Layer Settings Dialog Box (Layer Properties Manager)

LAYER (Command) Find: Layer Settings

Controls when notification occurs for new layers, layer behavior when some layer are isolated, whether layer filters are applied to the Layers toolbar, and the background color of viewport overrides in the Layer Properties Manager.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

New Layer Notification

Controls the evaluation and notification of new layers based on the LAYEREVAL settings in the DWG file.

Note: There should be no filter (Unreconciled Layer filter) displayed when LAYEREVALCTL = 0. If one is currently displayed, it will be turned off. You can set the unreconciled new layers filter active and select the layers in that filter. With the unreconciled layer selected, you can right-click and click Reconcile Layer.

Evaluate New Layers Added to Drawing

Checks for new layers that have been added to the drawing. (LAYEREVAL = 0)

Evaluate New Xref Layers Only

Checks for new layers that have been added to attached xrefs. (LAYEREVAL = 1)

Evaluate All New Layers

Checks for new layers that have been added to the drawing, including new layers added to attached xrefs. (LAYEREVAL = 2)

Notify when New Layers Are Present

Turns on new layer notification. (LAYERNOTIFY = 0)

Open

Displays new layer notification when new layers are present when you use the OPEN command. (LAYERNOTIFY = 2)

Attach/Reload Xrefs

Displays new layer notification when new layers are present when you are attaching or reloading xrefs. (LAYERNOTIFY = 4)

Restore Layer State

Displays new layer notification when you are restoring layer states. (LAYERNOTIFY = 8)

Save

Displays new layer notification when new layers are present when you use the SAVE command. (LAYERNOTIFY = 16)

Insert

Displays new layer notification when new layers are present when you use the INSERT command. (LAYERNOTIFY = 32)

Display Alert for Plot When New Layers are Present

Displays new layer notification when new layers are present when you use the PLOT command. (LAYERNOTIFY = 1)

Isolate Layer Settings

Controls settings for layers that have not been isolated:

Lock and Fade

Selects Lock and Fade as isolation method.

Off

Sets non-selected layers to Off.

Off

Sets non-selected layers to Off (in paper space).

VP Freeze

Sets non-selected layers to Viewport Freeze (in paper space).

Xref Layer Settings

Controls the display of xref layer property overrides in your current drawing.

Retain overrides to xref layer properties

Controls the display of xref layer property overrides. The properties of xref-dependent layers are not reloaded. Changes made to xref layer properties are retained (similar to setting VISRETAIN =1).

Xref layer properties to reload (except overrides)

Turns on automatic reload of xref layer properties (By default, VISRETAINMODE is set to 0, which means that no referenced layer properties are synchronized).

On/Off

The On/Off xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Freeze/Thaw

The Freeze/Thaw xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Lock/Unlock

The Lock/Unlock xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Plot/No Plot

The Plot/No Plot xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

New VP Freeze

The New VP Freeze xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Description

The Description xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Color

The Color xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Linetype

The Linetype xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Lineweight

The Lineweight xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Transparency

The Transparency xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Plot Style

The Plot Style xref layer setting is automatically reloaded to match the xref drawing layer settings.

Don't retain overrides to xref layer properties

Controls the properties of xref-dependent layers and all changes made to xref-dependent layer in the current drawing are valid in the current session only and not saved in the drawing. (similar to VISRETAIN set to 0)

Treat xref object properties as ByLayer

Controls the display of object properties on referenced layers (XREFOVERRIDE system variable). Objects are treated as if their properties are set to ByLayer and every external reference layer can have its own set of layer overrides.

Override Display Settings

Enable layer property overrides background color

Controls the background color highlighting for viewport and xref overrides.

Viewport Override Background Color

Displays a list of colors and the Select Color dialog box where you can select a background color for viewport overrides.

Xref Override Background Color

Displays a list of colors and the Select Color dialog box where you can select a background color for xref overrides.

Dialog Settings

Apply Layer Filter to Layer Toolbar

Controls whether you want to apply the current layer filter to the list of layers displayed in the Layer toolbar in addition to the list in the Layer Properties Manager.

Indicate Layers in Use

Displays icons in the list view that indicate empty layers. In a drawing with a large number of layers, clear this option to improve performance.