

The first column indicates the Layer's LineColor.
The button symbol indicates whether the Layer is shown or hidden. You can turn each Layer on or off independently.
In drawings with many Layers you can search for a specific Layer if you know a portion of the name.

Note: You cannot add, delete, or change Layers or the entities on Layers.

To display the Layers palette:

On the status bar, click .
Enable Layers.
The Layers palette appears.

To display all Layers:

On the Layers palette, select Select ALL from the flyout.

To hide all Layers:

On the Layers palette, select DeSelect ALL from the flyout.

To display layers:

Click in front of the Layer names to display.
Only the entities on the selected layers are displayed.

To search for layers:

Type a string in the Filter Expression box to filter the layer list.
Type wildcards (? for a single character, or * for a string of characters) to list the matching Layer names. For example, type "e*" to display all Layers starting with "e", or "*detail" to display all Layers ending with "detail" in the name.
Delete the string or click to cancel the current search.