-LAYER command

Manages layers through the Command line.

Alias: -LA

Description

Creates layers and layer states and changes their properties.

Note: The current layer cannot be turned off and frozen.

Options within the command

?: Lists the names of layers in the current drawing.

New layer: Creates new layers.; Note: You can create several new layers by separating each name with a comma (,).

Make new current layer: Creates a new layer, and then makes it current.

Set layer as current: Sets a layer as the current one.

Color: Changes the color of layers.

Linetype: Changes the linetype of layers.

LineWeight: Changes the lineweight of layers.

TRansparency: Sets the entity transparency factor between 0 (fully opaque) and 90 (fully transparent).

MATerial: Sets the material property for all entities on the layer.

Plot: Changes the plot status of layers.

stAte: Manages layer states.

Save: Saves the current layer state.

Restore: Restores a saved layer state.

Edit: Edits a saved layer state.

reName: Renames a saved layer state.

Delete: Deletes a saved layer state.

Import: Displays the Import Layers States dialog box, which allows you to import a layer state from a file into the current drawing.

eXport: Exports a saved layer state in the current drawing to a layer state file.

turn layer ON: Turns layers on that were previously turned off.

turn layer OFf: Turns layers off to hide their entities from view.

Freeze: Freezes layers so that they are hidden from view.

Thaw: Thaws layers that were previously hidden with the Freeze option.

LOck: Locks layers so that their entities remain visible but cannot be edited.

Unlock: Unlocks layers that were previously locked.