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Layer Management
Layer Manager
The Layer Manager helps you organize, sort, and group layers, and allows you to work with layer standards, layer key
styles, layer filters, layer overrides, and saved layer states.
In the Layer Manager you can perform all activities related to layers:
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Create, rename, and delete layers
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Set and change layer properties
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Make a layer current
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Work with layer standards and layer key styles
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Create layer groups and layer filters
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Create layer overrides for layout viewports
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Get notified about new layers in the drawing and its xrefs
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Save and restore layer states
When you display the Layer Manager, all the layers in the current drawing are displayed in the All layer group. If there
are any external reference files linked to the drawing, the layers are listed in a separate layer group, listed by referenced
drawing.
Layer Filters
You can create layer filters to manage large sets of layers. The Layer Manager allows you to create three types of layer
filters: group filters, property filters, and layer standards filters. Property filters group layers based on layer properties
and states, like for example visibility or color. Group filters contain any layers that you put in them. Standards filters
contain layers associated with a specified layer standards category.
Creating a layer properties filter
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