Layer States Manager

Saves, restores, and manages sets of layer settings that are called layer states.

Displays a list of saved layer states in the drawing. You can create, rename, edit, and delete layer states.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Layer States

Lists the layer states that have been saved in the drawing.

Don’t List Layer States in Xrefs

Controls whether layer states in xrefs are displayed.

New

Creates and saves a new layer state.

Displays the New Layer State to Save dialog box, where you can create a new layer state by providing a name, specifying layer settings, and entering an optional description.

Save

Saves the current layer settings in the drawing to the selected layer state, replacing the previously saved settings. It also saves the default Layer Properties to Restore settings.

Edit

Displays the Edit Layer State dialog box, where you can modify a selected layer state, which is then automatically saved.

Rename

Renames the selected layer state.

Delete

Removes the selected layer state.

Import

Displays a standard file selection dialog box, where you can load a previously exported layer state (LAS) file into the current drawing.

Layer states in any DWG, DWS, or DWT files can be imported. Additional layers might be created as a result of importing a layer state file. When a layer state file is selected, the Select Layer States dialog box is displayed, where you can select the layer states to import.

Export

Displays a standard file selection dialog box, where you can save the selected layer state to a layer state (LAS) file.

Restore

Restores the layer settings saved in the specified layer state, depending on which settings are checked in the Layer Properties to Restore column.

Close

Closes the Layer States Manager.

Restore Options

Turn Off Layers Not Found in Layer State

When a layer state is restored, turns off new layers for which settings were not saved, so that the drawing appears the way it did when the layer state was saved.

Apply Properties as Viewport Overrides

Applies the selected layer state as layer property overrides to the current layout viewport.

This option is available only on a layout within a layout viewport.

More Options

Displays additional options in the Layer States Manager.

Layer Properties to Restore

Applies only the specified layer property settings when the specified layer state is restored.

The Visibility in Current Viewport option is available only for layout viewports, and the On/Off and Frozen/Thawed options are available only for model space viewports.

Select All

Selects all the layer property settings.

Clear All

Clears all the layer property settings.