Freeze Specified Layers in a Layout Viewport

Freeze Specified Layers in a Layout Viewport

A major benefit to using layout viewports is that you can selectively freeze layers in each layout viewport. You can also specify default visibility settings for new viewports and for new layers. As a result, you can view different objects in each layout viewport.

You can thaw or freeze layer in current viewport and future layout viewports without affecting other viewports. Frozen layers are invisible. They are not regenerated or plotted. In the illustration, the layer showing terrain has been frozen in one viewport.


Thawing the layer restores visibility. The easiest way to freeze or thaw layers in the current viewport is to use the Layer Properties Manager.

In the Layer Properties Manager, on the right side, use the column labeled VP Freeze to freeze one or more layers in the current layout viewport. To display the VP Freeze column, you must be on a layout tab. Specify the current layout viewport by double-clicking anywhere within its borders.

Freeze or Thaw Layers Automatically in New Layout Viewports


You can set visibility defaults for specific layers in all new layout viewports. For example, you can restrict the display of dimensions by freezing the DIMENSIONS layer in all new viewports. If you create a viewport that requires dimensions, you can override the default setting by changing the setting in the current viewport. Changing the default for new viewports does not affect existing viewports.

Create New Layers That Are Frozen in All Layout Viewports

You can create new layers that are frozen in all existing and new layout viewports. Then you can thaw the layers in the viewports you specify. This is a shortcut for creating a new layer that is visible only in a single viewport.

To freeze or thaw layers in the current layout viewport

1. Double-click within a layout viewport to make it current.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layers to freeze or thaw.
4. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
5. Click the icon in the VP Freeze column for one of the selected layers.
6. Click OK.

To view a list of layers that are frozen in the current viewport

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Double-click within a layout viewport to make it current.
3. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
4. In the Layer Properties Manager, look at the VP Freeze column for the Freeze/Thaw in Current Viewports icon.
5. Click OK.

To freeze or thaw layers in all viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select one or more layers to freeze or thaw.
4. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
5. In the Freeze column, click the icon to freeze or thaw.

To freeze or thaw layers in paper space

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Make sure that you are in paper space. (On the status bar, PAPER is on.)
3. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
4. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layer or layers you want to freeze or thaw.
5. In the Freeze column, click the icon to change a layer's state. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
6. Click OK.

To freeze or thaw layers in all new viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layer or layers you want to be automatically frozen or thawed in new viewports you create.
4. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
5. In the New VP Freeze column, click the icon to change a layer's state. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
6. Click OK.

 To create new layers that are frozen in all viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. Click the New Layer button to create a layer.
4. Rename the new layer.
5. Click the icon in the Freeze column to change the layer's state to frozen. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
6. Click OK.

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How to Copy One Layer to Another Layer with AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD LT is a program for creating high-precision drawings used in the engineering and manufacturing industries. Among its many tools for producing such drawings are those for creating and managing layers. AutoCAD LT's drawing layers can be understood by thinking of the layers of transparent drawings used in overhead slide projectors. Each layer contains a set images. The resulting composite image displays all images on all layers within a single frame. Maintaining different layers for different parts of your drawing keeps your drawing organized. One aspect of managing layers involves copying the objects from one layer onto another, autocad copy layer to another drawing. Copying all objects on a layer effectively copies the layer itself.


Instructions
Step 1. Open AutoCAD LT and create two objects on the default layer: Click the "Rectangle" tool on the "Draw" tab, then click-and-drag in the drawing window to create the rectangle. Click the mouse to complete the rectangle.

Step 2. Create a circle next to the rectangle by clicking the "Draw" panel's "Center, Radius" tool, then clicking-and-dragging in the drawing window. Click again to finish the circle.

Step 3. Display the layer manager by clicking the top-left icon in the "Home" tab's "Layer" panel.

Step 4. Create a new layer by clicking the "New Layer" button. (The button's icon displays an orange sun over a blue sheet of paper.) Notice that the layer manager now displays a new item with the name "Layer 1."

Step 5. Copy the first layer to the second layer: In the main drawing window, select all objects on the current drawing layer (called layer "0") by typing "Select," then pressing "Enter." (Note that you don't need to type into a command prompt, because AutoCAD LT accepts keyboard commands in its default state.)

Step 6. Click the circle and rectangle, then press "Enter" to complete the selection of both shapes.

Step 7. Click the small, downward-pointing arrow next to the "Layer" label at the bottom of the "Layers" panel. This action exposes the full set of layer commands.

