LAYERS, COLORS,

LINETYPE, LINEWEIGHT,
PLOT STYLE
CADD 1
LAYERS (LA)
› An electronic overlay similar to acetate. Every layer has an
associated color and linetype.
› Equivalent of the overlays used in paper-based drafting.
› Primarily organizational tool in AutoCAD.

LAYERS PANEL PROPERTIES PANEL

LAYER COLOR
ICON
LINEWEIGHT
LINETYPE
A. ADVANTAGES OF LAYERS
› Easy selecting.
› Selective printing.
› Control of regeneration.
› Easy editing
B. CAPABILITIES OF LAYERS
OFF – Objects in layer turned-OFF are invisible onscreen or in plotting, but included
in Regeneration.
ON – to restore visibility.
FREEZE – Same effect using OFF, does not display, plot, or regenerate objects on
frozen layers but it will speed up ZOOM,PAN, and other display commands; improve
object selection performance; and reduce regeneration time for complex drawings.
Use THAW to restore frozen layers. You cannot use it in the current layer.
LOCK – You cannot edit the objects on a locked layer; however, they are still visible if
the layer is on and thawed. You can make a locked layer current and you can add
objects to it. Use unlock to restore.
NO PLOT – Prevents the selected layers from being plotted. It can be useful to turn
off plotting for a layer that contains reference information while you work.
B. COLOR METHOD
BY BLOCK – Objects inherit the color of destination layer or
can change the color of the block through
PROPERTIES palette or toolbar.
BY LAYER – Objects inherit color of destination layer.
BY OBJECT – To assign the color by object through
Properties window or from toolbar
(PROPERTIES).