Create and Modify Visual Layers

DRAW User Guide

Basic Operations : Create and Modify Visual Layers

To create, modify and delete visual layers, on the Home tab, in the Project group, click Visual Layers to display the Visual Layers window.

Note:

The Visual Layers window lists the layers of the current sheet. By default, all sheets have a layer named 0. The layer cannot be renamed or deleted.


	Create new layer	Click to add a new layer. The new layer is assigned a default name of Visual Layer x, where x is the first free integer. The user can amend the default attributes. Layer names must be unique for each sheet.
	Delete selected layers	Click to delete the currently selected layer. Note that the layer 0 and layers containing elements and the current layer (indicated with a tick in the Status column) cannot be deleted.
	Status	A tick in the column indicates that the layer is the current drawing layer.
	Name	Indicates the name of the layer. Double click the cell to modify the name.
	On	Click the cell to indicate the display status of the layer. If the cell displays ON, the layer is visible to the user, this is the default setting. If the cell displays OFF, the layer is not visible to the user.
	Colour	Click the cell and select a colour from the drop-down list to define the layer colour. Items created on the layer are drawn in the selected colour, this can be subsequently overridden by the user.
	Line Type	Click the cell and select a line type from the drop-down list to define the layer line type. Lines created on the layer are drawn with the selected line type, this can be subsequently overridden by the user.
	On	Click the cell to indicate the print status of the layer. If the cell displays ON, the layer is printed, this is the default setting. If the cell displays OFF, the layer is not printed.