Layers
Using layers to organize your drawings.
The layer panel can be found on the top left side of the canvas.
This panel hosts both layers and pages; to learn more about pages, we redirect you to this section.
What is a layer?
Layers represent an essential tool to organize your drawings.
Layers contain drawing elements (geometries, blocks, text, etc) or even layers. They can be...
Locked and unlocked
Shown or hidden
...which in turn will apply to all contained elements.
The layer list is rendered from top to bottom, meaning that elements in layers at the top of the list will be placed on the top of your drawing, and layers at the bottom of the list will be rendered at the bottom of your drawing. This list can be reordered at any time.
A layer can be active; once active, all new elements you draw will be placed on that layer.
All the actions described above can be found in the layer panel, on any given layer, or in the panel's header...
Selecting a layer will give you access to its properties, in the Properties panel.
A few settings can be edited there ...
Layer name: the name the layer carries in the
layerpanel.Layer color: the color that the layer's elements will carry in wireframe mode.
Layer parent: the layer the selected layer is on. Root means that the layer has no parent layer.
Layers in action
Below, we will review the different actions that layers enable you to do.
Ordering
Layers allow you to determine the order of things on your canvas. Changing the order of layers will affect the display order of elements.
Nesting
Layers can be nested into one another. As any point, a layer can be dragged onto another to turn it into a child of another layer.
Reassigning
You can always change the layer an object is assigned to. Simply edit the Layer property in the Property panel.
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