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Layer Manager 659
Inter face
Title Bar
The title bar displays the word ’Layer’, followed
by the name of the current Layer. For example, if
Layer02 isthecurrentlayer,thetitlebarwillread
Layer: Layer02.
Layer Manager toolbar
Create New L ay er—Creates a new layer
containing the currently highlighted objects (if
any).
Thenewlayer’snameisautomaticallygenerated
("Laye r01", "Layer02", etc.) but may be changed
by clicking on the label.
Note: The new laye r becomes the current layer.
Delete Highlighted Empty L ayers—Deletes
highlighted layers if they are empty.
Note: This button is not available if any of the
following items are in your selection set: nothing,
the cur rent layer, objects, Layer 0, or non-empty
layers.
Add S el ecte d Obj ects t o H i ghl i ghte d
Layer—
Mo ves currently selected objects into the
highlighted layer.
Note: This button is not available if nothing is
selected or if more than one layer is highlighted.
Select Highlighted Objects and
Layers—
Selects all of highlighted objects, as well as
all objects contained in any highlig hted layers.
Note: This button is not available if nothing is
highlighted.
Highlight S elected Objects’
Layers—
Highlights layers containing the
currently selected objects and automatica lly scrolls
so that highlighted layers are v isible in the layer
manager.
Note: This button is not available if nothing is
highlighted.
Hide/Unhide A ll L ayer s—Toggles the display
of all layers.
Tip: This is most useful if you hide all layers and
thendisplayonlythelayersyouwanttoworkon.
Fre eze /Unfr e eze A ll L a y er s —Togg les the
frozen state of all layers.
Tip: This is most useful if you freeze all layers and
then unfreeze only the layers you want to work on.
List of layer s
Displays layers, t heir associated objects, and their
propert ies. To expand or collapse the object list for
each layer, click ‘+’ or ‘-’, respectively. To modify a
property, click its icon. To select all layers quickly,