Previewing Layers

Use the LayerPreview command to quickly preview the content of layers one by one or by a set of specified layers. The command lets you examine which entities are on which layers.

To preview Layers:

1. Click Format > Layer Tools > Layer Preview (or type LayerPreview).
2. In the Layers Preview dialog box, a list of all layers displays. All Layers are selected except those that are frozen in the drawing.
2. You can:
   • Click a layer name to view the content of a single layer.
   • Press Ctrl and click layer names to view the content of the specified layers.
   • Click a layer name, press Shift, and click other layer names to view a set of contiguous layers.
   • Press Ctrl + A to select all layer names, then press Shift, and click other layer names to clear layers.
   • Type a wildcard in Filter expression to restrict the layer names list, for example to layers that start with the same shortcut or acronym.
   • Activate or deactivate Restore Layers state when exit to restore the layers to the state when you started the command or to maintain the state that results from the preview settings.
   • Activate or deactivate Restore view when exit to restore the view that existed when you started the command or to maintain the view that exists after zooming and panning when inspecting layers with the preview command.
   • Click Delete to remove the specified layers from the drawing (you can delete unused layers only).
   • Click Preview to temporarily close the dialog box to view the layer preview without the dialog box on top. You can zoom, pan and use other transparent commands to inspect the specified layers. Press Enter to redisplay the dialog box.
3. Click Close.

Access

Command: LayerPreview

Menu: Format > Layer Tools > Layer Preview