Override Layer Properties in Viewports

You can display objects differently by setting property overrides for color, linetype, lineweight, and plot style and apply them to individual layout viewports.

Using property overrides is an efficient way for displaying objects with different property settings in individual layout viewports. For example, objects can be made to display more prominently by changing their color.

When the Layout Properties Manager is accessed from a layout tab, the following four columns for layer property overrides are displayed:

• VP Color
• VP Lineweight
• VP Linetype
• VP Plot Style (available only in named-plot style drawings)

When a property override is set for a layer, a Viewport Overrides filter is automatically created in the Layer Properties Manager.

Viewport Property Overrides and Visual Styles

Layer property overrides for color, linetype, and lineweights are displayed in viewports regardless of the visual style that is current. Although plot style overrides can be set when the visual style is set to Conceptual or Realistic style, they are not displayed or plotted.

Identify Layers with Property Overrides

Layers containing property overrides are identifiable in the Layer Properties Manager when accessed from a layout tab. You can see which layers have overrides by the following:

• A background color displays for each layer name, override, and corresponding global property setting.
• A tooltip displays property override information when the cursor is placed over the status icon for the layer containing overrides.
• A different icon displays in the Status column.
• A predefined filter named Viewport Overrides is displayed in the tree view where all layers with viewport overrides are listed.

Remove Layer Property Overrides

When you right-click a layer in the Layer Properties Manager, a shortcut menu is displayed that lists options for removing property overrides. You can remove

• A single property override from the selected layer for the current layout viewport or for all layout viewports
• All property overrides from the selected layer for the current viewport or for all layout viewports
• All property overrides from all layers in the current viewport or for all layout viewports

Layer Property Overrides in Previous Releases

When a drawing containing layer property overrides is opened in a previous release of an AutoCAD-based application, overrides are not visible. The property override settings are retained when the drawing is saved in a previous release, and are visible again when the drawing is opened in the current release.

Procedures

To assign property overrides for the current layout viewport

1. On the Layout tab, double-click inside a layout viewport to make it current.
2. Click Home tab Layers panel Layers Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, right-click to select the global properties to override in the VP Color, VP Linetype, VP Lineweight, and VP Plot Style columns.
4. Click Apply.

To remove all overrides from a layer for the current layout viewport

1. On the Layout tab, double-click inside a layout viewport to make it current.
2. Click Home tab Layers panel Layers Properties.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, right-click the layer.
4. Click Remove Viewport Overrides for Selected Layers In Current Viewport only.

To remove all overrides for all layout viewports

1. Click a layout tab.
2. On the toolbar, click the Layer Properties Manager control.
3. In the Layer Properties Manager, select the Viewport Overrides filter.
4. Right-click on any layer. Click Remove Viewport Overrides for   All Layers In All Viewports.