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Use the Layers Property Manager to display viewport layers.
Transcript
00:03
This video will be focusing on layers
00:06
and their properties within layout view ports.
00:08
Switch to the layout titled first floor plan.
00:12
You should see the sheet pan to the right side a bit.
00:15
Now you need to open the layer properties manager palette
00:18
for this exercise,
00:19
resize it similar to what I have pull the right side out to display all of the columns.
00:25
If they are not all already,
00:26
please maximize all of the columns by right clicking
00:29
on a column header and choosing maximize all columns.
00:33
Now that the layout view and the palette are displayed as we want,
00:36
you may notice more information is displayed than
00:39
what you're used to in model space.
00:41
Let's click on the model space tab with the pallet still open,
00:44
you should see fewer columns in this tab.
00:47
Now go back to the first floor plan layout tab
00:50
and you should note that when in a layout,
00:52
you'll see five new columns each beginning with VP, which stands for Viewport.
00:58
It's worth noting here that this difference in
01:00
columns only appears to the model space tab.
01:03
You'll see the extra columns. If you enter model space from a layout view,
01:07
the reason they're different is because each
01:09
Viewport has its own layer property settings
01:12
which are independent of each other and of model space freeze color line type,
01:17
line weight and transparency.
01:19
All have a corresponding viewport specific setting.
01:23
These columns work just like any others
01:25
including sorting by clicking on a header,
01:28
click on the name, header to return the list to sort descending by name.
00:03
This video will be focusing on layers
00:06
and their properties within layout view ports.
00:08
Switch to the layout titled first floor plan.
00:12
You should see the sheet pan to the right side a bit.
00:15
Now you need to open the layer properties manager palette
00:18
for this exercise,
00:19
resize it similar to what I have pull the right side out to display all of the columns.
00:25
If they are not all already,
00:26
please maximize all of the columns by right clicking
00:29
on a column header and choosing maximize all columns.
00:33
Now that the layout view and the palette are displayed as we want,
00:36
you may notice more information is displayed than
00:39
what you're used to in model space.
00:41
Let's click on the model space tab with the pallet still open,
00:44
you should see fewer columns in this tab.
00:47
Now go back to the first floor plan layout tab
00:50
and you should note that when in a layout,
00:52
you'll see five new columns each beginning with VP, which stands for Viewport.
00:58
It's worth noting here that this difference in
01:00
columns only appears to the model space tab.
01:03
You'll see the extra columns. If you enter model space from a layout view,
01:07
the reason they're different is because each
01:09
Viewport has its own layer property settings
01:12
which are independent of each other and of model space freeze color line type,
01:17
line weight and transparency.
01:19
All have a corresponding viewport specific setting.
01:23
These columns work just like any others
01:25
including sorting by clicking on a header,
01:28
click on the name, header to return the list to sort descending by name.