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Managing Layers
Draw has a workspace that can optionally comprise a series of layers on which you can draw
the different parts of your drawing. The biggest advantage to layers is that they can be
displayed or hidden at will. This technique is often used in architecture, for example.. The
basic layer contains the base plan of the building, then various layers are used to represent
piping, electrical circuits, furniture, dimensions, etc.
Layer management is handled by a particular mode available in Draw. To activate it, use
View > Layer from the menu bar, or click on the appropriate icon at the bottom left hand
corner of the workspace:
When you switch to layer mode, tabs listing all of the available layers are shown at the
bottom of the workspace. By default, the following three layers are always present: Layout,
Controls, and Dimensions.
To activate a layer, click on its tab. The default behavior for the drawing tools is to place the
drawing on the currently selected layer. In the example above, the drawings are placed on the
default layer named Layout. (The default layer names for user-created layers are sequentially
numbered starting from “Layer4”.)
If you right-click on a layer tab, a menu will appear that lets you insert or delete a layer,
rename an existing layer or modify it. Choosing Modify displays the following dialog box:
The Modify Layer dialog lets you specify whether a layer will be visible, whether it will be
printed when the drawing is printed (which is useful when you want to annotate the drawing
and don't want the annotations to appear in the printed version), and whether it will be
protected.
All of the drawings in any given protected layer are protected against change (movement,
resizing, etc.).
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Figure 53 - Layer mode management
Figure 54 - Layer properties
- Draw Guide: 1
- Contents 3
- Draw Guide ii 4
- Draw Guide iii 5
- Draw Guide iv 6
- Draw Guide v 7
- Overview 8
- Introduction to Draw 9
- The Workplace 10
- The Toolbars 11
- The Object Bar 12
- The Main Toolbar 12
- The Color Bar 13
- The Option Bar 14
- The Rulers 14
- The Status Bar 15
- Drawing Basic Shapes 16
- Draw Guide 9 17
- Draw Guide 10 18
- Drawing a rectangle 19
- Drawing a circle 19
- The Basic Drawing Shapes 20
- Here is a text 21
- Rectangles and Squares 22
- Circles, Ellipses and Arcs 22
- Draw Guide 15 23
- 3D Objects 24
- Draw Guide 17 25
- Lines and Arrows 26
- Connectors 27
- Draw Guide 20 28
- Editing Gluepoints 29
- Draw Guide 22 30
- Draw Guide 23 31
- Editing Objects Part I 32
- Selecting Objects 33
- Selecting hidden objects 34
- Arranging objects 34
- Selecting several objects 34
- Dynamic movement of objects 35
- Rotating an Object 36
- Editing Object Points 37
- How curves work 38
- The Bezier Curve Toolbar 38
- The three kinds of tangent 38
- Examples 39
- Draw Guide 32 40
- Draw Guide 33 41
- Draw Guide 34 42
- Draw Guide 35 43
- Editing Objects Part II 44
- The Object Toolbar 45
- Draw Guide 38 46
- Draw Guide 39 47
- Area Fill 48
- Draw Guide 42 50
- Draw Guide 43 51
- Draw Guide 44 52
- The Text Object Edit Toolbar 53
- Size Data Entry 54
- Angle of Rotation Data Entry 54
- Inclination Data Entry 55
- Using the Stylist 56
- Applying a Style 57
- Draw Guide 50 58
- Special Transformations 59
- Draw Guide 52 60
- 3D Rotation Objects 61
- Draw Guide 54 62
- Draw Guide 55 63
- Draw Guide 56 64
- Draw Guide 57 65
- Dynamic Gradient Definition 66
- Managing 3D Objects and 67
- 3D effects 68
- Draw Guide 61 69
- Geometry Management page 70
- Draw Guide 63 71
- Draw Guide 64 72
- Shading page 73
- Draw Guide 66 74
- Illumination page 75
- Texture Management page 76
- Draw Guide 69 77
- Draw Guide 70 78
- Materials Management page 79
- Managing Bitmaps 80
- Draw Guide 73 81
- Smooths an image 82
- Sharpens an image 82
- Draw Guide 75 83
- Draw Guide 76 84
- Draw Guide 77 85
- Combining Multiple Objects 86
- Draw Guide 79 87
- Combination Functions 88
- Shape Merge Functions 89
- Subtract 90
- Intersect 91
- Draw Guide 84 92
- Aids for Object Positioning 93
- Draw Guide 86 94
- Distribution of Objects 95
- Draw Guide 88 96
- Managing Object Arrangement 97
- Draw Guide 90 98
- Draw Guide 91 99
- Additional Tools 100
- Zoom Toolbar 101
- Managing Layers 102
- Placing Objects 103
- The Magnetic Grid 104
- Capture Lines 105
- Snapping to object border 106
- Snapping to page 107
- Displaying guides 107
- Specific Functions 108
- Cross-Fading 109
- Draw Guide 102 110
- Draw Guide 103 111
- The Web export function 112
- Draw Guide 105 113
- Draw Guide 106 114
- Draw Guide 107 115
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