Hide Layer

Switch off a layer by indicating an object in that layer.

This function allows you to switch off a layer in a drawing by clicking on an entity. The layer containing the entity is then be switched off.

This is very handy when you receive a complex drawing and only want to view certain sub-sets of the data. You could, for instance, switch off the title block and annotations by clicking on those elements.

Procedure

1. You are asked:

2. Click Yes to display information about which layer you have just hidden; or No to hide the layer with no prompt.

3. You are prompted to:

Select entity on layer to be hidden (Esc to exit)

4. Select an object in the layer you want to hide, or press [Esc].

5. If you had chosen the option to display a prompt before hiding the layer, you are asked:

6. Click Yes to hide the selected layer; or No to do nothing.