To Convert Drawing Layers to Standard Layer Settings

1. Click Manage tab CAD Standards panel Layer Translator. Find
2. In the Layer Translator, do one of the following:
   • Click Load to load layers from a drawing, a drawing template, or a drawing standards file. In the Select Drawing File dialog box, select the file and click Open.
   • Click New to define a new layer. In the New Layer dialog box, enter a name for the new layer, select properties as needed, and click OK.

   Repeat step 2 as needed. If you load other files containing layers of the same name as those already shown in the Translate To list, the layer properties first loaded in the list are maintained; any duplicate layer properties are ignored.

3. Map layers in the current drawing to the layers you want to convert to. Use either or both of the following methods to map layers:
   • Map identically named layers from one list to the other by clicking Map Same.
   • Map individual layers by selecting one or more in the Translate From list; in the Translate To list select the layer with the desired properties, and click Map. Repeat for each layer or group of layers to be translated.
4. Click Translate to perform the layer translations you have specified.
5. (Optional) You can perform the following tasks in the Layer Translator:
   • Customize the layer translation process. Click Settings and select the options you want.
   • Save layer mappings. Click Save, enter a file name, and click OK.