Step 8. Click the "Copy Objects to New Layer" tool, then hover the mouse pointer over the drawing window.

Step 9. Enter "n" at the prompt "Select object on destination layer." This will display a dialog box for selecting the layer you want to copy the original layer to.

Step 10. Click the "Layer 1" item in the "Copy to Layer" dialog box, then click "OK."

Step 11. Click the light bulb icon for layer 0 in the layer manager window. This will make layer 0--the layer you originally drew the circle and rectangle one--invisible. The new layer, "Layer 1," will remain visible.

Step 12. Notice that the rectangle and circle remain in the drawing area, indicating that you've copied them onto layer 1, which is now the only visible layer.



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Freeze Specified Layers in a Layout Viewport

A major benefit to using layout viewports is that you can selectively freeze layers in each layout viewport. You can also specify default visibility settings for new viewports and for new layers. As a result, you can view different objects in each layout viewport.

You can thaw or freeze layer in current viewport and future layout viewports without affecting other viewports. Frozen layers are invisible. They are not regenerated or plotted. In the illustration, the layer showing terrain has been frozen in one viewport.


Thawing the layer restores visibility. The easiest way to freeze or thaw layers in the current viewport is to use the Layer Properties Manager.

In the Layer Properties Manager, on the right side, use the column labeled VP Freeze to freeze one or more layers in the current layout viewport. To display the VP Freeze column, you must be on a layout tab. Specify the current layout viewport by double-clicking anywhere within its borders.

Freeze or Thaw Layers Automatically in New Layout Viewports


You can set visibility defaults for specific layers in all new layout viewports. For example, you can restrict the display of dimensions by freezing the DIMENSIONS layer in all new viewports. If you create a viewport that requires dimensions, you can override the default setting by changing the setting in the current viewport. Changing the default for new viewports does not affect existing viewports.

Create New Layers That Are Frozen in All Layout Viewports

You can create new layers that are frozen in all existing and new layout viewports. Then you can thaw the layers in the viewports you specify. This is a shortcut for creating a new layer that is visible only in a single viewport.

To freeze or thaw layers in the current layout viewport

1. Double-click within a layout viewport to make it current.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layers to freeze or thaw.
4. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
5. Click the icon in the VP Freeze column for one of the selected layers.
6. Click OK.

To view a list of layers that are frozen in the current viewport

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Double-click within a layout viewport to make it current.
3. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
4. In the Layer Properties Manager, look at the VP Freeze column for the Freeze/Thaw in Current Viewports icon.
5. Click OK.

To freeze or thaw layers in all viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select one or more layers to freeze or thaw.
4. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
5. In the Freeze column, click the icon to freeze or thaw.

To freeze or thaw layers in paper space

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Make sure that you are in paper space. (On the status bar, PAPER is on.)
3. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
4. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layer or layers you want to freeze or thaw.
5. In the Freeze column, click the icon to change a layer's state. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
6. Click OK.

To freeze or thaw layers in all new viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layer or layers you want to be automatically frozen or thawed in new viewports you create.
4. Hold down CTRL to select more than one layer. Hold down SHIFT to select a sequence of layers.
5. In the New VP Freeze column, click the icon to change a layer's state. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
6. Click OK.

 To create new layers that are frozen in all viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. Click Home tab  Layer panel  Layer Properties.
3. Click the New Layer button to create a layer.
4. Rename the new layer.
5. Click the icon in the Freeze column to change the layer's state to frozen. The sun icon means that a layer is thawed; the snowflake icon means that a layer is frozen.
6. Click OK.

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ZWCAD+ Takes the User Interface Lead with SmartMouse

Guangzhou, China: October 31, 2012—SmartMouse is a new feature in ZWCAD+ providing command input through mouse movement. Due to the incomparability of SmartMouse technology in the CAD industry, it has been a hit among users and CAD experts alike by providing a whole new UI experience. In order for users to learn more about SmartMouse, the product manager of ZWCAD+ shared design ideas of the feature during a webinar talk, which was well received by the audience.


After the ZWCAD+ official release, the feature first attracted CAD experts to test it. Ralph Grabowski, a renowned author of over 140 books and several hundred magazine articles about computer-aided design, commented on the feature in his recent product review of ZWCAD+: “With the mouse gesturing they call SmartMouse, ZWCAD+ does take the user interface lead over some big-name CAD products. By holding down the right mouse button and dragging the cursor in the shape of a letter of the alphabet (or in a specific directions), I activate a command. Best of all, the SmartMouseConfig command fully customizes any of the movements.”

As SmartMouse gained in popularity, more and more CAD users became interested in the design idea of this new feature. In order to show all the possibilities and explain how SmartMouse works, Daniel Huang the Product Manager of ZWCAD+ hosted a webinar.

“As time progresses, software development has become more and more humanized in user experience. The traditional way for designers to use CAD commands is to type on the keyboard or move the mouse to search for that command button. We think that there can be a different and even better UI experience for users.”

Daniel continued: “With this in mind, we started to research and became inspired by some of the current web browsers. They have similar mouse gesture functions, with which you can trigger certain browsing actions by moving your mouse. We decided to give it a shot in our CAD software. We had some of our users test this feature and they were amazed. Therefore, we spared no effort to perfect it by collecting more suggestions from users and the final design has proven a success. Now a growing number of users worldwide have found this feature a nice time saver after adapting.”

For a detailed introduction about SmartMouse, please see “SmartMouse and a Different Ribbon Added to the Next Version of ZWCAD”. To see ZWCAD+ users’ drawings and comments, follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/zwsoft.

About ZWCAD Design
ZWCAD Design Co. Ltd., the wholly-owned subsidiary of ZWSOFT, is an international CAD software provider through its network of over 100 partners in 60+ countries and regions. Its product, ZWCAD+, meets the needs of CAD designers across the AEC and MCAD industries.

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CAD hot tips: merge layers in order to move all the objects on a certain layer onto another layer.

Issue:

There are so many layers in the drawing and some of them are redundant. You want to put all the objects from a redundant layer onto another layer, is that a quick way to make it?

Solution:

Use command LAYMRG. This command enables to merge selected layers into a target layer, removing the previous layers from the drawing. It is useful to get rid of unwanted layers in CAD.

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ZWCAD Hot tutorial: Walking Through Layers with LAYWALK

Have you ever needed to check whether objects are on the correct layers of your drawings? Is everything on the right layer? Have you repeatedly toggled layers on and off to show and hide them for temporary viewing?

All of these actions (and others) can be accomplished with a simple but useful command in ZWCAD 2011, LAYWALK – short for “layer walk”. Let’s take a look at how it helps you manage layers in your drawings.

Tutorial 1: Showing and Hiding Layers

When you first open the Layer Walk dialog box with the LayWalk command, all of the drawing’s layer names are listed. All those not turned off are down selected (are highlighted) automatically, so you can see the layer visibility settings as they were in the drawing before you started this command.

Now, whenever you select a layer name from the list, the corresponding layer is displayed in drawing area, and other layers are turned off instantly. (You don’t need to exit the dialog box to see the changes.) This allows you to view dynamically only the objects assigned to this layer.

You can hold down the Ctrl key to select more than one layer for viewing at a time; also, you can hold down the Shift key to select a contiguous group of layer names. A simpler way to select multiple, contiguous layer names is to click on one layer, and then drag down the list with your mouse.

The dialog box works in reverse, too: when you choose one or more entities in drawing by Pick button, the dialog box highlights the layer names of those entities. In this way, it functions like the Layer Isolate command.

Tutorial #2: Filtering Layer Names

At the top of the Layer Walk dialog box, there is a text entry box, in which you can input expressions to filter the names of layers. This shortens the list of layer names displayed, and is very useful in complex drawings with many layers. The filter function supports wildcard characters, such as * (all characters) and ? (any single character). For example, if you want to list and view all layer names starting with the letters “gr”, then follow these steps: (1) enter gr*” in the text entry box, and then (2) tick the “Filter” option. Notice that the dialog box lists only those layer names that begin with “gr.”

Tutorial #3: Using the Right-click Menu

You can right-click on the list of layer names at any time to display context menu with additional functions for selecting, viewing, and summarizing the layers.

For example, the Hold Selection option keeps your current selection always turned on as a reference; based on it, you can select other layers. The on-hold layer is prefixed with the “*” character; you can select it, release it, or release all.

Another useful option is Inspect, which provides a detailed summary of the currently selected layers; see the figure below.

Tutorial #4: Using Other Controls in LayerWalk

You may notice the Purge button at the bottom of the dialog box. It allows you to purge empty layers from drawings, those layers that have no entities. This button is disabled until you select one or more empty layers.

The Restore on Exit option means that the layer state will be restored after you end this command -- regardless of what you’ve done while in the dialog box. When this option is turned off, keeps the layer state when you exit the dialog box, which can be very useful.

 

By the way, this command works both in model space and in layout tabs.